Well for search engine ranking delicious can be useful. I don't like the site either. I like to use Reddit but they are very strict in terms of bookmarking.
You will only get views from delicious if the same link was bookmarked by many users. Otherwise there is not chance to get traffic from delicious. I will recommend you to use Reddit, and digg only.To get instant traffic Facebook is the best.
I hear Delicious can be a good way to get traffic, but I personally have never gotten anything worthwhile from the site. You can track views here on the site under my account --> traffic sources (which will show you your 30 top traffic sources) or go to each hub specifically. I recommend StumbleUpon and Reddit over Delicious any day of the week.
Even Digg is worth it if you follow a few people, like a few articles and get a little involved in the site.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.