Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force


 * 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   speedy delete. G5 (created in violation of a block or ban), A10 (duplicate of existing article). Article created by an obvious sock of an editor indef'd for copyvio. The Bushranger One ping only 21:42, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force

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Unsourced list of aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force. Very few sources/references given, inline or other, and all reflinks I checked returned a "404". All in all it is a very unencyclopaedic list more at home on a fan forum than on WP. It is a companion to the equally unsourced Equipment of Bangladesh Army, created by the same editor. Thomas.W (talk) 12:30, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.  hmssolent \Let's convene My patrols 12:31, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep "Lack of sources" is not a valid argument for having an article deleted. At Wikipedia, it seems to be standard to list aircraft/vessels/vehicles operated by the armed forces of a country. I cannot see why this should fall under WP:FANCRUFT or WP:LISTCRUFT.--FoxyOrange (talk) 13:33, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * An alternative to deletion would be moving the article to the creator's sandbox, to be returned to article space only if and when everything is properly sourced, with reliable sources. Thomas.W (talk) 13:41, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge with List of aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force per WP:ATD-M. Warden (talk) 15:52, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge: per Colonel Warden. -- Zayeem (talk) 16:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Judging by the page history of that article the new article seems to be nothing more than a content fork of List of aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force, created just after unsuccesful attempts had been made to introduce unsourced info etc into the older article. Thomas.W (talk) 16:34, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for having pointed it out. Obviously, I was too quick with my earlier judgement. I have to admit that I didn't check the page history, and had been unaware that List of aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force already exists. In this new light, I suggest the article be deleted.--FoxyOrange (talk) 19:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete should have been CSD G5 as it looks like the work of a sock of blocked (for copyright violation) User:Sylheti Soldier it would also qualify for CSD A10 as well. MilborneOne (talk) 19:58, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: In that case that would also apply to Articles_for_deletion/Equipment_of_Bangladesh_Army since it was created by the same user account as this article, and has the same history. Thomas.W (talk) 20:06, 18 April 2013 (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.