Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Sobota

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The result was keep. Shimeru (talk) 06:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Sobota

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I cannot find significant coverage for this battle--even Google Scholar turns up nothing. The only source listed is dead for me, and the article has been largely untouched for several years. And note the first sentence: "The Battle of Sobota was a battle of little importance." • ɔ ʃ → 22:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect/Merge to Second Northern War. No sources and the only citation is dead like the nominator already said.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Although finding English-language sources may be more difficult for a battle that was of more interest to scholars in Poland and in Sweden, sources do exist [1]. The POV judgment that someone threw in about it being "of little importance" should be weighed against Charles X Gustav of Sweden capturing Warsaw soon afterward. Mandsford (talk) 14:37, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep This doesn't look like a hoax - there are articles about it in Polish and Swedish WPs, and the occasional source seems to exist.--Kotniski (talk) 16:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Found and added 3 sources with little difficulty. I will now remove the tag calling for more references; although I am sure more can be found, I think that's enough. 2 of the refs gave me additional details, which I also added. I see someone else has modified the first sentence, which looks rather like a test of our policy on claims of notability, but I would have done so; the sources make clear that while not one of the most world-changing battles ever, it was not unimportant. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:29, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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