Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Expedition of Qatan


 * 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   merge from Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah. Consensus is extremely clear that two articles are not required, and Anarchangel's reasoning is clear as to why merging in the other direction is not ideal. lifebaka++ 21:46, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Expedition of Qatan

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this article is a duplicate of this

Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah

--Misconceptions2 (talk) 18:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)


 *  Redirect  to Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah as an alternate name / spelling. -- Whpq (talk) 16:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah to Expedition of Qatan as the expedition article is the existing established article as pointed out by Anarchangel below. -- Whpq (talk) 22:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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 * Merge & Redirect - Take what isn't exactly duplicated, and is well referenced, merge into the article Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah, and delete the rest. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect per RightCowLeftCoast. Anotherclown (talk) 06:57, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Taking material from one of the articles to add to the other is mandatory, as they each have unique content. Blanking one of the articles is appropriate, as they have a general subject in common. However, Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah should be redirected to Expedition of Qatan instead, because:
 * Expedition of Qatan was created in 2009. Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah, days ago, by the nominator. Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah duplicates the subject of Expedition of Qatan, although they each have some material the other does not have. Conclusion: Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah is a content fork and now the creator of it is nominating the original article for deletion. The contribution of User Misconceptions aside, to not declare this interest in the nomination is bad faith procedure. To have followed his nomination without getting the material from 'Expedition' would have lost material from WP. To add material from 'Expedition' to 'Raid' might seem to be an acceptable result, except that:
 * "Expedition of Qatan" gets 7 hits on Google Books. "Raid on Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah", zero. "Qatan" gets 16,600 hits. "Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah", only 7. Conclusion: Expedition of Qatan is not only the original article, but as a more scholarly and user-friendly search term, the better title as well. Anarchangel (talk) 18:31, 23 February 2011 (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.