Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dutch Harbor


 * 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   no consensus. The main debate that has developed in this discussion is whether or not to merge. That debate can continue of the articles' talkpages. J04n(talk page) 12:55, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Dutch Harbor

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As a distinct geographic entity, Dutch Harbor is a major component of the city of Unalaska, Alaska, whose article isn't so overly long as to warrant a sub-article. "Dutch Harbor" is also a colloquial term to refer to Unalaska, and is perhaps more commonly used in that regard than Unalaska is. If a sub-article is warranted, this isn't it; this is far more blatantly a collection of images and templates and little useful content than even your average NRHP stub. Unless someone has a vision to substantially make a useful article from this topic, it was just fine as it was redirecting to Unalaska's article. RadioKAOS –&#32; Talk to me, Billy  23:43, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to Unalaska, Alaska. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:45, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable due to the naval base and the Japanese attack; keep and expand in those directions. squibix  (talk)  13:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge as per Northamerica1000, the nom also has a good reason for the merge, and expand the article with the merge, if the harbor becomes way too big into a big article then fork it. Eduemoni↑talk↓  13:45, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to Unalaska, Alaska per Northamerica1000. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 13:59, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Support merge to Unalaska, Alaska, without prejudice to an expanded article at this title.Synchronism (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep and not merge - Dutch Harbor refers to the physical harbor while Unalaska, Alaska refers to the municipality. The Dutch Harbor article should be expanded like most harbor articles to include information like depth, currents, geologic make-up, surface area, wildlife (both sea and land) and perhaps natural resources.  This is all out of place in an article about a municipality.--Oakshade (talk) 16:21, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. As mentioned, this is an article about the harbor, not the town of Unalaska, Alaska. While the name may be synonomous to some people with the city, that doesn't remove the fact that the harbor itself is notable as a geographic feature. - The Bushranger One ping only 09:12, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Flat-out delete Already mostly covered in the Unalaska and Battle of Dutch Harbor article. Someone can add the bit about the attack to the Unalaska article, and it'll all be covered. Doesn't really need it's own article. --Fbifriday (talk) 09:16, 23 February 2013 (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.