Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maxim Tokarev

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 no consensus to delete, default to keep. Sandstein (talk) 19:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maxim Tokarev

Firearms are not exempt from WP:N. Dorftrottel (bait) 11:14, May 2, 2008 11:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nom. Article makes no claims of notability and two of the sources go to pictures. Tnxman307 (talk) 13:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Real and verifiable, just needs citations (which is grounds for improvement, not deletion). Notable in that the Soviets' reliance on obsolete firearms such as the Maxim-Tokarev was an important factor in the Germans' success during the early stages of their invasion during WWII.[1] -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 17:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if it's kept, it should probably be moved to Maxim-Tokarev, which seems to be the most common format of the name. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 17:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Uh-oh. Looks like my AfD nomination was indeed premature [2]. If it's ok with everyone, I'll just withdraw it right away. Dorftrottel (ask) 18:33, May 2, 2008

I agree, let's withdraw and improve the article.Biophys (talk) 02:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To appease my conscience, I've included what I consider the most relevant Google books hits, preformatted to be used as refs. Dorftrottel (bait) 11:11, May 3, 2008

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