Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First World War Countdown to war

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 Delete --JForget 00:34, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First World War Countdown to war

This appears to be a personal essay which duplicates Origins of World War I. As the title doesn't seem to be a plausible search term I don't think that converting it to a redirect is appropriate. Nick Dowling (talk) 22:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. —Nick Dowling (talk) 22:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No need for a redirect. Carom (talk) 22:54, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The author obviously means well, but the article is redundant and written in a much too informal way. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 23:13, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Yeah, its an essay. Wikipedia is no place for personal essays Doc Strange^{Telepathic Messages}Strange Frequencies 02:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Mostly per WP:NOT#PUBLISHER, and considering this is not needed with you have this - Milk's Favorite Cookie 03:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't Delete I say that because I am the author. I didn't mean it to be like an essay but that's how I am use to explaining history. I would love you to alter it. The reason why I created it was because I wanted to explain the start of the First World War and how started in more detail. I was going to edit the actual World War I page but it is semi-protected so I couldn't change anything on it. Also as I have just left school I know that many teachers talk more about the start of the war. The problem is the World War I page doesn't explain it very well. That's why I created it. But. It's not my decision. I would honestly prefer you all to edit it rather than delete it. That's all I have to say.Sergeant Expert 8:37 2 March 2008

You see, what you wanted to cover has already been covered in great detail on the article Origins of World War I, which basically says everything you've said in your article already. You can post this somewhere else, you can make a blog on Blogger dedicated to your essays or whatever, but Wikipedia is not your personal publisher. Doc Strange^{Telepathic Messages}Strange Frequencies 10:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise for any problems caused but when i typed in the search for this subject it never apeared. Anyway. I am more intent now in creating a page on the Young Archaeologist Club. I f any of you are interested or want to help pleases send me a message. Also. How do you send messages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.236.140 (talk) 11:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Redundant to other articles, which is why there is no point in fixing up the writing style. The style might be appropriate, perhaps, for a schoolteacher trying to impart a lesson to children studying World War One. However, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and this definitely isn't in the encyclopedic style. Mandsford (talk) 17:50, 2 March 2008 (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.