Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comitatus (re-enactment)

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The result was delete. MaxSem 07:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comitatus (re-enactment)

Comitatus (re-enactment) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Non-notable historical reenactment group. No significant coverage in reliable sources found. Masaruemoto 01:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete They seem to have done a decent amount of historical research, but that's not the point of a Wikipedia article. Nyttend 15:13, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I am the original drafter of the page and thus declare my interest. Reasoning: 1 The primary purpose of the article is to provide disambiguation from political group(s?) identified by the name 'Comitatus Posse' as well as the other entries currently on the disambiguation page. 2 I started by stylistically echoing entries for similar groups in the UK - (Regia Anglorum and The Vikings). 3 In an attempt to improve the entry more clearly to the purposes of Wikipedia, I have tried to address some of the issues within re-enactment that keep getting deleted from the more general subject entries (just look at the wars over at the 'Roman Military Equipment' page!), included references which I hope will be of use to someone doing research in the area and, to avoid promotion, added external links to other Late Roman groups, which do not have entries themselves yet. If there are other stylistic issues (too much info? I will happily re-edit. 4 Within re-enactment in the UK and Roman Re-enactment world-wide the group is already notable. I have just added the (now first) reference to a book published this year about the period which is based on the group's work, so I think the 'coverage' is about to increase dramatically. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salvianus (talk • contribs) 21:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep When researching the world of the Late Roman period on the web, sadly the word Comitatus leads to various political groupings of the modern era. However as it stands this entry gives access to the leading research group recreating the Late Roman period in Europe. They do have a significant profile which includes sponsoring archeological conferences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Portreath (talk • contribs) 06:05, 20 October 2007 (UTC) — Portreath (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~~~~ Secret ^sup 20:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per lack of secondary coverage supporting the group's notability. The references in the article are to works on Roman history, with no mention of the group. A news archive search does find a couple of mentions in the local press, but they are descriptions of upcoming events of the "What's On" variety, and not evidence of notability. Thomjakobsen 21:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. A bunch of links establishing facts about Roman history does nothing to establish notability. --Dhartung | Talk 21:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. None of the cited sources support the notability of the subject of the article—viz, Comitatus (re-enactment). Deor 22:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Well-referenced, if the article were on another subject entirely. —  MusicMaker5376 02:58, 21 October 2007 (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.