Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of the Euphrates


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The result was   delete. No prejustice against redirecting the page title to one of the battles mentioned by the nom, or making it a dab among them. The Bushranger One ping only 08:27, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Battle of the Euphrates

 * – ( View AfD View log )

The subject of this article appears to be non-notable – i.e., there is no indication that it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable sources – which is not surprising in light of the fact that it is about one of the thousands of IED attack on U.S. forces that took place during the Iraq War.

I conducted multiple searches for online sources but found not one mention of this 'battle'. I also could not locate the source indicated in the article (no ISBN, no page number), though there are two books titled War Heroes: Voices from Iraq (ISBN 978-0545090261) and Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan (ISBN 978-0545206426). The page title itself may be a valid redirect to an article about one of several battles of the Euphrates throughout history (which may or may not notable), but a proper target article does not exist yet:


 * "battle of the Euphrates" is used here to refer to a 12th-century battle and here to a 15th-century battle.
 * "battle of the Euphrates Valley" is used here and here to refer to an engagement during the Gulf War, and this source refers to a "Battle of the Euphrates";
 * "Battle of the Euphrates River" is used here to refer to the years-long campaign to wrest the Euphrates River from insurgent control.

I am also nominating Battle of Al-Fallujah, March 2004, which is about another IED attack and suffers from virtually the same shortcomings. -- Black Falcon (talk) 00:51, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I found news refs for the Battle of the Euphrates Valley in Operation Desert Storm, but nothing on this engagement. I would have thought a battle would have to involve more troops than this, but there is no hard and fast definition.  Tigerboy1966  02:05, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iraq-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:17, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete; support the AfD's reasonings. AfD appears to be well researched. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 16:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete both per nomination. There's no evidence that either of these minor engagements is notable. Nick-D (talk) 10:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete both articles per WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 11:19, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to meet our notability standards.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:25, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge Fallajuh article into the Aftermath section of the Second Battle of Fallujah. It deserves an independent deletion listing though.--Carwil (talk) 00:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think information about a single roadside bombing that caused no fatalities would be out of place at Second Battle of Fallujah, which mentions only one specific attack that killed six Marines. -- Black Falcon (talk) 02:40, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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