Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of private military companies


 * 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. The potential renaming of the article can be discussed on the articles talk page. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 08:32, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

List of private military companies

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This appears to be a fairly random and broadly uncited attempt to list private military contractors. The subject of the title is not defined and the article has no lead to explain what it is about. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 06:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:26, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep - A focused, discriminate list that enhances Wikipedia. Could use more sourcing. Propose renaming to: List of private military contractors . Northamerica1000 (talk) 10:29, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - No other definitive list of private military companies is available, and such a list would prove useful for the study of such companies. The article is still in dire need of sourcing, but shortage of sourcing is not just reason to delete the article, without which, many of the companies listed would not be mentioned elsewhere on Wikipedia. Additionally, I see no reason to rename the page to List of private military contractors, as the two names are synonymous. Benjitheijneb (talk) 16:01, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Renaming the article to List of private military contractors would eliminate the notion of the list being perceived as companies that provide private militaries, like a private company providing an army. Northamerica1000 (talk) 00:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep I don't think I even need to explain this. The others already said it all anyway.   D r e a m Focus  03:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
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