Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 Russian air raids in Syria


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. After discounting the two last IP comments because they do seem to make no sense, we have consensus that this is just a content fork.  Sandstein  20:57, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

2015 Russian air raids in Syria

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One of a proliferating number of content forks on Russia's current military intervention in Syria. Softlavender (talk) 02:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Yep. We have plenty of this, and it does nothing but invite us to violate WP:NOTNEWS on a daily basis. Delete. Drmies (talk) 02:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: This was closed on the day of the nomination as "delete", but this is overturned and the deletion is relisted per the discussion at Deletion review/Log/2015 October 5.  Sandstein  07:50, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:50, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic is clearly notable, for example see Syria airstrikes: Russian military reports 64 raids on Isis in 24 hours for fresh coverage. Consideration of how this aspect should mesh with other related articles about the wider conflict is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 07:58, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "Fresh coverage" is precisely the reason we should not have these overly specific content forks. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. -- Softlavender (talk) 09:04, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. It is not a duplicate article. It is a subtopic (airstrikes) in a broader topic (intervention). Not a fork, about airstrikes only. WP:SIZE for main aricle. 109.108.251.119 (talk) 10:19, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:RECENTISM and WP:NOTNEWS. As noted by other editors, it is a content fork designed to provide a blow by blow daily account. Any relevant information is not currently impinging on WP:SIZE. This is content for Timeline of the Syrian Civil War, not a separate article. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not the news. Stifle (talk) 08:29, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War as a content fork. I suggest do not delete in order to keep edit history and facilitate merging. My very best wishes (talk) 19:56, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * There doesn't seem to be much unique content here, so I agree that a merge would be simple and effective. My additions to the discussion are that:
 * After the merge, the page be retained, converted to a redirect, and checked for no double redirects;
 * The page into which suggests it be merged, itself should be merged. There shouldn't be two separate pages : Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War and Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War.
 * Pretty please, stop the page-spawning.
 * I would like to see admin action to establish / enforce some structure on these pages, and their legitimate sub-pages, to reduce good-faith duplication.
 * —Boruch Baum (talk) 23:56, 20 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep and Rename to Timeline of the Russian intervention in Syria, similar to Timeline of the American-led intervention in Syria. 178.95.188.79 (talk) 14:24, 17 October 2015 (UTC) — 178.95.188.79 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * That makes zero sense. This article isn't a timeline of anything. It's a small single-topic WP:CONTENTFORK. Softlavender (talk) 03:53, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete this page is redundant. Nezi1111 (talk) 01:23, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see the need for this page since it overlaps with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_military_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_WarTH1980 (talk) 03:08, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep This page, and Wikipedia as a whole, should not be a target for Russian political warfare. 67.7.244.9 (talk) 03:10, 18 October 2015 (UTC) — 67.7.244.9 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * hm... sockpuppeting much?Nezi1111 (talk) 03:30, 18 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Redundant with Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Rhoark (talk) 14:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)


 * 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.