Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Operation Boardman

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The result was redirect to Operation Avalanche. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 14:26, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Boardman[edit]

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This article was created in 2003 without references. It continued to be edited in good faith, but without any references. I think there is a good reason why there are no references for this article: because there never was an "Operation Boardman". I'm pretty sure the Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL in this AFD discussion will turn up nothing at at all. As always, happy to be proven wrong. Pete AU aka Shirt58 (talk) 10:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I have added a cite. I am the author of the cited book. The original source was the United States Army in World War II series. --''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk) 10:45, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Paul, is there much that can be written about this deception operation? Nick-D (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, no. I was writing a dictionary. It's purpose was to include obscure codewords to answer the question "What the heck was BOARDMAN?" In an encyclopedia we have to answer "How did BOARDMAN work? Where?" That information is not readily available. All that remains is the name. Not much else. ''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk) 02:46, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:50, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:50, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: added a ref to Jennings: [1]. Holt also seems to mention the operation: [2]. Suspect there are a few more mentions in these works, also: [3] Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:32, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@ErrantX: G'day, Tom, not sure if you are still editing Wikipedia, but if you are, I hope you are well and I wonder if you could take a look at your sources to see if there is significant coverage of this operation (given your previous work in relation to World War II deception operations)? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:59, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, it looks like Errant is no longer active; it would have been good to get their perspective. Anyway, I think a redirect to the Avalanche page is probably the best solution. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:53, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Operation Avalanche, where it is mentioned. I am not seeing the significiant coverage or WP:NEVENT being met. b uidhe 08:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect You changed my mind. As long as the name is recorded on the Avalanche page that seems sufficient. ''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk) 15:23, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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