Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic in North Asia


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The result was merge to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:01, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 pandemic in North Asia

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All of North Asia is in Russia, so this article seems redundant since COVID-19 pandemic in Russia exists. Velayinosu (talk) 01:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Velayinosu (talk) 01:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep: My first thought is a procedural close since this would actually be a merge discussion with a need to discuss what information to fold into the parent article, if any, if there was a consensus for a merge. That said, I can't see a reason to delete on the grounds that this is a sub-national article when a national article exists - we certainly have plenty of those, viz England, Wales, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Alaska, Tasmania, Queensland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Telangana, Kerala, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, etc, etc. Given the large geographical area, the high incidence of cases, the well-developed state of the article, the high level of coverage and sourcing, and the obvious interest in encyclopedic documentation of this pandemic at levels other than the national, I'd say this was an obvious keep. Spokoyni (talk) 20:37, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:35, 14 August 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I think this can be merged with COVID-19 pandemic in Russia if necessary. I agree with most of @Spokonyi's arguments but I think the "other subnational areas are covered" may fall under WP:OTHERSTUFF? Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. Otherwise though, this article does seem to stand on its own. JayPlaysStuff (talk) 02:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. There is no such official sub-nation (region, etc.) as North Asia. -GorgonaJS (talk) 10:37, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:58, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge any relevant details in the article to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia per . Waddles 🗩 🖉 17:12, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge relevant sourced content to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and redirect. I believe 's argument that other subnational articles exist is adequately countered by the fact that North Asia is not an official subnational entity of Russia; we don't have this article, for example. On the other hand, separating the content by oblast/krai would seem logical, assuming sufficient content exists for standalone articles, but that is a discussion to be had if/when necessary. -- Kinu t/c</i> 04:37, 27 August 2021 (UTC)


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