Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Centenary of the outbreak of World War I


 * 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 no consensus for a merge.  Proposals for a merge should in future be made on the talk page of the proposed destination page; follow the instructions at Merging#Proposing_a_merger. Proposals for page moves should also be made on the article talk page; follow the instructions at Requested_moves#Requesting_controversial_and_potentially_controversial_moves. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:44, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Centenary of the outbreak of World War I

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The article is a WP:FORK of First World War centenary, relevant content from this article should be merged into the other one.

Note to closing admin: also consider renaming First World War centenary so that it's in line with the common nomenclature here, such as World War I, World War I in popular culture, and so on (there's a failed RfM in which it basically amounted to which variety of English got the most votes at that time). Anonimski (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge: First World War centenary seems to be broader in scope.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  18:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  Rcsprinter123     (inform)  @ 18:13, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Yes, agreed with the nominator, but does this sort of thing have to be a deletion proposal? Just propose the merge, and go ahead and do it if no-one objects. And separately propose the rename in the normal way. W. P. Uzer (talk) 19:00, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep per WP:SK, "fails to advance an argument for deletion—perhaps only proposing a non-deletion action such as moving or merging". Note also that the nominator has already made these proposals on the article talk pages but failed to achieve consensus there and so now seems to be forum shopping.  The topic is, of course, highly notable and so it is absurd to bring it to AFD. Andrew D. (talk) 22:29, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Keeping the nomenclature consistent isn't based on getting consensus for every single article individually - there is a concistency criterion in WP:NC... - Anonimski (talk) 21:42, 18 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep -- This is not a standard fork, which ought to be merged back, but a freestanding article on commemorations held in late July/early August 2014. The other article is dealing with commemorations (many as yet only anticipated) covering the centernaries of events 4.25 years.  These are different.  In due course there will probably be other groups of sub-articles on different battles etc.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:59, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge with First World War centenary. I suggested it months ago on the talk page. In my opinion, it's a clear content fork and frankly unnecessary. Keeping it would pave the way for literally hundreds of "Battle of X centenary" articles when they happen...—Brigade Piron (talk) 17:31, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Anotherclown (talk) 10:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep The nominator means WP:CONTENTFORK not WP:FORK. But this article is a WP:SPINOFF, a freestanding article on commemorations held in July and August 2014. It therefore should be kept. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:03, 24 January 2015 (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.