Deletion of Italian Mare Nostrum

Comment: the article does not appear to be a Wikipedia:Don't create hoaxes|hoax. It is Wikipedia:References|well-referenced and abides by |NPOV
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV)

Comment: This article does not fail .  I agree that it is not about the ancient use of Mare Nostrum, and was in my opinion an unhistorically correct use of the term, but that is my POV (as well as, perhaps, that of the nominor).  However this is a serious article about an aspect of Italian fascist propaganda
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:POV)

Comment: This is a concept that is |notable and worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia. There should be an article on this subject. However, the article as it stands - presenting the concept as something that existed - is too far from the truth to be salvageable. Yes, Wiki is about |verifiability, not |truth, so let's try verifying what the article says. Just try. Comments above that it is well referenced are sadly misled. The reason that there are no online sources (the written references are dubious, to say the least) is that there are no sources that support what the article says, especially its claims that "in 1940, Mussolini started to expand the Italian maritime control on the central Mediterranean" (entirely untrue) and the "ensuing Battle of the Mediterranean had many changes of fortune" (untrue) and "the Italian Navy obtained for some months the nearly complete control of the central Mediterranean" (entirely untrue). If any of the above had been true, Malta, in Italy's backyard, would have fallen. It didn't fall, despite Luftwaffe dominance of the skies. Why not? Because the Allied navies dominated the seas. Ergo, there was no Mare Nostrum. QED. Yes, Malta was a close run thing, but nobody outside this Wikipedia article claims ''anything close to'' what this article says. Google it and see. So this article is not what it should be - a passing reference to an abstract concept - but a claim that this thing existed. Sorry, no. It should go, and let's start again with a blank page. However, given all the above opinions (I'd ask you all to review your comments after looking into the subject, not just the article) I suspect that it will be kept. Pity, as this article does Wikipedia a disservice
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:V||WP:TRUTH)