Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Small arms

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 keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 11:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Small arms

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WP:DICDEF consisting of several cited (and un-cited) paragraphs explaining the definition. The remainder is a duplicate of Fire arm. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:46, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 23:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep there are dozens or hundreds of books on this topic, covering countless perspectives and centuries of history. That the article could possibly use some cleanup or improvement is a separate issue, though it's not too bad in its current state. 173.228.123.101 (talk) 06:43, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems to be a reasonable subject to have an article about. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:43, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Firearms-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:43, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Common phrase in firearms vocabulary with thousands of sources. -O.R.^Comms 15:21, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:DICDEF is not a reason to delete – please read it. Andrew D. (talk) 17:42, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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