Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sir Hugh Dowding and Revolutionary Change during the Interwar Period


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The result was   delete. I'm ignoring the "merge and delete" contribution as invalid Scott Mac 23:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Sir Hugh Dowding and Revolutionary Change during the Interwar Period

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Essay, probably a college paper. Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  04:11, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge Hugh Dowding — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:36, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Is there a reason why this is separate from an article regarding Hugh Dowding? Has this been spun out? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It appears to be a cut-and-paste job based on a college paper or academic article submission (probably the original poster's own). -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge anything worth keeping to Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, then delete (no need for a redirect, unlikely to be a valid search term or known by that name).  bahamut0013  words deeds 18:50, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:ESSAY. I agree with OrangeMike that this sounds like somebody took their college paper, decided "huh, this would be good uploaded to Wikipedia", and didn't think to simply add relevant bits to the article about the fellow. As it is, I'm not sure there's anything worth salvaging here - IMHO, it would be better to simply take its single significant source and use it as a ref for expanding Dowding's bio article (if needed) from scratch. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; this is either someone's personal essay. Nick-D (talk) 10:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
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