Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skirmish at Aberdeen


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The result was redirect to Aberdeen, Mississippi as WP:ATD. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 19:06, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Skirmish at Aberdeen

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I'm in the process of developing a goal of trying to destub ACW battle stubs. When looking at this one to try to source it, I'm coming to the conclusion that this may well not be notable. The two ELs present in the article are an old book source that just states that a skirmish occurred at Aberdeen, Arkansas on July 9, 1862 and that components of several Indiana units partook in it. The other El is to an Encyclopedia of Arkansas article about the Skirmish at Grand Prairie on July 6 and doesn't mention an action at Aberdeen on July 9. Encyclo. of Ark. lists Grand Prairie as part of the Pea Ridge campaign, but Shea & Hess's book about the Pea Ridge campaign, which is one of the key modern works about the campaign, doesn't have anything in the index for "Aberdeen".

Ed Bearss's article about the White River Expedition, which seems to be the most connected campaign to this fight, mentions Aberdeen in connection with the Grand Prairie fight on July 6, but not an action there on July 9. It's also worth noting that the commanders in the article are wholly unsourced, as the one external link actually mention this battle does not name officers. There were 1862 and 1864 skirmishes at Grand Prairie, and one or both may be notable (finding some encouraging signs there), but all I'm finding for this one are a handful of passing mentions, some references to the various articles listed at Battle of Aberdeen, and some passing mentions to the Skirmish at Aberdeen, Mississippi.

I sincerely hope someone can save this, but I can find no evidence of the sort of coverage that would permit that. Hog Farm Talk 05:10, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm Talk 05:10, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete The fact that it's merely a skirmish is a bad start. Unconvinced that there is sufficient sources out there. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:43, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Hog Farms's commendable work in checking sources. Nick-D (talk) 05:48, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Redirect: Even the nominator hesitates to offer this sort of article up for deletion, as demonstrated by their reasonable WP:BEFORE. It appears this is a verifiable event, but insufficiently covered by RS at this time. No objection to resurrection if better sourcing is applied. BusterD (talk) 16:53, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Change to redirect. Since the Aberdeen, Mississippi seems to have a home for this material, it can best incubate there. BusterD (talk) 15:14, 28 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect As there is a suitable target at Aberdeen, Mississippi History.Jackattack1597 (talk) 11:08, 3 July 2021 (UTC)


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