Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israel–Kosovo 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 procedural close. As the article has never been properly tagged, this AfD is void. T. Canens (talk) 05:55, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Israel–Kosovo relations

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At this point in time, the article is pointless. Israel does not recognize Kosovo, therefore no formal relations exist between the two. The article itself mainly talks about why that is, this of course can be summarized on the Israel–Serbia relations article, which I believe it already does. Buttons (talk) 23:23, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm surprised "it's pointless" isn't at WP:ATA, but it probably should be. In science, there is a saying: "an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". The fact that Israel and Kosovo do not have diplomatic relations does not mean that there are no relations between the countries. The fact they don't have recognition/official relations is just as notable as if they did. (And, also, merging this page into the article suggested is just asking for WP:BATTLEGROUND issues.) - The Bushranger One ping only 23:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
 * There's another saying: "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit". The fact is that the article still fails to mention any other "relations" you think might exist between these two, what was it? Countries? That's funny, I don't remember Kosovo's statehood becoming the accepted POV on wikipedia... Buttons (talk) 04:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 00:02, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kosovo-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 00:02, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bilateral relations-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 00:02, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Bilateral relations do not require recognition. Sources are solid. Marokwitz (talk) 07:05, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Here's another source which I found in a few seconds of searching: BBC. This says, inter alia, "that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ... hosted a Kosovan refugee family to a meal at his residence."  Q.E.D. Warden (talk) 19:55, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Article is sourced, we don't tell the media that they shouldn't be taking notice, we let the media tell us what is notable.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:04, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Subject is notable, article is reliably sourced.--JayJasper (talk) 18:38, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - It is not essential for formal diplomatic relations to exist for their to be a relationship between the two entities and, furthermore, the absence of formal diplomatic relations may be material and noteworthy. Davshul (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Right, except that there is currently no evidence in the article or otherwise, that suggests any relationship at all exists between the two, besides the lack thereof ofc. The subject may be noteworthy but not separate article worthy. And if I may ask Davshul, as the original author, where are the articles on Israel's "relations" with Taiwan/ROC, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, etc? If you're going to do non-UN states and the like might as well be consistent. Buttons (talk) 00:30, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
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