Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Air France Khomeini return flight

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The result was merge to Ruhollah Khomeini. If editoral decision is made to merge it to the article on the revolution, that's fine. We have a consensus for merging to either Ruhollah Khomeini or the Irinian Revolution, a little stronger for Ruhollah Khomeini, so that's the one I'll use to do the paperwork of the merge templates. Courcelles 00:43, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Air France Khomeini return flight[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. Khomeni's rise to power is notable but not every step in that process is.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. ...William 13:49, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. ...William 13:49, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - This one step in Khomeini's return to power is not, by itself, notable. Any relevant details should be incorporated in either Ruhollah Khomeini or Iranian Revolution. - Ahunt (talk) 14:17, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Khomeini's article or other (or delete). This does not seem significant enough event for a stand alone article. That seems correct as the article is a stub. -Fnlayson (talk) 16:16, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Fnlayson. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:13, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notable event, and it would be interesting to know more about the 120 journalists on board. I'd be interested in other details as well, for example who paid the bill for the charter? --Soman (talk) 08:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. What is notable about the event? It's not necessary to mention the airline at all, and the type of aircraft is also irrelevant IMO. We are then basically left with " Khomeini flew from Paris in a chartered airliner with some associates and 120 media personnel". That's not an article. YSSYguy (talk) 10:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley 00:03, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Interesting but still only one minor incident in much larger events. Borock (talk) 01:17, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - to either Ruhollah_Khomeini#Return_to_Iran or to Iranian_Revolution#Khomeini's_return_and_fall_of_the_monarchy. I think coverage of the event is justified, but I can't see why we need an article on a single flight. The second of those two suggested merge targets doesn't even link to the article in question. The first does but the {{main| tag directs to Iranian Revolution, not the flight. There's no need for three articles ostensibly covering the same thing. Stalwart111 01:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Ruhollah Khomeini#Return to Iran. There's not enough here to justify a separate article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:44, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge We don't have an article on Lenin's 1917 train journey from Switzerland to Petrograd, which is the closest comparison I can think of. I don't see why this needs a separate article, as it has no significance outside the wider context: "Khomeini goes on plane" wouldn't normally be significant even if it was widely reported. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:13, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would make a great childrens' book though! Stalwart111 12:27, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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