Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:51, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province[edit]

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The article is the same as all the articles deleted here and here and hence should be deleted. Mhhossein (talk) 06:46, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by nominator: The article seems notable per explanations. Mhhossein (talk) 05:44, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sinai Province is a militant organisation that is based in the Sinai Peninsula. It has been reported on by WP:RS including:

Reuters [1], AFP [2], BBC [3], The Guardian [4], The Independent [5], Al Jazeera [6], The New York Times [7]

The US State Department recently amended it's terrorist designation of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis to include the following [8]: "Also under the FTO and E.O. 13224 authorities, the designations of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) have been amended to add several aliases, including ISIL Sinai Province (ISIL SP). In November 2014, ABM pledged allegiance to ISIL, and has since used ISIL Sinai Province as its primary name. ISIL leadership accepted ABM’s pledge that same month. ISIL Sinai Province continues to attack Egyptian targets."

The group is a major player in the Sinai Insurgency, and the article contains 7 WP:RS as refs, showing the topics notability. Gazkthul (talk) 07:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - As it is a notable topic and has received a large amount of media coverage by this point. This is also an active branch of ISIL operating outside of Iraq and Syria. LightandDark2000 (talk) 10:49, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - The Sinai insurgency is a separate issue from ISIS in Iraq/Syria. They have affiliated themselves to ISIS, but that doesn't make them the same group. However, this article might need to be merged to the Sinai insurgency. Buckshot06 (talk) 05:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Buckshot06: Why do you think the article should be merged? Mhhossein (talk) 12:56, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If the group is effectively the same group as the one that started the insurgency. Similar to GSPC which became AQIM. Buckshot06 (talk) 20:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Buckshot06's merger proposal. Mhhossein (talk) 18:01, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's a major if in my thoughts: has anyone done the research to tell if the Sinai bedouin insurgency is effectively the same as ISIS/ISIL-Sinai Province? Buckshot06 (talk) 19:52, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Affiliation with ISIS plus real and growing capacity of this group is notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:24, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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