Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wars involving Cyprus


 * 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. postdlf (talk) 22:30, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

List of wars involving Cyprus

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Not notable title on an unnecessary list with only three items, of which none is called a war and only one (1974) can be considered as such. Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 11:44, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose:
 * "This is a list of wars and conflicts that Armenia or Armenians have been involved in." (that started in 87BC!).
 * The wars and conflicts are all military fightings. The entitling "conflict" etc. to a war does not change the character of the events.Alexyflemming (talk) 13:47, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Please oppose whatever you wish but be reasonable. Our Cyprus article is about a country independent since 1960 and even if you count that conflict, battle or whatever in 1964 as a "war" (it is not a war) then we have only 2 (two) items. Better save your energy to make other lists or developing other articles. Regards. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 13:53, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't understand. This AFD is about List of wars involving Cyprus, not List of wars involving Armenia.  User:Alexyflemming, could you please explain your "strong oppose"?  Or perhaps it should be disregarded, as it seems to refer to a different article or possible AFD. -- do  ncr  am  00:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - very important historically (article could be expanded quit a bit)--Star Log, Lfrankblam, Kirk Out (talk) 14:18, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * What is very important? I am saying that there are not more than 1 and a half (or a quarter :-) war(s) in which this country was involved in its short existence. Please bring arguments, not rhetoric. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 14:28, 2 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. No reply to my previous question, so change from "Comment" to "Keep".  It seems a valid list-article topic.  It is arguable whether many previous conflicts that involved states that included Cyprus should be included or not, or whether it should be kept limited to wars since Cyprus became separate, but that debate is for Talk page of article. I previously asked:  Question:  Can this be a section within Modern history of Cyprus?  Maybe it does not need to be split out as a separate list-article.  If it is a section there, or in Cyprus or another article, it can still be linked from the templates "List of wars involving European countries" and/or "List of wars involving Asian countries". -- do  ncr  am  17:58, 2 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Completely notable list which can be expanded considerably. --Sammy1339 (talk) 20:16, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Exactly with which non-existing wars, if I may kindly ask? --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 20:48, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * All the ones which took place there between 8000 BCE and 19 February 1959. --Sammy1339 (talk) 21:02, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * We don't even have an article on the Island, but one on the Republic formed there in 1960. Look at other Wikipedias and you will see that many of them -some with much less contributors- do have the separate island article. Better use your time to write that article, because in this Wikipedia the island and the republic are used as one. When you add there a war in say 1938, will it be about the Republic of Cyprus which is used interchangeably here with Cyprus? Do we have a list of wars for example in which Crete or Rhodes were involved? I am sure the island of Rhodes has seen as many wars but we write these lists based on states, not geographically. Do you have examples that go against my words, please show me. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 21:20, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * If the list is not deleted and you expand it -as I understand you intend to- please don't forget to add the Flag of Cyprus in every war where Cyprus was involved... --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 21:37, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, see list of wars involving Armenia above. Also list of wars involving China, and I'm sure there are many similar lists. List of wars involving Crete does indeed still need to be written. But honestly, even without that, the three modern conflicts by themselves justify having this list. --Sammy1339 (talk) 21:42, 2 November 2014 (UTC)


 * There's lots: Armenia, Austria, Greece, etc. But these lists must either assume inheritance or congruence with the modern state's borders. And that's....terrible. The extent of the island is an indisputable constant. Besides, WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS, and all it'd take is some disclaimer at the top of the list that it's not about the state. However, if there's no consensus for turning it into a list about the island, I'd be in favour of deleting, for the same reasons as User:Why should I have a User Name?'s. 213.7.147.34 (talk) 22:12, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * -Because history is important, Turkish history is very important these days see South Syria and the Ottoman Empire, ISIS, Greece and others. This is one of the rare Wikipeida articles that is actually concerned with fact. --Star Log, Lfrankblam, Kirk Out (talk) 22:25, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
 * We all know history is important. Do you have any serious argument supporting your keep vote? Please don't remind me again that history is important, say new things. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 19:18, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cyprus-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:14, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:14, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Solid encyclopedic content; useful navigational aid. Carrite (talk) 07:16, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Rather than deleting the article, we should focus on preventing nationalists from sabotaging it. --Mikrobølgeovn (talk) 14:59, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Subject is encyclopedic. If the use of "wars" in the title is the reason for this AfD, one could always request a move to something like List of armed conflicts involving Cyprus. Egsan Bacon (talk) 15:14, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment- If we delete this list user GiorgosY will have one less page for their disruptive edits. :-) --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 19:00, 6 November 2014 (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.