Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2nd Infantry Division (Germany)


 * 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 redirect to 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht).  MBisanz  talk 02:02, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

2nd Infantry Division (Germany)

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This is a duplicate of 2nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), which carries the standard disambiguation for Nazi Germany formations. This dab is usually used for more recent German formations. Neither talk page has anything other than banners. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:46, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 11:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 14:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect and don't delete the title. When two pages are obviously duplicative, and both of them have plausible titles, there's no reason to delete the one with the improper title.  Note the history of the article: (Germany) was moved to (Wehrmacht) more than four years ago (so obviously it's a likely search target), and titles that old shouldn't be deleted if possible, because deletion causes linkrot.  Nyttend (talk) 19:49, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * PS, aside from preventing linkrot, merely redirecting this is good because there's no need to delete the history (and I didn't carefully check the history of the properly titled article; if anything's been merged there from here, we're required to keep this), and while that won't prevent re-conversion into an article, deletion won't either. If someone persists in converting this to an article, report the situation to an admin privately or leave a note at WP:RFPP, asking that the page be protected to prevent its conversion into an article.  Nyttend (talk) 14:50, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect per Nyttend. Appears to be a duplicate article, but it is a plausible search term. Ejgreen77 (talk) 20:25, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge -- The formation fought, but was then reorganised as 12th Panzer Division. There is also a merge discussion in progress.  That should take its course, after which this title and 2nd Motorised Infantry division should become redirects to 12th Panzer Division (or vice versa).  A division is certainly a large enough formation to require an article of some kind.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:24, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with the merge, but this formation did enough fighting as an infantry division before conversion to warrant a stand-alone article separate from 12th Panzer. Note: To my knowledge, neither of the post-war German armies (East and West) had a 2nd Infantry Division. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 01:28, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge The division existed but the article is a duplicateUser:Lucifero4


 * 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.