Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Punitive expedition
The nominator is correct: such articles are discouraged by . All that may be said is that a "punitive expedition" is a military venture undertaken primarily to punish an adversary. That certainly sounds to me like a dictionary definition. Moreover none of the notable "punitive expeditions" have citations to |reliable sources. I would suggest that military history enthusiasts turn to a dictionary rather than Wikipedia when confronted with a fifty cent word like "punitive
— User:Aramgar, 02:33, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTADICTIONARY||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary)