Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Capture of Oxford

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 03:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Capture of Oxford[edit]

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Battle not mentioned, neither by the chroniclers, neither by nowadays historians. The arrival of an army in a city doesn't justify the creation of an article. Edouard2 (talk) 16:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Possibly worth noting that the creator of the article drew a lot of negative attention during a half-year stint on wp ten years ago, which ended in an indefinite block: Bakeysaur99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Eric ^talk 16:53, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as above, he also put down France as the combatant which drew some discussion at the time; not sure why. Eastfarthingan (talk) 17:32, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:17, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This doesn't seem to have been a battle at all; just some intermediate maneuverings in a military campaign. Nothing to write about here. Hog Farm _Bacon 18:10, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no real details or sources here to establish any notability, fails WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 08:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - there is nothing to establish notability. Several towns are captured/come under the control of an opposing side during a war, particularly in what was effectively a civil war, so this in itself is not a notable event and so not every such instance needs its own article. There needs to either be significant coverage in the historical record, clear evidence of a significant battle or some other sign that the capture was of major significance to the outcome of the overall campaign. There is nothing to suggest that this was the case in this instance. Dunarc (talk) 23:50, 1 December 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.