Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Consensus is to keep and expand the article with further information about the pandemic in the country. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 01:33, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands

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Article contains just a duplicate of the information in the article COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania, there is no added value in this separate article, suggest it be deleted and made into a redirect rather than trying to maintain both articles Aeonx (talk) 02:56, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: I think that there is room for articles on countries and other political entities that have not reported cases of COVID-19. For example, we have articles about the COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea and Turkmenistan even though they have not officially recorded any cases of COVID-19. This sets a precedent for places like the Cook Islands, which have not yet recorded genuine cases of COVID-19. Regarding the duplication issue, one way to address it will be to condense the content in the Oceania article with the Cook Islands article having the real "meat." Will accept any outcome depending on what the rest of the community says. Andykatib (talk) 03:09, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment This is certainly a title that could be an article, but the current article text (copied at a prior point from the Oceania article) has less information than what is on COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania, and what is on the Oceania page is not remotely substantial in itself. The North Korea and Turkmenistan articles mentioned are substantial in a way this article is not. However, if this is deleted, it should be on the understanding that it could be recreated from the redirect if there is content for a more developed article. CMD (talk) 03:17, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep My preference is for the article to be developed, with content transferred from the Oceania article. There certainly is not doubt that the topic meets WP:GNG.  Schwede 66  06:29, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep A historical case is not a active case, but it not mean "not a case at all". I suggest that the case be counted as a "suspected case" in the infobox. We have to expend article (RNZ has published a lot of articles on Cook Islands and COVID-19 pandemic).Sami270 (talk) 15:09, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of COVID-19-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:21, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:22, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep per Andykatib and Schwede.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:27, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: Notable enough to pass WP:EVENT Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 10:26, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge to COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania: I doubt that this article could have enough information in it to be relevant enough. Plus, it's always possible to split it back off if the need truly arises. --littleb2009 (she/her) (talk • contribs) 21:36, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * There is nothing to merge, this article was copied from other articles (with no attribution for some of it) including the Oceania article, and has had no independent content development since. CMD (talk) 01:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: the article meets WP:GNG and WP:EVENT. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 00:53, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: notable as per others. Duplication is no WP:DELREASON. Shortness is no WP:DELREASON. Article contains more content than WP:REDDEAL (not a policy) recommends as a minimum. ‎⠀Trimton⠀‎‎  00:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: Have added some new material relating to a possible travel bubble with Australia. If we keep the Cook Islands article, we could probably shorten the Cook Islands' entry in the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania article. That's what I did for the COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia and the COVID-19 pandemic in American Samoa articles. Andykatib 07:25, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is notable per the comments above, and the article has enough relevant information to justify not merging it. — F ORMAL D UDE  ( talk ) 21:50, 20 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.