Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soviet Union invasion

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Move to Soviet invasion of Romania and translate. Physchim62 15:21, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Soviet Union invasion

• del, Romanian-langauge text for a valid topic. Delete unless translated during the time this discussion. The creator, User: 86.105.71.34, has a history of contributions in decent English language, and such foreign dump is simply a disrespect to the community. mikka (t) 01:57, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless translated by close of vote. Linked to by the Romania article but should be named as Soviet invasion of Romania. After all, it certainly wasn't the only invasion launched by the Soviet Union. Capitalistroadster 02:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

  PS Has a Request for Translation been done for this. Capitalistroadster 02:24, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

  Yes, if it is the question. But the guy should have thanslated it himself, or asked other people. In fact, there is plenty written in English on this topic. And in wikipedia as well: histories of Bucovina, Bessarabia, Chernivtsi Oblast, etc. He just bluntly dumped it on us. Bad precedent. mikka (t) 02:31, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

  Evidently, though, he didn't translate it, and we should make the best out of the situation. We're trying to make an encyclopedia, not a complex disciplinary system, so if it's possible to have this translated, it should be translated regardless of whether we're theoretically setting a bad precedent. I don't speak Romanian, so I refrain from voting, but it should go without saying that any action has to wait until after the two weeks on PNT. EldKatt (Talk) 10:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete given it has been through the translation process. It would be better if someone so inclined wrote an article about the Soviet Invasion of Romania from the start. Capitalistroadster 03:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for required two weeks, then, if not translated delete. The translation listing seems to be done at "19:34, 10 October 2005 (UTC)" (shortly after creation). I wish it could be deleted, but it seems that's not allowed. --rob 03:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: It can be deleted before it's two weeks are up, if you think that Wikipedia shouldn't have an article on the Soviet invasion of Romania (e.g. if you think it shoulc be merged into History of Romania). I'm not sure there's much consensus for anything at the moment... Physchim62 16:41, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for the two weeks. Wait until translation process has been finished to see if we have either of (a) a translated article of this article to move to Soviet invasion of Romania or (b) an article written in English on Soviet invasion of Romania or (c) an untranslated article on the same topic. Capitalistroadster 04:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Move while it undergoes translation. the wub "?!" 19:55, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Should be moved to Soviet invasion of Romania, and translated. I'm very concerned that this inappropriate placement on AfD short-circuited the translation process: usually, while an article is on AfD, no one works on translating it. I strongly suggest that if this survives AfD the clock should be reset to allow two weeks for translation, starting then. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:26, 15 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.