Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malta-Asia relations


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 05:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Malta-Asia relations

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 * Removed. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:31, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Again, a bunch of stubs about the foreign relations of some tiny country in the Mediterranean. (If you find any that should be kept, please point them out.) King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - All with the exception of India–Malta relations per per this circa 1800's New York Times article detailing the invasion of Malta by the government of India, BBC article on Indians who were arrested my Malta, article detailing buisness relations between two, One of many articles detailing some kind of boat incident and on top of that both countries are former British colonies. - Marcusmax ( speak ) 00:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I agree, but India-Malta relations may need a rename then, if it is only one incident, it doesn't really count as relations, its more of an incident. --Pstanton (talk) 00:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No no, the articles each deal with different subjects. - Marcusmax ( speak ) 00:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete all remaining nominees as non-notable bilateral relations with no sources given to show otherwise. (I question whether an article can be written on the India matter: the "Government of India" in 1878 was these guys (not in charge of an independent state) and the remaining stories are basically just news - but that's a matter for another day.) - Biruitorul Talk 02:48, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * this is like saying we will have only major wars, not minor ones. I wonder what can be found for the others. Malta was a crossroads for centuries. The existence of that material is ful demonstration of the folly of group nomination without searchg foer sources oneself. It's all too easy to assume that "what I don't know isn't knowledge", like the Master of Balliol.DGG (talk) 03:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, Malta was a crossroads, but isn't (for instance) a Malta-Israel relations article covering the Crusades a bit anachronistic? It's like having a Spain-Bahamas article mention Columbus. Modern Malta has only been independent since 1964. - Biruitorul Talk 05:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

*Merge to Malta-Asia relations and delete. Obviously there is no need to cover Maltese relations with the rest of the world before 1964, so Malta-India should go too. MyDog22 (talk) 22:26, 16 April 2009 (UTC) (indef blocked as sock of a blocked user).Bali ultimate (talk) 01:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all remaining nominated pages. The relations between the countries in question aren't notable enough to justify having pages. fuzzy510 (talk) 06:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all currently listed articles as there are no indications of notability Nick-D (talk) 08:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Malta-South Korea I think that the link to the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Malta-Vietnam article says it all: | Malta -- There are currently no news here.  There is some evidence of relations in the source from the Malta-South Korea article | ROK website, which indicates over half a billion dollars worth of exports from Korea to a nation with a GDP of about ten billion.  Based strictly on what's in the article, Malta-South Korea ranks ahead of Malta – United States relations in terms of justifying its continued existence.  As for the rest, I'd add that anyone wanting to check on where Malta has an embassy can refer to the excellent Foreign relations of Malta artilce, which has room not only for most of this information, but also for the pretty flags that are a staple.  Mandsford (talk) 13:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all -- including Malta-India. While the British Raj may have invaded malta in the 19th century, that has nothing to do with the modern state of india (it was a british action, a moving of troops from one place to another to deal with british interests -- not to be pedantic, but i guess some aren't aware the india was a brit possession until well into the 20th century... Ghandi anyone?). There are simply no notable bilateral relationships for Malta beyond some of its north african and european neighbors. How could there be (no reliable sources establish any of these relationships as an encyclopedic topic).Bali ultimate (talk) 15:43, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all remaining as non-notable. Nothing to this, really. -- BlueSquadron Raven  15:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete all As failing notability and WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. Edison (talk) 18:40, 15 April 2009 (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.