Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legendary Heroes of Africa


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The result was keep. Tone 16:30, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Legendary Heroes of Africa

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This article tells us virtually nothing about the stamps, other than their basics. I can't find any reliable sources to support notability to justify a stand-alone article. The first 3 citations are from the same commercial stamp selling sites, so fail WP:RS and merely confirm the stamps were issues with some minor details. The last citation provides some background but there is nothing unusual about these stamps, no errors, no controversy, nothing more than their joint issuance by 3 countries. That is also not usual and the basics could easily be added to the joint issue stamps article where there are many other stamps that have not articles. Considering there are about 10,000 stamps issued worldwide each year, there does not appear to anything special about these relative to any other set of modern stamps. If this sort of non-notable stamp article is retained then, virtually every other stamp issued could be justified. ww2censor (talk) 17:23, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

This collection of stamps is noteworthy culturally and politically as explicitly crediting the South African Jewish minority as such for its extraordinary contribution to ending apartheid. These Jewish activists had roots in Lithuania, as noted in the Vilnews article. Given the widespread anti-semitism around the world, it is especially significant that these stamps by Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone make a political point of appreciating decades of Jewish activism. Very few postage stamps have such global cultural and political significance, linking these three countries with South Africa, Israel and Lithuania. Deletion of this article might offend readers in all countries whose culture is underrepresented at Wikipedia. --AndriusKulikauskas (talk) 18:23, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. North America1000 22:35, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. North America1000 22:36, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep I have added 4 references. This issue of stamps was reported around the world, in the UK, the US, Jerusalem, South Africa, and Lithuania. That clearly meets WP:GNG. Certainly, if other stamp issues are reported as widely, then they would also merit a Wikipedia article. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:43, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per the great references unearthed by RebeccaGreen. Kudos, Rebecca! Ifnord (talk) 04:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)


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