Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Ghadames

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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 19:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Ghadames[edit]

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Simply put, there was no battle. Protestors took over the town for a few days. And than government troops moved in back into the town without any resistance or at the very least minor resistance. The event is non-notable, and no sources calling the event Battle of Ghadames so in essence it is Original research. EkoGraf (talk) 15:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Skirmishes there may have been, though there seem to be few sources on the net for even this; either way, to refer to the re-occupation of the town as a battle seems completely disingenuous. Ynyrhesolaf (talk) 18:46, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, possibly rename, i think this should 100% be kept, there's no reason not to, but to lead on from Ynyrhesolaf's idea, maybe move to Re-occupation of Ghadames. Swalgal (talk) 21:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep More info will come as the situation clears up. --Yalens (talk) 16:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing to clear up. First of the article was not written per the sources. Totaly original research. The article claims the battle happened on March 22. Quote on 22 March, Gaddafi sent a group of mercenaries to Ghadames, retaking it within the day. However the source doesn't say this, it says mercenary reinforcements were sent FROM Ghadames to Zintan or whatever. So this part of the article is false. By all accounts the loyalists reclaimed the town at the very beginning of the war a month and a half ago. And there was no battle, we can not just make up a battle where there was none. Wikipedia is based on verifibility. EkoGraf (talk) 12:12, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - there was no battle. Buckshot06 (talk) 18:34, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:V and WP:GNG because it lacks "significant independent coverage" in WP:RS. Anotherclown (talk) 02:23, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There was no battle. This article is completely made up. --Rafy talk 12:56, 4 April 2011 (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.