Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of infantry weapons of World War I


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The result was   speedy keep. (or WP:SNOW, if you prefer.) Meritless and self-contradictory nomination of an indisputably notable topic, contrary to relevant guidelines and policies. I suggest a read of WP:AADD, because several of its examples are touched on. postdlf (talk) 20:40, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

List of infantry weapons of World War I

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Totally unsourced list of countries and other political entities and weapons of all kinds, with not a single inline citation anywhere, and just a few books listed at the bottom of the list. Creating such a list might have been a good idea a long time ago, but now it's just a playground for IPs and new user accounts who add fantasy content and political entities that had nothing to do with World War I. A quick look at the page history shows that all "serious" editors have abandoned it a long time ago, with noone even bothering to try to keep the list clean, and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopaedia, any more. Thomas.W talk 21:18, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep The nomination is self-contradictory in that it claims that the page is "totally unsourced" and it then tells us that it lists a "few books". There are plenty more books out there with titles like Weapons of WW1 and so the topic easily passes WP:LISTN.  All the entries are blue links and, if we consider the first one, it is easy to verify this with a source such as  Military Handguns of Two World Wars.  The nomination does not provide a single concrete example or evidence to support its wild claims.  In this centenary year, we should dismiss the nomination immediately as disruptive. Andrew (talk) 06:18, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep The blue links leads to the articles that confirm they are infantry weapons used in World War 1. If you have a problem with IP addresses vandalizing a page, you don't try to delete the entire page, you report it to Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism and they can block IP addresses and new accounts from editing it.  As for your claim that all serious editors have abandoned the article, well, maybe they felt the list was completed and didn't need anything else added.  Anyway, no valid reason given to delete this article.  The information is verifiable and it meets all requirements for a Wikipedia list.   D r e a m Focus  06:59, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep Being unsourced and subject to vanadlism are not valid reasons for article deletion.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:45, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Speed keep Per above.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:22, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
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