Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure)  Rcsprinter  (talk)  15:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch

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fails WP:GNG. nothing in major australian search engine trove. . gbooks shows 2 small mentions from the same book. LibStar (talk) 06:28, 19 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - found this http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2008/09/stockton-sands.html 11coolguy12 (talk) 06:58, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * that's one bit of coverage, we need significant coverage for WP:GNG. LibStar (talk) 07:16, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  — &mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 13:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep. This article will help for educational purposes in the future. I believe that, although this article is a stub, it is quite important. Being a stub, however, can prove one's editing skills. If an editor on Wikipedia knows information on this article and has references to support their information, have a go now! --Rhain1999 (talk) 12:01, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * you have provided absolutely no evidence of significant coverage. See WP:MUSTBESOURCES. Nor have you addressed how it meets any notability guideline. See WP:ITSUSEFUL. LibStar (talk) 12:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak keep The Lake Macquarie Council website states that this has been heritage listed: (see page 33) as well as several other parts of the fortifications built in the area during World War II. Defensive works such as this were highly unusual in Australia during World War II, and I'd be amazed if offline books didn't also discuss this. That said, this is pretty marginal from a WP:N perspective, and would be better covered as part of an article on the defences of the Newcastle region rather than a stand-alone. Nick-D (talk) 12:08, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As an additional note, Trove is a pretty poor source for this topic as newspapers would have been unable to report on its construction during World War II due to censorship. I also don't think that Trove includes any of the newspapers from the region yet (the main one being the Newcastle Herald) so any post-war coverage will also not be included. Nick-D (talk) 12:12, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
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