Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lapistan

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The result was Redirected. Nick-D (talk) 04:46, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

=[[Lapistan]]=

:{{la|Lapistan}} ([{{fullurl:Lapistan|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lapistan}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

A fictional country name made up for a military exercise is almost assuredly non-notable. GNews turns up exactly two articles, neither of which are English-language. Thus coverage is almost assuredly not widespread. Tyrenon (talk) 09:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Not notable on its own, merge material with an article about the NATO exercise Loyal Arrow. The latter is notable as a major NATO exercise, covered in media before it has even started. -- Sander Säde 10:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Merge per Sander Säde. GregorB (talk) 11:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:08, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:08, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Merge to List of fictional countries, see Blueland, Orangeland. Ryan4314 (talk) 12:46, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Comment It would make more sense to transform this into an article about Operation Loyal Arrow, the NATO exercise, since it does not appear that this name has been used elsewhere. The article seems to have been made because some people took offense at the name "Lapistan". Mandsford (talk) 15:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally, Non-English sources are held in equal prominence to English sources. Last time I checked, just over half of en.wikipedia's traffic comes from non-English-speaking countries, not to mention that covering small but locally very significant events could otherwise be impossible. I can dig up the page about this if there's a need. All that there is to say about Lapistan is in the context of Loyal Arrow, so write an article about that and then merge this there. --Kiz o r 18:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

:* Just over half of en.wikipedia's traffic comes from non-English-speaking countries? Sorry, no. If you removed the articles that were about an American or British topic, there wouldn't be much left. Mandsford (talk) 18:43, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

::*Sorry, I didn't get that. Traffic as in web visits. --Kiz o r 19:04, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment: Besides the article in Aftonbladet (Sweden's largest newspaper) cited in the article, there's also an article about the controversy in Helsingin Sanomat [http://uutiset.msn.hs.fi/ulkomaat/artikkeli/Lapistania%20vastaan%20harjoitteleva%20Nato%20suututtaa%20Ruotsissa/1135246456953?ref=msn&frameFilterContent=true] (Finland's largest subscription newspaper). decltype (talk) 19:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Comment: I decided to be bold and created a stub Loyal Arrow, then moved the relevant material from Lapistan into there, making it a redirect. I did leave the AfD notice to Lapistan, though, as I don't feel comfortable with closing the AfD at this point. -- Sander Säde 07:52, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Good call. decltype (talk) 07:55, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Support merge and redirect to article about the military exercise this fictional country was created for. -- saberwyn 08:57, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Support — merge and redict makes the most sense. — AustralianRupert (talk) 01:04, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

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