Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Airborne March

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 --JForget 23:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Airborne March[edit]

Seems to be promotional material of a local event, without assertion of notability. (speedy delete was declined, and PROD notice removed without comment). ZimZalaBim ^talk 17:34, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as presently written, provides no evidence whatsoever of notability, no sourcing, advertising/advocacy tone. S.P.A. author claims this is a bigger thing on the Dutch Wikipedia; is it any better sourced there? --Orange Mike | Talk 17:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A long-standing event that has taken place every year for over sixty years and is attended by over 30,000 nationals from two countries, that commemorates one of the most famous battles of the Second World War, the Battle of Arnhem (who hasn't seen the film, A Bridge Too Far?). It has some independent sources and a couple of primary ones. Could it be better sourced? Yes. Does it need to be rewritten? Yes. But these are reasons to edit not to delete. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- clarification - Notability is not inherited; a commemoration of a notable event is not therefore notable itself. Maybe this material (properly sourced) could be incorporated into the Battle of Arnhem article. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice to a proper encyclopedic article being written. Stifle (talk) 22:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This discussion has been notified to WikiProject Netherlands and to WikiProject Military history. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep rewrite. The current version of the article shows the notability of this march, by virtue of being pivotal in the annual remembrances of Market Garden, as demonstrated by the references. A ecis^Brievenbus 23:11, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. —Nick Dowling (talk) 23:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. A ecis^Brievenbus 00:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep rewrite Remove promotional nature and it still is a notable commemmoration of a notable battle (Market Garden). Arnoutf (talk) 08:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep rewrite See Aecis. Guido den Broeder (talk) 10:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Thanks for all efforts to keep the article. All items in the article are proven (historic) data, as mentioned in my talk page, under To Malcolmx15. If there is anything wrong in the article, tell me exactly what is, so I can alter it. I am a Wikipedia 'newbee' so help me out here.--Annerobe (talk) 21:20, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep rewrite See Aecis and Malcolmxl5. Ekki01 (talk) 09:16, 18 May 2008 (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.