Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moldova–Netherlands relations


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The result was   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 17:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Moldova–Netherlands relations

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A bilateral relationship so non-notable to the countries involved that they don't maintain full embassies in each others capitals. I can find no reliable, independent sources that cover this relationship in any depth. There is already a Foreign relations of Moldova article, where Moldova's general relationship with wealthier european countries can be discussed. This could aspire to be, at best, a content fork from that dicussion, but even in the context of Moldova's relationship with Western europe, Holland isn't really a player. Bali ultimate (talk) 15:25, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable. The Ogre (talk) 15:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - no sources, no embassies, nothing to indicate notability. - Biruitorul Talk 15:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as a non-notable article outlining two non-resident ambassadors. Not likely to become notable. -- BlueSquadron Raven  15:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable enough. --Mr Accountable (talk) 16:04, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you provide third-party sources showing that? - Biruitorul Talk 16:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete no notability in the two countries' relationships shown in non-trivial third party sources. - 2 ... says you, says me, suggestion box 16:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete If there are over 900 countries, and thousands of former countries, there could be literally millions of trivial articles stating that two countries have or had ambassadors or consuls or were represented by some other country's ambassador. The mere fact that two countries exist or once existed does not mean that we need articles such as this. Did they form alliances, or become major trading partners, or go to war, or anything else which would have caused there to be significant coverage in multiple independent and reliable sources, satisfying notability? The mere fact that they have diplomatic relations is insufficient to justify an article, since Wikipedia is not a directory.Edison (talk) 16:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Here is a non-notable, barely existent relationship. The link to a page at the Moldavian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website detailing the relation with NL was empty. A search of Dutch newssources revealed nothing at all. The Dutch Ministry of Foreing Affairs website, linked in the article, states that cultural relations are limited, the Dutch contribute via the Worldbank (but not that much--E 3 or 4 million annually in credit support). There really are no diplomatic relations, which the author, Groudani, would have seen if they had cared to actually look at the "sources." Drmies (talk) 21:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete do they even have embassies in each other country? when was the last time their leaders actually visited the other country? LibStar (talk) 02:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


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