Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Accession states

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete and redirect to Enlargement of the European Union, though the article cannot be deleted at this time. &mdash; Xezbeth 06:52, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Accession states
This article (which hasn't been expanded at all since its creation almost a year ago) is inherently problematic and can never become encyclopedic, the way I see it. Though the term "Accession states" is common enough, its true explanation is nothing more than a definition -- namely the countries that last acceded into the European Union. When Bulgaria and Romania join, it's them that are gonna be commonly referred to as accession states, when more countries join, it'll be them, and so forth. I suggest a deletion, since all it contains and all it can possibly contain are described elsewhere, either in History of the European Union or Enlargement of the European Union or Treaty of Accession 2003, while the definition it currently provides is at the same time limited and misleading. Aris Katsaris 01:05, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment  - only a limited number of articles link to the page. They are: Irish calendar & Economy of the European Union --AYArktos 02:24, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * ... both of which would be better served at those points by linking directly to Treaty of Accession 2003. In fact, I might do that right now. Uncle G 12:00, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
 * Hah! I was beaten to it by Joolz. Uncle G 12:00, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
 * Delete, a bit zealous to take the generic term "Accession states" and attribute it to this esoteric and remote article. Asriel86 05:33, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I assume that at some point these countries get to quit being "accension states" and get to be "members of the EU" Dsmdgold 09:49, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete but suggest the phrase be at least mentioned on the Enlargement of the European Union page. -- Joolz 11:43, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Widely used term to descibe 10 new EU members and a Google search shows 54,300 returns Good stub on encyclopedic topic.Capitalistroadster 11:48, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No it isn't. It's a simple duplication magnet. We already have articles on this topic. Aris Katsaris even helpfully listed them above. Uncle G 12:00, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
 * Nothing here that isn't at the aforementioned articles. Misleading title.  No inbound links. Delete or Redirect to Enlargement of the European Union, according to taste. Uncle G 12:00, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect as above. --Carnildo 23:08, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete/redirect per Uncle G. Radiant_* 09:29, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * delete and recreate as a redirect Mozzerati 20:05, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)
 * Delete Outdated. No redirect - this is so ambigous. Pavel Vozenilek 00:44, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirectto Enlargement of the European Union. or make a disambig to articles covering the enlargement of other organisations of states, if we have any. Thryduulf 09:54, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite to what an Accession state is, in the Generic sense, with references to the EU/Alaskan examples. --Irishpunktom\talk 11:15, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)


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