Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison incident

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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 redirected, feel free to merge usuable content. Moreschi If you've written a quality article... 22:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Allison incident

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  • Delete as unnecessary fork from Nanking Massacre Mayalld (talk) 20:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
    • When reading the Nanking Massacre article, we see that it is an article about a war atrocity, about rape and murder against innocent civilians. Even though the Allison incident happened at the same time in the same city, it has nothing to do with the crimes committed in the massacre because it is an incident on a diplomatic level, not a crime against humanity. The two are interesting because of completely different reasons. When looking at the Massacre article, I don't see a place where the Allison incident would fit properly. When reading about atrocities like rape and murder you don't expect to suddenly be reading about some American diplomat being punched in the face. Baskwaadgras (talk) 20:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • This does look like something that could be included in the main article just fine; it's short and not terribly detailed. Merge back to Nanking Massacre - perhaps it could be placed in the first few paragraphs under "Atrocities begin," with the mention of the Safety Zone, as an indication of how foreign officials were treated? Tony Fox (arf!) 21:29, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Would Nanking Safety Zone possibly be a better merge target? —Quasirandom (talk) 21:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Properly, John M. Allison would be the best merge target. He was a career diplomat and eventually US Ambassador to Japan under Eisenhower.[1] I do think this is notable enough, as it was the aspect that most affected US-Japan relations (given the perspective of the time). --Dhartung | Talk 22:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree that if this is to be merged, it should be with John M. Allison: that article is short, too. Baskwaadgras (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to John M. Allison. Edward321 (talk) 00:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect per Edward321. --NickPenguin(contribs) 21:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


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