Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/7th Infantry Regiment (Estonia)

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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 16:35, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

7th Infantry Regiment (Estonia)

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This article fails WP:GNG. This military regiment lacks WP:SIGCOV, only major coverage being a potentially unreliable Estonian website. No other WP:SIGCOV exists on subject, following searches. Adam8410 (talk) 13:06, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and Estonia. Shellwood (talk) 13:23, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:11, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete What information is in here that wouldn't sensibly be found under Estonian Army? Nothing, that's what. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This was a three-battalion regiment, the equivalent of a brigade. It's not surprising that there's not much online about a pre-war Estonian military unit, but deleting an an article on a unit of this size would seem to be setting rather a poor precedent. It does of course meet WP:MILUNIT #2. I'm sure some tiresome deletionist will as usual gleefully point out that it's only an essay, but there is a good reason it was written and agreed to by those who know about such things. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:11, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- And appears it does pass WP:GNG anyway. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:35, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NEXIST, passes WP:GNG. Adam8410, did you review the source listed on the corresponding Estonian-language Wiki article? It appears to a reliable source and has a long discussion of the history of the regiment on its 10th anniversary starting from page 1404. The Estonian national archives also appear to contain subject-matter about this regiment (see here), and this archive appears to contain press coverage of the regiment (do CTRL-F for "7. Jalaväerügement"). This article also appears to give at least some coverage of the regiment, and together with the Estonian National Archives history of the regiment and the 10th anniversary coverage gets it over the line for GNG, but even if it doesn't other sources clearly exist that should be consulted in the Estonian archives (e.g., the coverage of the regiment's 20th anniversary) and per WP:NEXIST it is sufficient that sources do actually exist. FOARP (talk) 20:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Per above. This stub can be expanded. SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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