Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Resident spy

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The result was keep. If merging is desired, that can be discussed through the usual process. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:03, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resident spy[edit]

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Ancient and in-ept dictionary definition attempt; remains unsourced after half a decade and more. Orange Mike | Talk 02:36, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Inept deletion attempt as it only takes a moment to find a source such as The Enemy Within: A History of Spies, Spymasters and Espionage. AFD is not cleanup. Warden (talk) 16:48, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Colonel Warden. Just because it's been unsourced doesn't mean it has to stay that way. Ducknish (talk) 22:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Col. Warden et al. it also has been used in popular culture such as The Odessa File (film) and other spy movies. Bearian (talk) 16:55, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment; I had previously considered submitting this to AfD the way is was. I see it's now improved, but I still feel this isn't worthy of a stand-alone article as this content is already covered in other Soviet/Russian espionage articles. But, 'waste not/want not'. Why not merge the info in this stub with KGB, SVR, GRU, History of Soviet espionage, etc.? - thewolfchild 12:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, although I never heard about Soviet "illegal residents". There were two "residents" in each Soviet embassy, one for KGB and another for GRU, both are "legal". There were also "illegals" (a variety of spy), but not "illegal residents". My very best wishes (talk) 04:46, 8 May 2012 (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.