Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moldovan union referendum, 1994

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 04:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moldovan union referendum, 1994

Tagged incorrectly with a speedy as a hoax. I removed and prodded it, which was replaced with the speedy so now it's here. No opinion CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, as it seems notable enough, and also has plenty of sources, so it's probably not a hoax. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 15:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep based on Moldova, 1994, [1], [2], [3] (cached page) and [4]. All are in English. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Even if it has some references, those references dont comply with the name of the article. And in Moldova no referendum was held on this topic. So, the article is a lie. We should delete it. --Noisettes 15:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment. It did happen, according to these: [5], [6], and I can't read Romanian, but I assume the article's sources say something about this. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 16:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Your first link [7] said only something like "7 Mar 1994 Referendum rejects union with Romania." How reliable is this source? Can we find an official one? No. We cannot. Why? Because it doesnt exist one. Unless is fabricated.--Noisettes 16:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Your second link [8] said A referendum on March 6, 1994, confirmed the country's course of political independence for the future: the Moldovan electorate voted overwhelmingly for Moldova to maintain its territorial integrity. that refers to the future status of the republic. It doesn't said we will make a "referendum on the union". What is territorial integrity? They voted to escape from Russia not Romania! --Noisettes 16:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment It looks as if the article should be renamed something like "Moldavia referendum of 1994". CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment That may be possible. However in that referedum wasn't any question of Union to a state, i.e. Romania. Please read carefully.--Noisettes 16:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Move page should be moved to a more appropriate name. - FrancisTyers · 16:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Well-referenced article. —Khoikhoi 18:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but this is a poorly referenced article as 2 out of 4 links are in Romanian and one of the English links is a student paper. This event did happen though Bwithh 01:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable and quite important indeed. Note that Noisettes is a suspected Bonaparte sock. Todor→Bozhinov 09:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. As for sources, while all other things being equal, English language sources are preferred, unsurprisingly, in reporting on Moldova, all other things are not equal, and the sources available are mainly in Romanian. Since we have at least 20 people very active on the English-language Wikipedia who read the language quite well (at least three admins are native Romanian speakers) and have quite a range of political views, it's hardly as if someone could sneak in a Romanian source and claim it meant something entirely different than what it says. - Jmabel | Talk 05:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Just to clarify, no objection to a move to a better title. - Jmabel | Talk 05:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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.