Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belgian refugees in Wales

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The result was snow TNT. Bencherlite ^Talk 08:04, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Belgian refugees in Wales

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It's not implausible that an article could exist on Belgian refugees in Wales. This is not it. This is so far from it that it is implausible as to how it could even begin to become that article. Not least amongst its problems is a distinct lack of Belgians in it. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:29, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speediest Possible Delete This may be the worst non-spam article I have seen on Wikipedia. Wow, It's amazing how terrible this article is. Probably notable, but we can't keep any part of it by any stretch of the imagination. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:57, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete but I almost want this kept as a shining example of how not to write a Wikipedia article. Presumably it was written as a entirely promotional piece for "Wales for Peace" but the author has managed even to fail to link properly to the website they are promoting. Richard3120 (talk) 20:31, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Who wants to move this to WP:BADEXAMPLE and title it "Example of how not to write an article"? ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 21:09, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No point, while we have Reactions to the death of Prince Andy Dingley (talk) 15:28, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per WP:TNT. Hopefully, it can be properly written in the future... GAB^Hello! 22:43, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But does it need to be written at all? Belgian refugees are a notable topic and no doubt some of them ended up everywhere from Azerbaijan to Zambia - but did enough of them come to Wales to make a notable group? As Italian POWs and Genoese coal trimmers certainly did do in South Wales, let alone all the many and varied groups who came to Tiger Bay. Belgians though? Andy Dingley (talk) 23:11, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath at all. GAB^Hello! 23:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It does look like a sizable amount of Belgian refugees came to Wales during World War 1. Somewhere from 4,500 people to 200,000 people from searches. Today, though, I don't know how notable this is. Belgian refugees in the United Kingdom would be a more notable topic. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 00:23, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wales-related deletion discussions. LadyofShalott 02:08, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. LadyofShalott 02:09, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It's worse than I thought. Nothing to salvage. --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:16, 28 April 2016 (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.