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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 20:45, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of common World War II infantry weapons[edit]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of service rifles by country was closed recently as delete, and this article shares many of its problems, if not more. It contains hundreds of entries, yet only 8 inline citations. While its description of 'mainstream' is a bit vague, there is no ambiguity over the fact that plenty of stuff here is anything but. To name just a few examples, the AVT-40, FG 42, Type 5 rifle, and Mors submachine gun, the last of which had a total of 39 produced, so it is entirely impossible for it to have any claim of mainstream use. There's also the fact this information is already covered on List of German military equipment of World War II, List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II, List of World War II weapons of the United States, etc. Loafiewa (talk) 19:19, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Loafiewa (talk) 19:19, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Loafiewa (talk) 19:19, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep More than one nation was in the war after all. Category:World War II infantry weapons exist. No reason not having a list since it is far more useful than a category. Dream Focus 20:29, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, but jettison the vague "common" to allay the nominator's main objection. (Apparently the same thing was done with List of common World War II combat vehicles.) Clarityfiend (talk) 03:29, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Easily passes WP:LISTN as there are numerous books such as The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II and Infantry Weapons of World War II. See also WP:NOTCLEANUP. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:34, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. I can see a bit of value in the article although the title definitely needs renaming to move the ambiguity of being "common". Ajf773 (talk) 09:17, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but purge -- As a list with most items as blue links, I am not worried about the lack of references, as these would clutter the article. What worries me much more is the number of countries appearing, many of which did not manufacture weapons but were equipped by the allies or the axis powers. Items for UK (and Empire), US, Japan, Germany, and Italy; also Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and France may be useful, but most others not (alternatively split by country). Peterkingiron (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2021 (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.