Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Action of 16 June 1968

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The result was delete. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 04:22, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Action of 16 June 1968[edit]

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not notable, discussed at length on military history page here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 106#Is the shooting down of 1 aircraft during the Vietnam war notable? Does it deserve GA status? Mztourist (talk) 20:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Vietnam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:53, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:54, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:54, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:55, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - As expressed in the original discussion, I have concerns both about notability and neutrality (balance of sources) here. It's an intriguing article, but I don't see this being notable enough for its own page. That said, it might be possible to merge this, and the other article (Action of 16 June 1968) into (say) Aerial victories of the VPAF in the Vietnam War)? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 15:53, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per The Bushranger. The incident definately has a place in Wikipedia, but does not warrant an article of its own. Anotherclown (talk) 10:15, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agree with nom, and the WikiProject Military history discussion. Bushranger's solution is a good solution, which would allow some of the content to remain on WP. AstroCog (talk) 23:53, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep referenced to reliable sources. Would the nominator have listed an article where the Americans had shot down a Vietnamese aircraft? Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:19, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It fails on notability, shooting down of 1 aircraft in a protracted air war is not notable, the fact that its referenced doesn't change that. Mztourist (talk) 14:33, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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