Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/102nd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

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The result was keep. The nomination was withdrawn with no contrary recommendations. NAC. The Whispering Wind (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

102nd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)[edit]

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No evidence that this specific unit is notable. I don't buy the argument that military units are automatically notable; it needs to be justified in sources, and I'm not seeing that. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep Another well-known regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army. Arrived in January 1943 and fought in the Huon Peninsula campaign and later around Wewak. A quick check shows a plethora of mentions in Dexter, Long and McCarthy, and work through the shelf from there. This is why we have WP:MILUNIT; but if you want to not "buy the argument that military units are automatically notable" then you to demonstrate WP:COMPETENCE with the sources. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:18, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. General consensus is that military units of this size are notable, per WP:MILUNIT. I don't think we'd even be having this discussion if this regiment was American or British. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:41, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn It is very clear that this isn't going to get deleted. It would have been nice to have had someone from MILHIST take a look at this and say "You're right, there isn't an indication of notability in this, but here are sources [1], [2], and [3] that demonstrate it. Don't search using google, search using [X].", but (Redacted) Sven Manguard Wha? 21:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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