Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/25th East Bengal Regiment

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The result was merge to East Bengal Regiment. I have to discount the "per WP:MILUNIT" opinions: that is an essay, and it recognizes that sourcing is necessary. No sourcing has been proposed here. Sandstein 14:13, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

25th East Bengal Regiment[edit]

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None of the content is sourced. The further reading is a passing mention in an officer's official biography that at some point in his career he was their commander. Searches of the usual types found nothing deeper than what seems to be a press release about a cake-cutting on the 43rd anniversary of their founding.[1] (in Bengali). Fails WP:MILUNIT. Worldbruce (talk) 22:21, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 22:21, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 22:21, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into East Bengal Regiment. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:31, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- In principle, I'm fine with merge as an alternative to deletion, but is it a good idea to merge unsourced content? --Worldbruce (talk) 04:01, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't fail MILUNIT, as it is an infantry battalion. However, whether it is independently notable outside the East Bengal Regiment is an open question, as I can't find any operations it has deployed on. I would suggest merge to East Bengal Regiment, but I can't even find confirmation this unit exists, or its supposed parent formation, the 55th Brigade. Could it be a hoax? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:30, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- It doesn't fail WP:MILUNIT in the way that a smaller unit would. But the first sentence of the guideline reads "presumption of notability for a military unit or formation depends wholly on the existence of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject", which, as your searches confirm, it fails. There is the brief mention of the battalion in the further reading, so I don't think it's a hoax, but since sources haven't written anything of substance about it, I'm not sure what content we would merge. --Worldbruce (talk) 13:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Its existence could be merged at least. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:14, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes WP:MILUNIT, a large enough land force unit. The unit exists as the nom has already confirmed. --Zayeem ^(talk) 16:41, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Certainly passes WP:MILUNIT, but rename to 25th Battalion, East Bengal Regiment, which would seem to be its actual name in line with usual Commonwealth naming. Possible merge into East Bengal Regiment. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:10, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, DMySon 05:04, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into East Bengal Regiment or Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini; there really isn't enough for an independent article. If we find sources in the future then the redirect can be turned into a full article.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 13:32, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   Kadzi   (talk) 20:49, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as it satisfies WP:MILUNIT. No harm in keeping a short stub. Nomian (talk) 03:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I believe that Certainly passes for WP:MILUNIT , hope Shouldn't delete this article. NadDailyBn (talk) 06:08, 7 August 2020 (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.