Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rank (formation)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 15:25, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Rank (formation)

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Just a word definition. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:16, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related page for the same reason:




 * Keep The pages in question are stubs, not dictionary-style entries.  The essential differences in style between these and the common confusion between them are explained in detail at WP:DICDEF.  There's plenty more that can be written about these concepts by reference to sources such as Elements of Military Art and History or ''Military Tactics. Andrew D. (talk) 14:45, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Why is this not enfilade? "Rank" is simply half of "rank and file." It is like "X and Y," while "file" can refer to a particular tactic. This seems incorrect, and the lack of references is troubling, because it would be easy to find a dictionary that would define rank and assume it as a clipping of "rank and file." Hithladaeus (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep a rank and a file denote two different things. When troops are lined up, the front rank is the line of troops standing shoulder to shoulder, a file refers to troops lined up one behind the other. It is not just a word definition, it is just a stub of an article relating to a military formation. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 04:07, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:44, 14 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. They both denote different things. They're not just a dictionary definition, just a short stub about a military concept. I've recently found five sources that talk about the file.--Tomandjerry211 (Let's have a chat) 00:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)--Tomandjerry211 (Let's have a chat) 00:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep There's a surprisingly huge literature on the different ways of structuring bodies of military personnel in the pre-modern war era, and so there should be plenty of scope to expand these articles. Nick-D (talk) 10:11, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Nick-D and Tomandjerry211 there would appear to be enough coverage to satisfy WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 07:47, 18 June 2015 (UTC)


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