Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/El Paso Power Company


 * 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 redirect to El Paso Electric. As the nominator is proposing merge-and-redirect, this would fall under SK1 in general. So I'm going ahead and boldly redirecting. The only thing to merge is one single line and a ref, which I will handle. The Bushranger One ping only 23:31, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

El Paso Power Company

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El Paso Power Company is a long standing Wikipedia article with a significant editing history which happens to be an incorrect iteration of the company's name. It has never done business in such a name and when the misinformation is corrected, it becomes clear that the article [that] duplicates El Paso Electric; the two pages should be merged; perhaps WP:HISTMERGEed.

I will comment in the coming days whether or not I feel the page should be deleted or kept as a redirect. I must first, research the matter a bit further. --John Cline (talk) 12:14, 4 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Addendum I was incorrect; apparently the company's affiliate in Colorado was known as the El Paso Power Company. They do appear to be the same topic, however; needing to merge. And it should definitely be kept as a redirect. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 12:55, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:04, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:04, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:04, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * Comment - I'm confused, is this a merge request, then? I endorse a merge. Generally in the nomination of a page at Articles for Discussion, the nominator is expected to explain why a page should be deleted not why a page should be merged. For merge proposals, see Merging. Smmurphy(Talk) 17:30, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the confusion. I brought the discussion here, out of abundant caution, to seek admin attention and community input for properly handling this page. My concern was primarily to ensure the editing history of this long-standing page is preserved. I did mention the possibility of preserving that history thru a WP:HISTMERGE which I understand includes the deletion and re-creation of the page. In my determination to err on caution's side, it seems I have mistakenly chose the wrong venue, causing confusion thereby. Thank you for indulging my error.--John Cline (talk) 21:46, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to El Paso Electric. Nothing to merge,; however, it may be useful as a redirect. Beagel (talk) 21:25, 7 November 2017 (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.