Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2003 in Afghanistan
There is a |longstanding consensus at AfD to keep year-long (annual) chronicles, as long as they have at least two or three significant historical events listed therein.  In a few cases, we have deleted ''future'' years' articles, because they were filled with speculation, only to re-create the article; see ''e.g.'', 2014 in Ireland.  In other cases, for less momentous years, we have redirected or merged them into a single century; see ''e.g.'',Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/226 in Ireland.  We have often deleted articles, such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2013 NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan, when a |redirect or merge would have been cheap.  There is 2012 in Afghanistan and a whole slew of related articles by year.  If we were to delete this one, and yet keep the others, it would make no sense -- I can't think of a ''less'' momentous year for Afghanistan than 2003! To delete this would require a clear and convincing evidence or argument to |change long-established consensus
— User:Bearian, 21:09, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OUTCOMES||WP:CHEAP||WP:CCC (Wikipedia:Deletion policy)