Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malta-Middle East relations

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Again, a bunch of stubs about the foreign relations of some tiny country in the Mediterranean. (If you find any that should be kept, please point them out.) King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:22, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

:You may want to delist the Israel-Malta article, as per the two countries' 2005 bilateral agreement relating to health and medicine [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About%2Bthe%2BMinistry/MFA%2BSpokesman/2005/Israel%2Band%2BMalta%2Bsign%2Bmedical%2Bcooperation%2Bpact%2B18-Apr-2005.htm] and this 2007 interview in MaltaMedia with the Israeli ambassador [http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/govt_politics/article_304.shtml]. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:40, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

• Delete all, as bilateral relations are not inherently notable, and these have not been shown to be. For Israel, if a substantive article can be written (rather than "hey, they've agreed to share medical information! And their relationship is 'missing more economic and cultural ties'!", I may change my opinion. - Biruitorul ^Talk 02:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Comment wouldn't it be a good idea to do the checking for sources for expansion FIRST? DGG (talk) 03:43, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Delete all no indications of notability Nick-D (talk) 08:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Delete all as non-notable and not likely to be made so. --BlueSquadronRaven 15:50, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Keep all Obviously; also, from Maltese languages#Classifications: "Maltese is a Semitic language descended from Siculo-Arabic" --Mr Accountable (talk) 16:15, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Comment The nomination states "Again, a bunch of stubs about the foreign relations of some tiny country in the Mediterranean." This definitely can't be a Wikideletion reason. It may be Wikihooliganism. --Mr Accountable (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• a) You need a reason for keeping; the reason for deleting is that bilateral relations are not inherently notable. b) That Maltese is a Semitic language is documented at Maltese language, and has nothing whatever to do with the relations the Republic of Malta has with modern-day Arab states. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Delete all Fails notability. Edison (talk) 18:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
• Delete all no reliable sources establishing relationships in any of these. There might be an article lurking in the israel one. But, you know what? No one has written that article yet, the one we currently have is unsourced, uncited garbage, and if someone comes along later and writes an actually referenced stub, demonstrating notably (like the one i wrote in 30 minutes yesterday -- Australia-East Timor relations) then it will either never be nominated for AfD again, or sail through with flying colors if it is. Let's get the uncited stuff out now and stop misleading readers and damaging wikipedia's credibility.Bali ultimate (talk) 19:23, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

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