Armenian question, etc. (deletions/revisions?)

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Armenian question (sh85007302)

Armenian question in literature (sh2019000606)

Armenian question–Periodicals (sh2009115572)

Armenian question–Sources (sh2009115584)

Cuban question (sh85034633 )

Eastern question (sh85040617)

Eastern question (Far East) (sh85040620)

Irish question (sh85068117 )

And a handful of others along these lines…

Delete, or revise to turn these “[group] question” headings into reference only records as was done with “Jewish question” (sh85070318) (thanks to Sandy Berman).  That is, add 260s for other headings that should be used instead (e.g. Armenians, Armenia–History, etc.)

“On the heading “Jewish Question,” Berman wondered, “What was (and in many places still is) the ‘Jewish Question’? Who posed the ‘question’? And what kind of ‘answer’ did they furnish?” Berman pressed on: “The phraseology is that of the oppressor, the ultimate murderer, not the victim.” https://www.sanfordberman.org/cityp/ber3t.htm

See also: successful CL proposal to revise heading to Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923: https://cataloginglab.org/kb/armenian-genocide-1915-1923/

And see the summary of editorial decisions of March 16, 2020,  in which a proposal for “Ukrainian question” was not approved. “There was no information provided in the source citations that supports the proposed heading or the scope note. Further, there have been problems with LCSH [topic] question headings because they are wide open to interpretation. For instance, this heading could mean that it refers to the current-day problems in the Crimea, but according to the bib record, it does not. The preference is to use specific headings instead of a general heading such as this. Based on the proposed scope note, headings such as Ukraine—BoundariesTerritory, National—Ukraine; and/or Europe—Politics and government might be assigned instead. The proposal was not approved.” https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-200316.html

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