Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States

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 redirect to Iran–United States relations. Seems like we have a pretty clear consensus to get rid of this article, but not so clear consensus about whether a merge or deletion are the appropriate way - there are sound arguments on both sides regarding the presence or lack of coverage. Thus this is a redirect, so that people can work out in additional discussions what to merge if so, and list the redirect at WP:RFD if consensus leans towards no merge. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:29, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Does not appear to be of any kind of lasting notability. All the sources provided are from within a few days in late April 2019. Recommend merge whatever is appropriate into Iran–United States relations or elsewhere. Delete per arguments put forward by Clarityfiend and Bearian. Loksmythe (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Loksmythe (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. It's simply a proposal to which the US hasn't even bothered to respond. Move along. Nothing to see here. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:39, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:31, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:31, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - diplomatic entreaty that never went nowhere, nohow. Bearian (talk) 21:20, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge - The prisoner swap proposal elaborates the relationship between the two nations and should be merged into Iran–United States relations AssadFin (talk) 18:27, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or merge - received enough media attention and seems like something we can use. Barca (talk) 17:10, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge - received quite a bit of media attention and is still widely searched. TruthGuardians (talk) 07:54, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Iran–United States relations; there are enough good references here to show that this, at a time, was considered important (i.e. don't delete), however there is not enough for a standalone article. Smerge into the main US-Iran relations article which is not that big. Britishfinance (talk) 11:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - This is a political bluff to mislead the public and is not deserve to create an independent article. - MA Javadi (talk) 00:04, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Political motivations are not a reason for deletion at AfD. The proposal was covered by major worldwide RS and the article has WP:SIGCOV on the topic from several WP:RS/P such as Reuters, Time and the New York Times (and there is much more online), and it therefore notable enough to be chronicled; however, as per my !vote above, I think it should be merged into the main Iran–United States relations article as another noteworthy event. Britishfinance (talk) 09:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as I don't think there's enough to go into the relations article. At most one line if you insist on merging (although this 'proposal' came after the Ayatollah banned direct talks?) - ChrisWar666 (talk) 06:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - It was just a proposed plan (unrealized proposed plan). I disagree to merge but simply have a one liner of this event with a reference link on Iran–United States relations article. - Jay (talk) 06:57, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge - I would make a soft merge, preserving this article’s history. The subject looks to probably be notable enough for a stand alone article (Nytimes, etc. references where this is the primary topic), but the case for merging this with a more broad subject which may have an article that is too short is good. Samboy (talk) 08:35, 1 December 2019 (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.