Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Truman trusteeship proposal


 * 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. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 10:28, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Truman trusteeship proposal

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Merge into History of Palestine and Harry S. Truman: Topic not notable enough for standalone article. Zzarch (talk) 09:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Procedural close as keep. Articles for deletion is not a more forceful substitute for merger proposals. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:00, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Response: see WP:MERGE. Zzarch (talk) 08:30, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 *  Speedy Keep According to the article history the nominator proposed this for deletion within 2 minutes of its creation. At that speed, it seems unlikely that the nominator read the article properly, and even less likely that they either (a) read the external references which support its notability, or (b) reviewed the related articles in the navboxes at the bottom, which support its "relative notability". Oncenawhile (talk) 01:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Objection: While it might be a piece of evidence to the creator Oncenawhile's favor, this is not a valid reason for speedy keeping. Zzarch (talk) 08:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Apologies, quite right - I have struck out "speedy". Oncenawhile (talk) 23:13, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Not notable. This proposal is one of hundreds if not thousands of similar proposals the UNSC gets on practically every subject it debates. It's not much more than footnote in most history books discussing the events at the time. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 05:55, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Not Notable as it own may be meged in to the Harry S. Truman as suggested.--Shrike (talk) 19:28, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Zzarch, NMMNG. Plot Spoiler (talk) 00:00, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep I think that the article is worth keeping for at least in the short term. I shouldn't think that the subject would deserve more than the briefest of mentions in the Truman article. A more natural home would be the one on the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.     ←   ZScarpia  22:41, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge with article on the British Mandate for Palestine. Abedwayyad (talk) 06:42, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: Mm, I'm with Smerdis and Oncenawhile; I'm curious as to what steps the nom would like us to believe he completed in less than two minutes to verify that no reliable sources could be found discussing the topic, as WP:BEFORE enjoins us to take. Just at a casual glance, Google has over 3,000 hits on the formal title of the proposal, and it is cited in the law libraries at Yale , Northwestern , Mt. Holyoke  and other institutions.  I also find 63 hits on Google News in 1948 alone regarding this proposal, including articles in the Rochester News-Sentinel , the Pittsburgh Press , the New York Times , the Milwaukee Sentinel , the Chicago Tribune  and the Christian Science Monitor . Hm.  That took me all of FIVE minutes.  A very lazy nomination, IMHO, coupled with a pair of lazy Delete advocacies - may I likewise ask Shrike and Plot Spoiler about their methodology in assuring themselves that there were no reliable sources discussing the subject?  Ravenswing  08:51, 20 January 2012 (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.