Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mexico in World War I

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 no consensus. Black Kite 00:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico in World War I[edit]

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This article, which was originally written in Spanish, remains orphaned and contains only two things not already mentioned in History of Mexico: a single sentence noting that World War I brought economic benefits to Mexico, and the full text of General Zimmerman's telegram.WP:NPS applies to the latter, and no citation is given for the former. —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. -- —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. -- —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Mentioned that it doesn't meet WP:N. ApprenticeFan ^{talk contribs} 00:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Zimmermann Telegram and add any useful information. It would probably be a useful search for people who have heard about the telegram, but can't recall the name. Mandsford (talk) 21:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Ha! I looked for such an article, but even though I had it in the back of my head at a couple of points that it was strange that this German name ended in -man rather than -mann, I never thought to look for Zimmermann telegram with two n's. In that case, this is the perfect solution, unless someone thinks that the sentence about the economic benefits to Mexico should migrate to another article. —Largo Plazo (talk) 21:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the tidbits of info as noted above. Bearian (talk) 22:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It may be true that the article currently has little in it that is not already included, or could not be merged, elsewhere. On the other hand it is capable of being substantially expanded, there is a large body of material on this subject, for instance [1] and [2] and a decent, informative, well-referenced article can easily be written. SpinningSpark 23:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep and expand. Part of a series found in Category:World War I by country. Each country involved should have its article/category. Hmains (talk) 01:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I disagree. There is no Wikipedia principle that for every item in a list, there must be an article, and there are guidelines that make it clear that the contrary is true. —Largo Plazo (talk) 02:08, 7 December 2009 (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.