Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Attack on RUC Birches barracks


 * 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 keep. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:37, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Attack on RUC Birches barracks

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

I'm not sure the sources are sufficient to show notability here. Nerd1a4i (talk) 01:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 05:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 05:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 05:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 05:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep I see multiple book references for this event. It could possibly be merged if there is an appropriate target, but it definitely passes WP:GNG.Icewhiz (talk) 07:38, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable and well sourced to third party sources. Additional comment, you keep nominating articles with "not sure if notable". If you're not sure then don't nominate. You should only nominate when you're sure, based on policies, that it's not notable. Canterbury Tail talk 14:40, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge with Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade. There were hundreds of similar attacks on RUC and British Army bases during the Troubles, many of which caused multiple deaths and injuries. This one caused no deaths and few injuries. The only thing different about it is that it involved a digger, a tactic which was repeated in the Loughgall ambush. Indeed, this attack is often only mentioned in relation to the Loughgall ambush. Most of what's in the "Attack" section is already noted on the Tyrone Brigade article, and the quote in the "Aftermath" section can be moved there too as it's about the Tyrone Brigade in general rather than this attack. ~Asarlaí 15:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - The Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade did not use this tactic in "hundreds of similar attacks" they used this tactic a grand total of two times, the successful Attack on RUC Birches barracks on 11 August 1986 and the unsuccessful attack at Loughgall. This was one of the IRA's most significant attacks of the period and most significant of 1986. Although nobody was killed at the Birches, it was an operation which demonstrated a tactical approach still more sophisticated than at Ballygawley and was a defining moment in the IRA's campaign & The Troubles in general. Tdv123 08:07, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:20, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:20, 28 February 2018 (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.