Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modern weapons (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 19:24, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Modern weapons
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This article has not improved since the no consensus keep in 2007: it's still unsourced and has an extremely vague scope that lends itself to original research. The core problem seems to be that there is no commonly accepted meaning of "modern" in this context. Right now the article essentially says that "modern weapons" are whichever weapons are new at any given time, which is ... not very helpful. Unsurprisingly the content is also a mess and does not appear to have been worked on for a long time. We should delete this and, if really needed, start over from scratch with a well-sourced definition.

List of modern weapons (which could be a redirect target) and Category:Modern weapons have similar problems, but these could at least be salvaged by defining temporal inclusion criteria. (Though these would be arbitrary: after 1945? after 1700?)  Sandstein   16:23, 9 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete If "modern weapons" means the current weapons being used (as the article seems to be saying) then it is just a dictionary definition. The information on different weapons and which are being used where should be given in other articles. For instance:  United States Marines should inform us of what they are using with wiki links to the article on each weapon. Etc. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:32, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Just for information, my first-year history class defined 'modern' as after 1500 AD. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:34, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsensical definition torpedoes it from the get-go. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:40, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: mess and of no practical use.  bahamut0013  words deeds 05:11, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - basically a dictionary definition. And description of specific "modern weapons" are better served in their own article. -- Whpq (talk) 14:09, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
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