Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Operation Waverider


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The result was   delete. The article's subject is found to not be notable. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:46, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Operation Waverider

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Article entirely unsourced since creation in 2007. Searches for "Operation Waverider" or "Yonderbee" do not turn up anything anywhere. I was also unable to find any information about USS Fox (CG-33) being in the Caribbean at the time—it was a Pacific Fleet ship and probably not in the habit of hanging around the Caribbean. The article also lists the IAPF as a participant in the operation, even though the force did not appear to exist at the time. —&#8239;daranz [ t ] 11:55, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 19:49, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Delete At best, this seems to have been a fairly routine looking operation and so is unlikely to be notable. At worst it's a hoax. Nick-D (talk) 23:43, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 10:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonnotable and routine event, possible hoax, or possibly based on someone's recollection of events while they were in the Navy. Lots of international shortwave stations broadcast similar coded messages in the era.  Was there even a law against a maritime ship transmitting code signals in the way described from the high seas? (You caught them, now  what? Torpedo them? Board and seize? Couldn't they just thumb their nose at you and continue transmitting?) Seems like a non-notable event. Tagged as needing refs to verify the info for many years. I found nothing related to this on Google. Edison (talk) 19:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable per WP:GNG due to lack of coverage. Anotherclown (talk) 09:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
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