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Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii
- Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I put a discussion to delete on this article due to it being better placed within existing history articles on Haida Gwaii, much of it being POV/not meeting NPOV (to the point of countless inaccuracies), and much of it unsourced, or poorly sourced where there are sources. Abumoh00 (talk) 06:18, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, History, Police, and Canada. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 07:57, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- Keep: The sources all appear to be solid, although I can't access them. I agree the article is a non-NPOV trainwreck that also needs serious trimming down and rephrasing. It contains so much pointless detail (like listing the type of ship colonial navies used in attacks, in the table) and meandering narrative that I thought at first it was LLM-written, but it predates the LLM era. Still, the topic is niche but notable, and with editing this could be condensed into a proper few-paragraph article, maybe with a short list/table of specific incidents. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:16, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- Delete. WeirdNAnnoyed is right, and this article can be salvaged, but the larger question is why should anyone bother? Outside of the list of incidents, the bulk of it is historical context that is better suited for other articles. There are countless unsourced strands like, "Haida historian Henry Geddes shares that the name Masset..." Geddes is not cited, and the sentence ultimately sheds no light on the subject of the article. As for the list of skirmishes, most of the entries are unsourced. It seems like all of this content could very easily be contained in better articles. Trumpetrep (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- I agree with both of you, although I agree with Trumpetrep on the solution being merging into existing articles.
- When does that get decided, is there a time limit on this discussion? I'm new to this :/ Abumoh00 (talk) 23:28, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
- Delete. WeirdNAnnoyed is right, and this article can be salvaged, but the larger question is why should anyone bother? Outside of the list of incidents, the bulk of it is historical context that is better suited for other articles. There are countless unsourced strands like, "Haida historian Henry Geddes shares that the name Masset..." Geddes is not cited, and the sentence ultimately sheds no light on the subject of the article. As for the list of skirmishes, most of the entries are unsourced. It seems like all of this content could very easily be contained in better articles. Trumpetrep (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Well-sourced and contains substantial historical information supported by reliable academic sources. Yes it needs cleanup or restructuring, but that's not a reason for deletion. The content is verifiable and informative, and could be improved rather than removed. ~2026-21450-46 (talk) 08:49, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Delete The article consists of a badly sourced background section and a table lifted from the source that is probably copyvio. Additionally, it is unclear, based on the titles of the sources, if there is an encyclopedic topic under the current article title that meets GNG. Kelob2678 (talk) 17:00, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Cavarrone 12:18, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Deputy commander (Metropolitan Police)
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The article lists twos ources. The book simply does not mention the rank (or the dates in question) at all. The London Gazzette citation lacks a date so is impossible to verify. Brightonheritage (talk) 12:14, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Police and England. Deltaspace42 (talk • contribs) 12:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
- Redirect to Police ranks of the United Kingdom#Historical police ranks as an WP:ATD. Even if the topic is notable, there is not much on this page that is not covered at the target. Probably it would be better to have a page on the "Deputy Commander" rank in general, but we apparently don't have it. Kelob2678 (talk) 08:34, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- I don't know of any other deputy commander rank. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:03, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- Keep. I see no value in deleting information on a rank that existed, as would happen if this was redirected to an article which merely listed the dates during which it existed with no further information. I have no problem with putting the information in another article, but deleting information is not what we're here for. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:03, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- I have added citations for the information in the article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:33, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
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