Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Air Myanmar

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 and try to merge into Myanma Airways. (non-admin closure) Tofutwitch11-Chat -How'd I do? 20:05, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Air Myanmar

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Proposed and ultimately failed short-lived airline project without any significant coverage in reliable third party sources. IMO clearly fails WP:CORP (and likely also WP:GNG). Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 11:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

edit: In the light of the recent changes performed by User:Aymatth2 I'd go for merge and redirect to Myanma Airways. Even though the article's content has been greatly expanded, there is still no proof that the airline ever operated any flights (which IMO is neccessary to pass WP:CORP). The section about domestic flights is incorrect. According to this source, the alleged 1998 Air Myanmar plane crash was in fact a Myanma Airways flight, which is also covered in the respective article. Thus, Air Myanmar was obviously just a failed subsidiary of Myanma Airways (it has to be seen as a fact that they never operated any aircraft), with no stand-alone notability. Please note that IMO most of the recently added text at Air Myanmar are just unencyclopedic, promoting intentions and business plans (per WP:CRYSTAL). Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 10:34, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just did a search on the name and stuck in what I found. Probably the "domestic airline" content comes from people incorrectly using "Air Myanmar" for "Myanma Airways". I am o.k. with moving anything worth saving of this content to Myanma Airways, which could use more sources. (Done) The material on the international project is, I think, encyclopedic. The Myanmar Times did indeed report the successive announcements on the proposed joint venture, presumably accurately, and they tell the story of the changing plans and the delays. Other publications picked up the story and also noted the announcements. Then it fizzled out. I would not object to merging the content on the international project to a section in Myanma Airways, leaving this as a redirect, although I see no strong reason to merge. But "merge" is a separate discussion from "delete". Aymatth2 (talk) 14:20, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly oppose deletion but I would support a merge into Myanma Airways.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:12, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep That a project has failed usually decreases its importance, but does not remove it. As for merging, I would strongly oppose a merge, because there is no direct successor relationship between the two companies. Our articles are about the companies, not about the topic of International airlines of Burma--which would of course be a valid general article topic, with links to detailed articles about the individual organizations. And I would suggest that the present article, List of airlines of Burma, should be expanded to include the defunct ones, probably in a separate table. DGG ( talk ) 18:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep DGG has convinced me. The failed joint venture is not the same as one of the parent companies. The sources show notability. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Another reason to keep the article is that Hla Myint Swe (artist), only the second Burmese artist to make it into Wikipedia, is hanging by a thread, linked only to the rest of Wikipedia by a see also from Hla Myint Swe, the former Minister of Transport, who in turn is linked only by one reference in this article. Deleting this article would cut their only links to the broader world of Wikipedia. Surely Myanmar is isolated enough as it is. Aymatth2 (talk) 03:16, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - I think that the conent can very easily be merged into the current Myanma Airways. Besides what is currently being used on the Myanma page, not much (maybe the plane type/destination) need to be saved. Ravendrop (talk) 04:33, 13 November 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.