Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of weapons in the American Civil War


 * 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. Closing early per WP:SNOW. Missvain (talk) 00:04, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

List of weapons in the American Civil War

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This article is very similar to a previous page that was deleted which tried to make an extensive list of weaponry that clearly wasn't needed. Despite having a huge amount of information listed almost all of it is not properly cited and the sources that are provided has little to no relevance to the topic at hand. I recommend deleting the article under WP:N, WP:V, and WP:RS and what do you think ? Labprison (talk) 20:38, 22 May 2021 (UTC) — Labprison (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Keep The nomination is an epic fail per WP:LISTN and WP:NEXIST plus WP:ATD, WP:BEFORE, WP:PRESERVE, &c. Here's a selection of books dedicated to the topic:
 * The Civil War: Weapons
 * Weapons of the American Civil War
 * Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War
 * Guns of the Civil War
 * Villainous Compounds – Chemical Weapons and the American Civil War
 * Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War
 * Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman
 * Civil War Weapons
 * Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms
 * America's Buried History: Landmines in the Civil War
 * Andrew🐉(talk) 22:43, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 23:01, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 23:01, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Firearms-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 23:01, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

DELETE. IF SO MANY SOURCE EXIST THEN START FILLING IT IN DUMBASS. DON'T TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING!! ABOUT! 2600:1000:B012:918E:56BB:5F7E:261E:ADE1 (talk) 23:37, 22 May 2021 (UTC) blocked editor, one edit ever.
 * Keep per Spiderone. Civil War buffs go nuts for this stuff, and write endlessly about it. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:26, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * strong Keep - I've cleaned it up a bit to remove stuff that's not weapons, such as dogs, razors, and camels, but there's plenty of sources about this. In addition to Andrew Davidson's sources, I'll add Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy and Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War.  This is a very notable topic. Hog Farm Talk 01:40, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep clearly notable topic, deletion is not cleanup. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:04, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 02:10, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep I thought there were rules in place to keep new editors from starting deletion discussions. This is ridiculous.  The encyclopedia should list every weapon used in every war.  That's just common sense.   D r e a m Focus  02:32, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Spiderone. Powerful Karma (talk) 02:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean up with additional sourcing. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 15:49, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, and rather snowy as per above. Btw the OP has been indefinitely blocked on own request. ...GELongstreet (talk) 02:16, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, and rather snowy as per above and all. Rickshaw Takahashi (talk) 06:13, 26 May 2021 (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.