Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fin flash

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The result was merge to Military aircraft insignia. ✗plicit 23:45, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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What I'm getting from fin flash is the assertion "countries put national symbols (like flags) on their planes". Why do we need a whole article to say that? Do we need an article to tell us that Argentina puts its flag on planes, except when it puts literally its exact flag -- but shaped like an airplane tail fin -- on planes? I don't even know if that's true because the total sources that tell me what Argentina, or any other country, puts on its planes is zero. The article seems to have 3 or so footnotes but none of them assert this topic is notable, and the only one that even uses the term "fin flash" is some archived copy of some guy's web 1.0 personal site. Not a WP:reliable source.

In the end what we're looking at is an WP:Indiscriminate collection of information of (at best) dubious provenance. Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:02, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:02, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:02, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:02, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• This is probably best handled by a Merge into Military aircraft insignia. RomanSpa (talk) 22:16, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Military aircraft insignia: I concur with a merge; it would fit snuggly as a section of the other article, instead of being awkward as a standalone. Curbon7 (talk) 23:19, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into Military aircraft insignia. Not worthy of a standalone page. Mztourist (talk) 03:08, 11 August 2021 (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.