Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Misurata

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 keep. This is effectively a non-delete closure. Time will show whether the event merits a separate article and/or whether it should be renamed or merged. Tone 13:52, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Misurata

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Sure there was some fighting around the city, specifically at the airport, but no google news sources use the term "Battle of Misurata" or "Battle for Misurata". In fact, only one of the four sources given in the article mention Misurata. Anything here belongs in 2011 Libyan uprising or Timeline of 2011 Libyan uprising. Pontificalibus (talk) 11:10, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note The page was created by a user banned for disruptive editing. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vidboy10 --Pontificalibus (talk) 14:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say keep, or possibly merge into the main 2011 Libyan uprising article. -- 92.4.54.146 (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, merge or maybe rename to Misurata clashes since that term is being used by mainstream media and the event is significant since it's been mentioned by both sides in the media hundreds of times in the past two days.EkoGraf (talk) 14:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:57, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, the clashes in Misurata can be usefully mentioned in 2011 Libyan Uprisings article. 79.216.214.26 (talk) 03:46, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - also lacks "significant independent coverage" in reliable sources under the WP:GNG. Merge anything useful to 2011 Libyan uprising and get rid of the rest. Anotherclown (talk) 08:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't delete, but rather merge the contents into the timeline article and redirect this there. -- 92.4.116.101 (talk) 12:29, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename, Just rename it to the Skirmish of Misurata. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowik (talk • contribs) 20:37, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect - since the event itself does not appear to have passed WP:GNG, but the larger event which it is related to has it should be merged into 2011 Libyan uprising. If additional resources and content is created regarding this event, it can be redirected per WP:SPINOUT. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:36, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or at least wait - Too much information has been removed by wikipedia simple for the sake of brevity or whatever, there's no good reason to delete this page. Swalgal (talk) 00:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, nothing special here. We can't just create separate articles for every single event in the uprising. I also don't think that these events can be defined as a battle. Rafy talk 10:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the actual events into the original timeline article. The name of this article is a perfect example of wikipedians constructing names and history themselves. It's OR and has no place here. --Joffeloff (talk) 15:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, or rename, or at least wait. Enough reliable sources have been provided. The only suspicious original research is the title "Battle of ...". Renaming it can fix this problem. At least please wait for several days to see whether the further development of this event can justify this article. --Pengyanan (talk) 02:25, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, or rename, or wait. There is ongoing fightings here today, and yesterday also. Kormin (talk) 18:06, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or rename, as per other rationales. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:00, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.