Deletion of Opération Serval

Comment: Spurious rationale by the nom notwithstanding, this is clearly a notable occurrence. NOTNEWS is intended for things like auto wrecks, murder cases, and other small-scale cases; trying to apply it to an international intervention in an ongoing war is downright stupid.  exists for a reason as well
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTBURO)

Comment: Pretty much certain to be of lasting notability (in case anyone is wondering what happened with http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FOp%C3%A9ration_Serval&diff=532768217&oldid=532767735 this edit to this discussion by me, I decided to close this discussion per , then decided that was unjustified given the multiple comments that the article should be merged, then decided to weigh in with my view - but accidently included my discarded closure statement; apologies for any confusion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)