Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ethnic Countries


 * 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 delete. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Ethnic Countries

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Originally prodded, but I take it the creator contests the prod. This article does not define what is meant by ethnic country, nor does it state why the United States or Canada, just to name those two, are excluded from the list. Delete. Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed 21:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I see why this article is up for deletion but I would also argue that it has potential - there just needs to be a strongly justified defintion and reference to academic sources. I think what the author is trying to get across is that these countries' associate with one particular ethnic group (Bosnia and Herzegovina should not be on there as they are divided by at least two), Hungary is not on there as it is the "home" of a number of Romanies and consequently uses different languages etc). It should be categorise and worked on as Social Geography.  --Nengscoz416 (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * After writing this I remembered the proper term for what I was describing and wiki'd it. The term is nation state which already has a good article in which case Delete.  If I was incorrect in what I think the article is about then Delete as Human Geography was my major and I should know what the article is talking about.Nengscoz416 (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - Article borders on nonsense; the primary definition for "Ethnic countries" is given as "A member from a particular ethnic group," which - aside from defining a person as a country - is almost without meaning. Every human being is a member of an ethnic group, but the article seems to be a list of countries in which caucasians are not in prominence (note the absence of the United States, Britain and Australia).  I'm not seeing anything salvageable in its current state, and probably wouldn't even if "ethnic" were given its proper meaning.  ◄   Zahakiel   ►  22:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment nation state no? 132.205.44.5 (talk) 22:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. It was re-created after I nominated it for speedy deletion a couple of days ago. It is utter non-sense and reeks of POVism.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 23:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is a very messy article, and I'm not sure the author(s) really applied the definitions consistently (Afghanistan, for example, has a number of ethnic groups living within its borders, which goes some way toward explaining why its politics have been so disastrous for so long, Akrotiri and Dhekelia is just a bizarre inclusion). "Nation state" is probably what was intended here, but even then I'm not sure a redirect would be a great idea. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

DONT REMOVE THIS ARTICLE —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayotiko (talk • contribs) 01:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * May we know why? --Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed 01:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete I'm still trying to figure out what an ethnic country is. I'm gathering that it's one where people of a certain ethnic group are together inside a boundary, but the countries listed make no sense.  North Korea, which has one of the most homogenous populations on Earth-- something like 99 percent Korean-- isn't on here.  Russia, whose boundaries include so many different groups besides the Russians, is on here.  But even if the confusion is cleared up, it's unsourced; it seems a lot like original synthesis rather than a political science term; and it's an indiscriminate list.  Weak delete because, theoretically, it's possible that there is some book that speaks of "ethnic countries", and it's possible someone could improve this article.  Mandsford (talk) 02:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced OR. Biruitorul (talk) 04:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete As is, it's meaningless. The criteria by which a country fits in is totally unclear. Japan's another country that fits the given criteria but isn't there. If something dramatic happens maybe keep, but right now it's incoherent OR/nonsense.The Zig (talk) 12:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - With a scope as wide as this article defines, it's an atlas. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  06:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonsense.--  Ευπάτωρ   Talk!! 03:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't see the use for this. VartanM (talk) 23:42, 19 January 2008 (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.