Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yemens Military Industry

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The result was delete. This decision does not preclude a better sourced page on the topic. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 15:07, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yemens Military Industry[edit]

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This is a truly ludicrous article. They are making MP18's? A century-old first generation submachinegun? Or WWI Vickers machineguns? I can't find anything in Google Books or online for a company with this name, neither of the external links actually mention this company, and they aren't reliable in any case. I think it is probably a hoax. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:33, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

delete assuming this is not a hoax it is most likely (given what they are "making") some back street arms manufacturer. Either way its unsourced (for 4 years)
Delete agree it's possibly a hoax; if not it is of not value. Mccapra (talk) 11:07, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 13:39, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 13:39, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Yemen-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 13:39, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete. Probably not a hoax (see [1], [2]) though quite possibly off by many details. The name is also an issue (it seems this is the state run industry and the title is descriptive). I'm at delete since the current content doesn't pass WP:V, is unsourced, and is TNTable. Icewhiz (talk) 13:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not so sure, sure the Yemeni government are making weapons, but not MP-18's or Vickers. Thus (I suspect) what we have is someone having read these articles (or something like them) and then invented a cover company name to crate this article with no knowledge of what they are (or make).Slatersteven (talk) 08:23, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I said off by many details - though producing variants of submachine guns isn't so odd - e.g. the MP 18 per our article was the basis for most SMGs manufactured in the 1920s through 1960s. There is some indigenous industry currently controlled by the Houthis - how we should name it, source it, or include at all? Good question. I suspect an article could be developed on the subject - though the present article is far from acceptable (hence - my delete vote) on WP:V grounds.Icewhiz (talk) 19:08, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:TNT. Presumably there is a defence industry in Yemen, but the content of this article is so dubious we'd be better off starting from scratch. Nick-D (talk) 04:05, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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