Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Most Ancient European Towns Network

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Daniel (talk) 04:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Most Ancient European Towns Network[edit]

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There seems to be no assertion anywhere that this group ever met beyond its first proposed meeting, that it has ever made any decision or initiated or co-ordinated any activity of its members. It was an idea that apparently amounted to nothing. Kevin McE (talk) 15:46, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:12, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:12, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:12, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I haven't found much from the actual organization, but it is frequently mentioned by travel sites and stuff of that sort. This isn't a vote. It's just an observation. LeBron4 (talk) 16:17, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:07, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I created this article back in the day based on a reference to the same page on the German wiki, which has a lot more sources. No idea if they are reliable or not, and I don't find much in English that seems reliable. --AW (talk) 06:03, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So the sources on that de.wiki page seem to be a municipal self promotion site for Worms, the German (former?) member of MAETN; reference to it as an example of "non-official forms of co-operation" in a 2000 document for a sub-group of the Council of Europe; an archived article from the promotional site of another (ex?) member city, Argos, mentioning the first meeting, but with no more to report than that one of the members hadn't turned up; and a google search documenting the absence of any original material from the group. I live in Colchester, and have strong family ties in Cork: in neither place have we seen any evidence of the working, or existence, of this body. This really seems to have been a lead balloon: it didn't fly. Kevin McE (talk) 09:21, 15 January 2021 (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.