Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ASEAN countries by IQ

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The result was delete‎. asilvering (talk) 18:28, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of ASEAN countries by IQ

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Oh well. I don't want to reignite the old CTOP, but measures of intelligence across countries like this have always been controversial, if not fringe, and presenting a "list of countries by IQ" as a factual-looking article is probably not the best way to tackle it. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 23:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Behavioural science, Lists, and Asia. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 23:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm also concerned about there being some WP:FRINGE in this article because IQ tests and their accuracy are debated and there may have been many different factors in how the countries determined the average IQs of their citizens, which might make the comparison between them inaccurate. I also don't think that this meets WP:GNG because there really isn't any significant coverage of the average IQ in countries in ASEAN specifically; all of the data is taken from lists of the average IQ in countries around the world. That Tired Tarantula^Burrow 00:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This definitely isn't a type of article that we should be encouraging, and the major source in the article, [1], is selling stuff, which is a disqualifier for the numbers presented here. Nate • (chatter) 01:09, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Jeez, this article is one of the worst ideas I've seen on Wikipedia, and in 20 years I've seen many. It's basically a collection of numbers of near-zero scientific value that seems of use only for "scientific racism" forums. There might be some value in collecting this information if presented with a lot of context on IQ tests, but not as such a list.--cyclopia ^speak! 14:54, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Not the type of content that should be encouraged on Wikipedia. IQ is a shaky qualifier of intelligence as it is. Schützenpanzer (Talk) 18:51, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Source 2 is marginal per Source Highlighter, the rest aren't rated, appearing to be databases. Most people won't even undergo the test, so I'm not sure how this is a fair assessment of the situation. Doesn't seem notable/somewhat unscientific. Oaktree b (talk) 19:36, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. This is embarrassing. – ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 02:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, doesn't even have a source on the supposed article topic. CMD (talk) 07:51, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I think this is a stupid concept. "IQ of nations" is something only a very fringe subset of people care about. In addition to this, the average IQ of ASEAN countries isn't something well documented or scientific. -Samoht27 (talk) 04:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.