Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hama-Allepo


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 02:06, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Hama-Allepo

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This article was PRODded, but deletion was contested on the talk page. The PROD rationale by was: "The article is most likely a hoax: 1. Hama and Aleppo are two distant Syrian cities; 2. "Aleppo" is spelled incorrect; 3. http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/facilities.html does not list any site linked to missile production or testing in this region. In fact, Google Earth shows that there doesn't exist any structure at the given location at all; 4. It seems to be impossible to find any other source other than astronautix.com and that one bases its information on an obscure blog article."

The German article has been deleted as a hoax. The IP defending this article on the talk page says that it is not a hoax, because Syria has rockets and does test launches, but admits that "The article could be wrong (and likely is wrong) with the coordinate and the name." But the whole content of the article is the assertion that there is a launch site at the named and specified location, and as there is no reliable source for that statement, the article fails WP:V. JohnCD (talk) 17:27, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions.  —JohnCD (talk) 17:32, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  —JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Since the German article had ben deleted at my request, I am glad to give the reasons here again. Best regards, Altkatholik62 (talk) 19:05, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) There is no evidence whatsoever, neither from satellite photos nor from written documents, that this area has ever been a launching zone for Syrian missiles.
 * 2) Contrary to the argument of the defending IP, the supporters of a deletion do in no way imply the lack of such missiles in Syria. They are very likely to exist in other parts, but the respective launching areas are to be found elsewhere (e.g. north or south of the area in question, as valid sources quoted on the talk page of this article say).
 * 3) In conclusion, the only assertion made by the article, i.e. that there is a launch site at the named and specified location, is false and misleading. Therefore it should be deleted.
 * Delete Although there is one news search result, and a few quazi-mentions in books, it isn't significant coverage, so does not pass WP:GNG. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:34, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment apart from WP mirrors, all of those references that I looked at are lists of cities which have "Hama" next to a mis-spelled "Aleppo." None of them is about a place called "Hama-Allepo." JohnCD (talk) 13:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete I can't find any evidence that this place exists. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Delete No evidence means no article. Nothing else matters. -- Schumeru (talk) 13:13, 15 June 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.