Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:European military history

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was:  delete. ✗ plicit  11:12, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Portal:European military history

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Abandoned portal. This portal was created in October 2012 by an editor who last edited in June 2013. There was drive-by maintenance to the portal itself in September 2021, but no maintenance to the articles. The selected articles are partial copies of 195 articles (75 articles, 75 battles, 45 biographies), and the copies have not been edited since 2013. This portal has a better ratio of portal views to article views than others recently nominated for deletion, but that is because the viewing of the article Military history of Europe is poor This portal is apparently being used by some viewers as an introduction to the topic, when they would do better to start with the lead article, which is updated from time to time and is linked to real articles. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:17, 25 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Comment – The nominator is correct that the Military history of Europe article has content beyond that summarised in this portal, which is why the portal links very prominently to that article. As mentioned above, the portal was overhauled in 2021.  Apart from the current Ukraine conflict, which hardly counts as history, there are no major developments since then which could be described as omissions.  WP:NOBODYREADSIT is not a sufficient argument for deletion. Certes (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There is an additional comment on the MfD talk page. Certes (talk) 09:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete  – Abandoned and unnecessary portal. It's not even linked in Template:Military history of Europe or in Europe, and totally weak in main article Military history of Europe. Portal:Europe and Portal:History can approach this topic, and the editors' time used to fix the main article marked with More citations needed. There is no related Wikiproject either.Guilherme Burn (talk) 17:14, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding a missing wikilink can sometimes be easier and more helpful than nominating its target for deletion. Certes (talk) 00:19, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Guilherme Burn. —  Sundostund  mppria  (talk / contribs) 13:49, 31 January 2024 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.