Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benin–Russia relations


 * 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 -- consensus in this discussion has defined the notability of the subject. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:05, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Benin–Russia relations

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Non-notable bilateral embassies, only few searches from Google news. ApprenticeFan talk  contribs 23:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  -- – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete No indications WP:N is met. Nick-D (talk) 03:57, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No actual notability is evident. Not even a junior water polo match. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:17, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep a history lesson should be required before nominating such articles, because it is getting just a tad bit ridiculous. Whilst there might not be a junior water polo match, there is the fact that the USSR was Kerekou's major ally in the international arena...Marxist-Leninism and all that. My f'ing god, whilst it ain't no junior water polo match, I do believe it is a notable relation? --Russavia Dialogue 04:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * If this article were Benin-Soviet Union relations, I'd probably vote keep. But it's not. Niteshift36 (talk) 07:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 13:27, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Russavia's history lesson. I also note that the Google News search linked by the nominator only covers the last month. A more considered Google News search finds a lot more, with the very first of the hits being an article in the Los Angeles Times with the headline "Soviet Union Plays Growing Dahomey Role": quite obviously direct coverage of the article subject. Thousands more potential sources are available from |%20ussr%20|%20soviet%29%20%28benin%20|%20dahomey%29%20-%22Mr%20Benin%22%20-greek%20-greece&num=100&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&tab=np Google Books and |+ussr+|+soviet%29+%28benin+|+dahomey%29+-inauthor%3ABenin+-%22Mr+Benin%22+-greek+-greece&btnG=Search Google Scholar. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:52, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Phil, why not stick the sources you find into the article as external links - makes it easier to expand the article. :~) Aymatth2 (talk) 02:01, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per sources. The relationships of Russia with essentially any country will be notable, given that it was soviet policy to spread their influence as widely as possible. DGG (talk) 00:53, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG and Russavia. PasswordUsername (talk) 01:00, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * K2. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:01, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Although current relations might not quite squeak by D1, the Soviet-era relations were pretty important beyond the scope of mere bilateral diplomacy.  Having said that, the article should reflect this.  —   AjaxSmack   03:07, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, this is a valid article, and could definately be expanded. However, I think we should keep material on USSR foreign relations in articles separate from Russian foreign relations. --Soman (talk)
 * Comment If people are going to vote "delete" because Russia != Soviet Union (this is not the first bilateral relations article I've seen this point raised), why not instead vote to rename the article "Benin–Soviet Union relations"? The idea is to vote delete only if the material clearly fails all reasonable tests; otherwise, let's try to find a way to rescue as much as possible. -- llywrch (talk) 19:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, or at least rename, as per Llywrch.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:24, July 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep — a notable subject of inter-state relations (scale large enough) covered in acceptable way. --ssr (talk) 14:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Relations go back to the Cold War. Scanlan (talk) 01:16, 23 July 2009 (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.