Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Eritrea–Ethiopia border skirmish

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The result was keep. Merging can be further discussed on the article's talk page. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:30, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 Eritrea–Ethiopia border skirmish[edit]

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Article based on a claim made solely by Eritrea. That could easily be propaganda. DAI (Δ) 17:36, 10 March 2010 (UTC) Concerns were already expressed on the talk page, but no feedback --DAI (Δ) 17:42, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as often stated, Wikipedia only cares about verifiability, not truth. There are two AP citations. Point of view can be fixed through the normal editing process. Bearian (talk) 18:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge - While I sympathize with DAI's concerns, finding objective & reliable sources for this part of the world will always be a challenge; neither government involved can be trusted to report events without some "shading" -- to put it mildly. We need more information from a reliable source to prove that this clash never happened. Until that is provided, it is reasonable to presume that there was a border clash as one side reported; if it can be shown that this wasn't notable enough to merit a separate article, then the material should be merged into Eritrean–Ethiopian War as an example of continuing tensions between the 2 countries. -- llywrch (talk) 21:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Somtimes in news articles it's hard to define whose always telling the truth, however agree with Bearian idea, we can always fix the Point of view. Nath1991 (talk) 23:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Yet at the same time, Ethiopia states that 25 Eritrean soldiers were killed in a rebel attack. Its clear something happened there, not propaganda.--RM (Be my friend) 03:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

is it good for wikipedia to have such obscure things? Even such non notable ones?--DAI (Δ) 10:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously? Of course it is. It's only "obscure" because it's happening in a little country (and a big one) far away from most Wikipedia editors. If this had happened between the US and Canada, would this even be at AFD?--Beloved Freak 11:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - has received independent significant coverage in reliable sources. Even in Western countries, the press is frequently biased and even completely wrong, especially when it comes to reporting about military occurrences. It's even more of a problem in countries that don't receive a lot of international coverage. We just have to make the best of the sources we have to make a neutral article. Here, we have just enough. Per User:Llywrch, if it's not deemed enough for a separate article, it can be merged, as it's part of a larger ongoing conflict. But we shouldn't delete it just because there are doubts a government may be telling the truth.--Beloved Freak 11:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, there is no outcome or long-term effect for this one. Qajar (talk) 23:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, into Eritrean–Ethiopian War, in the Aftermath section. Dancarney (talk) 13:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Bearian. Facts (truth or not) presented with citations. Kevin/Last1in (talk) 13:54, 16 March 2010 (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.