Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laiza Golf Club

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The result was keep. Going with keep for now. Please propose merger, if interested, on appropriate talk page. Missvain (talk) 23:52, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Laiza Golf Club

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PRODing will have no sense here so AfD. Just a Golf Club, perhaps created to establish some notability for Myanmar military personal (see [1]). It has polemic news mentions but fails clearly

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Keep The page already has good detailed sources which demonstrate international coverage such as the New York Times. And it's easy to find more coverage such as National Geographic. The place is clearly not just another golf club but attracts attention because of its unusual and incongruous existence in a war zone, which gives it quite a M*A*S*H ambience. It clearly passes
WP:GNG. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:20, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply
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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Myanmar-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:16, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into some suitable Kachin-related article (eg
WP:N says that, even if a subject passes GNG, "editors may use their discretion to merge or group two or more related topics into a single article" and given the limited amount that needs to be said about the course (a paragraph or perhaps two), I suggest merging into another Kachin-related article. Currently it only links from Sumlut Gun Maw, "an officer of the Kachin Independence Army." Nigej (talk) 12:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 11:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, with Kachin_Independence_Organisation#Services as it is financed and run by this organisation. The golf course's notability does seem to be solely because of the Kachin Independence Army's presence there. SailingInABathTub (talk) 15:19, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:03, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Most of the coverage such as NY Times demonstrated by Andrew Davidson appears sufficient for WP:GNG. 185.205.142.77 (talk) 17:22, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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