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The result was redirect to List of Kentucky Union Civil War units#Infantry Since also merged (although I am not sure whether a simple bibliographical citation is copyrightable content, but nevertheless) (non-admin closure) RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 03:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

31st Kentucky Infantry Regiment (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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This unit failed to complete formation, lacks significant coverage in reliable sources and is therefore not notable per the GNG. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:46, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:46, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:47, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, orphan, it's not even referred to by that name elsewhere in Wikipedia. Initially I thought it might be a placeholder, or could be redirected to some list of 'infantry regiments', but no, not referred to at all. Merge to List of Kentucky Union Civil War units. Normal Op (talk) 02:26, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• The unit appears in List_of_Kentucky_Union_Civil_War_units#Infantry

• Sure enough does... with a different text string so it wasn't found on basic search. Changing my !vote from delete to merge. Normal Op (talk) 16:05, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• What exactly is going to be merged to a bare list, Normal Op? The 31st is already listed there. This doesn't make any sense. Do you mean redirect? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:34, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, delete and redirect; because that's what happens when you merge. Or just plain merge... because there's two citations that don't exist (yet) in the target article. (If you're going to split hairs, I really need a haircut!) Normal Op (talk) 22:43, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, I've copied the sources and citations across. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. As one who writes a number of ACW unit histories, I can state with confidence this is a clear WP:MILUNIT failure. Hog Farm (talk) 03:45, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into List_of_Kentucky_Union_Civil_War_units#Infantry per WP:ATD-M and WP:PRESERVE. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:12, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• What exactly is going to be merged to a bare list, Andrew Davidson? The 31st is already listed there. This doesn't make any sense. Do you mean redirect? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:34, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, I've copied the sources and citations across. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• (edit conflict) Peacemaker has merged content from the article in question to the list – the cited sources which the lists did not have. They failed to provide attribution and so we require that the page be kept to preserve the full history of contributions. Andrew🐉(talk) 00:18, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• I've attributed them now. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:38, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect thanks to Peacemaker67's work, here and at 29th Kentucky Infantry Regiment. --Lockley (talk) 23:25, 28 June 2020 (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.