Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Egyptian involvement in the Syrian civil war


 * 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 delete.  Sandstein  17:02, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Egyptian involvement in the Syrian civil war

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Hoax article that portrays rumors as fact based on deprecated sources such as Anatolia Agency Viewsridge (talk) 09:17, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2021 June 30.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 09:35, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:46, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:46, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:46, 30 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep: The most problematic inclusions have been removed since the creation of this AfD. The article is certainly notable, and there are plenty of reliable sources that exist (, these were literally the first 4 on Google). Curbon7 (talk) 14:14, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All four of those refs only make mention of Egypts vocal support / recognition of Syrian Government. There are dozens of other countries that follow suit eg North Korea, Venezuela that don't need their own article about their "involvement" in the war. There is only one deprecated source about Egypts involvement in the conflict. Furthermore the infobox is considering Egypt a belligerent. Viewsridge (talk) 18:51, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , If the infobox is a problem, then just be bold and remove it yourself. Regarding the sources, the ones I provided here are fine, but if you really want, here are a few more that show that Egypt's involvement is clearly of notability. Involvement is not necessarily militarily, but also diplomatically, economically, etc. On the other hand, as you brought up, Venezuela and North Korea's involvement is so miniscule that theirs are non-notable (and regardless, that argument is OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST), but this AfD is not about Venezuela or North Korea, it's about Egypt. And the sources that exist show that this easily passes WP:GNG. Curbon7 (talk) 19:06, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * In its current form, with the hoaxes such as belligerently removed the article is three sentences wrong and not worthy of an article. Viewsridge (talk) 19:26, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , Just because an article is a stub does not disqualify it from being on Wikipedia so long as it is notable and reliable sources exist, which they do. Curbon7 (talk) 19:50, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - for notability concerns, but also per WP:TNT. The fact that so much content has been removed is indicative of the fact that this article just needs to start over. If someone wants to write this article, they can take up that responsibility. But an article like this is really just not acceptable. Also, if there even is any good coverage, it can be added to an existing Syrian Civil War article. versacespace  leave a message!  06:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:52, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - While I don't want to bite a newcomer, I do believe that articles like this one hurt Wikipedia. There is simply no evidence that Egypt is in any way "involved" in the war in Syria. Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 10:50, 10 July 2021 (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.