Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russian raid on Gotland

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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 of the debate was keep after rename. Mailer Diablo 00:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russian raid on Gotland

Article was speedied out of process as a copyvio. I don't see the original online. Restoring and listing at AFD. - EurekaLott 03:14, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

  • No vote yet. It probably is about something notable. I see why someone got the idea it might be a copyvio: reads like prepared text with zero context: doesn't mention the year, or name the war this happened in. Smerdis of Tlön 03:56, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Is 1917, so WWI. Doesn't go out of it's way to hint that.Kuru talk 05:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I went ahead and added a bit of context, and several wikilinks. Unless someone knows for certain this is a copyvio, I'm inclined to keep it; if worst comes to worse, the context paragraph could be a new stub. FWIW, this Russian Navy site confirms the battle, but suggests it was in 1915. Will go with that date. Smerdis of Tlön 15:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep the Smerdis of Tlön version. It's much less likely to be copyvio in the new form in any case. MLA 16:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. A battle on the shores of a neutral country is unusual enough to be notable. Henrik 20:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep the revised version from Smerdis. I'm confused by why this is called a raid on Gotland, rather than a battle at Gotland. But whatever. --Lockley 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Rename. Pavel Vozenilek 01:10, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Rename to something like Action of 2 July 1915 in line with Category:Naval battles. The skirmish is mentioned by Naval-History.net as taking place on 2 July 1915. Green Giant 02:19, 2 March 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.