Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Starobilsk

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to Eastern Ukraine offensive#25 February. Up to editors what if anything to merge. Sandstein 08:30, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Starobilsk[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Well here we are. This is obviously not a notable battle (Ukraine war cruft). The battle did happen, but the sources available do not show that this is either a significant or notable engagement. This was originally merged into Eastern Ukraine offensive with the blessing of the creator, but one editor (courtesy ping Panam2014) began inexplicably dragging their feet based on a misinterpretation of redirect/merge policy [1]. Curbon7 (talk) 20:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 20:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 20:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 20:39, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Eastern Ukraine offensive as per original action. Panam2014 appears to be misunderstanding WP:GNG Arakui (talk) 20:56, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep enough sources.Panam2014 (talk) 05:51, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Panam2014, As you've mentioned the article is sourced. However, the available sources do not demonstrate that this battle is independently notable from the broader offensive. Wikipedia is not the news, and Wikipedia is not a gazetteer of every single skirmish. Curbon7 (talk) 05:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  The sources are sufficient for an article. Panam2014 (talk) 09:09, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:BASIC, not enough to justify a standalone page separate from the Eastern Ukraine offensive. Mztourist (talk) 14:45, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge per above. EkoGraf (talk) 17:16, 31 March 2022 (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.