Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Bir-el Harmat

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 was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Bir-el Harmat[edit]

Article is unreferenced throughout, non-neutral, and almost certainly a fictional event. A number of issues with the articles can be seen in Talk:Battle of Bir-el Harmat, most notably that the Jewish Brigade did not exist before 1944. Searches for "Bir-el Harmat" returns five results in this book, which makes no mention of the battle in question. Page 70 of the book states that German forces broke through the minefield at Bir-el Harmat and overran the joint headquarters of two allied divisions on June 5, (date on p.69) a fact that clearly contradicts the article Sherif9282 (talk) 08:19, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. --Sherif9282 (talk) 08:40, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - arguments on talk page convince. Stephen Kirrage^{talk - contribs} 09:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Seems to be part of the Battle of Gazala --Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:17, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge is an unsuitable resolution to this afd since, per the source I have provided, the entire event is fictional, and no battle took place here. All that should be mentioned in the Gazala article is that the Allied headquarters in Bir-el Harmat was overrun by the Germans on June 5. --Sherif9282 (talk) 18:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.