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Weak delete. I'm seeing a number of references in reliable sources to its distribution by militias and terrorist groups, but it doesn't seem like quite enough for notability.—
Moriwen (
talk)
15:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Surely the
article reported in We Are The Mighty written by Logan Nye, an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd, meet
WP:SIGCOV criteria. It addresses the topic directly and in detail, and conclude with: "The whole handbook is interesting from an engineering, MacGyver, or historical perspective".
82.54.189.142 (
talk)
13:29, 7 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The book by Ann Larabee (The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society), as mentioned in my comment of 12 March 2024, 13:49.
82.57.203.36 (
talk)
12:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Weak keep, there exist references per 82.54.189.142.
Followup comment. Before the discussion reaches its 7th day, and is evaluated by a volunteer "closing admin", I would like to summarize below the reasons why I believe this page should not be deleted.
The page concerns an object (TM 31-210 manual) that:
– was owned by guerrilla or terrorist groups who used it to wage wars, for example in Afghanistan, which influenced the history of recent decades (see Dilip Hiro's book)
– is mentioned in many media (BBC, etc.), and also by an online newspaper written by and for veterans (We Are The Mighty) who find it interesting: Logan Nye's article reaches
WP:SIGCOV
– appeared in a world famous film (Toy Story)
– is mentioned in articles and books of scientific and historical literature that use it as a basis, source or reference to develop their analyses: see for example the book by Ann Larabee, which reaches
WP:SIGCOV, which also covers other similar manuals that have their own dedicated page (see:
La Salute è in voi).
It should be noted that the page has thousands of views every month and it is included from time to time in
WikiProject_Books/Popular_pages. A clear sign that it deals with an interesting subject for the Wikipedia community, maybe deleting it could be a disservice.
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.
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.
Weak delete. I'm seeing a number of references in reliable sources to its distribution by militias and terrorist groups, but it doesn't seem like quite enough for notability.—
Moriwen (
talk)
15:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Surely the
article reported in We Are The Mighty written by Logan Nye, an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd, meet
WP:SIGCOV criteria. It addresses the topic directly and in detail, and conclude with: "The whole handbook is interesting from an engineering, MacGyver, or historical perspective".
82.54.189.142 (
talk)
13:29, 7 March 2024 (UTC)reply
The book by Ann Larabee (The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society), as mentioned in my comment of 12 March 2024, 13:49.
82.57.203.36 (
talk)
12:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Weak keep, there exist references per 82.54.189.142.
Followup comment. Before the discussion reaches its 7th day, and is evaluated by a volunteer "closing admin", I would like to summarize below the reasons why I believe this page should not be deleted.
The page concerns an object (TM 31-210 manual) that:
– was owned by guerrilla or terrorist groups who used it to wage wars, for example in Afghanistan, which influenced the history of recent decades (see Dilip Hiro's book)
– is mentioned in many media (BBC, etc.), and also by an online newspaper written by and for veterans (We Are The Mighty) who find it interesting: Logan Nye's article reaches
WP:SIGCOV
– appeared in a world famous film (Toy Story)
– is mentioned in articles and books of scientific and historical literature that use it as a basis, source or reference to develop their analyses: see for example the book by Ann Larabee, which reaches
WP:SIGCOV, which also covers other similar manuals that have their own dedicated page (see:
La Salute è in voi).
It should be noted that the page has thousands of views every month and it is included from time to time in
WikiProject_Books/Popular_pages. A clear sign that it deals with an interesting subject for the Wikipedia community, maybe deleting it could be a disservice.
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.