Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Serbs of Croatia timeline


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   no consensus.   Wifione    .......  Leave a message  04:18, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Serbs of Croatia timeline

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This looks like a valid article on the face of it, but the content is essentially a POV fork of the mainstream description of the Croatian War of Independence - see also Talk:Serbs of Croatia timeline. It's also generally incoherent to have the history of an entire people in a location (one that spans over four centuries IIRC) summed up in a period of a single decade. This is probably salvageable, but it would require an amount of effort that is effectively the same as starting a new article from scratch. Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 07:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Croatia-related deletion discussions.  —Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 07:44, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  —Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 07:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge all applicable items into either Timeline of the Croatian War of Independence or Timeline of Yugoslav breakup. "Serbs of Croatia timeline" is a valid subject, but the original content (i.e. the content that isn't covered elsewhere) is missing. GregorB (talk) 08:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, not sure if there are any, but the format of the Timeline of Yugoslav breakup looks more promising for a merge. I'll see what I can do. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 09:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I did that. Does anyone mind that we delete the article now and close the AfD? I don't see that a redirect with possibilities would make much sense here. --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 09:54, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. A redirect would not make much sense here, so given that the content has been merged, I'd say the page should be deleted outright. GregorB (talk) 22:46, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

 
 * Either merge to Serbs of Croatia or keep, expanding to include every era of Serb presence in the region. This could actually stand as a timeline article in its own right. Serb History in Craotia did not begin and end with the 90s. Totnesmartin (talk) 12:28, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Exactly, but there effectively is no article content - even if we undo my last merge, there is no actual standalone content. Replacing it with a redirect to Serbs of Croatia would work, but it would still be an implausible redirect (it's doubtful that anyone will look up such a term). --Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 12:41, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * So it's delete or expand, then. Totnesmartin (talk) 12:51, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   Wifione    .......  Leave a message  02:44, 16 August 2011 (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.