Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Union/Frequently asked questions


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The result was   Moved to Talk:European Union/Frequently asked questions. BJ Talk 23:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

European Union/Frequently asked questions
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Although in article space (I suspect the creators may mistakenly believe that the "/" puts it into some sort of sub-space all of its own), this is an FAQ about the Wikipedia article European Union. It explains the current state and structure of the article. It is blatantly a self-reference to avoid, since the Wikipedia article "European Union" is not itself notable and so doesn't need an article about it. It probably belongs somewhere like Talk:European Union/Frequently asked questions but it can't actually be moved there because it has a talk page of its own where the FAQ is itself discussed...even if not actually deleted, this should clearly be moved someplace more appropriate. (Can anybody think of a suitable home for it outside of article space?) TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 12:07, 13 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Nsk92 (talk) 12:37, 13 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Move Why on earth have you put this up for AfD when it is clearly just a placement problem. You could have just mentioned it on the EU talk page and it would be dealt with. It can just be moved back to the talk space and discussions can be on the EU page or something.- J Logan t: 12:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Move per JLogan. - SSJ ☎ 12:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Move I have to agree with Logan. This is obviously useful content. All we have to do is move it to Frequently asked questions about the European Union, or something like that. The nominator could have easily done this without putting the page up fro AfD. The nomination is entirely unnecessary. Blue-Haired Lawyer 12:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment So why on earth don't one of you folks move the page instead of griping about it? Seems like criticizing the nominator's "faux pas" instead of taking the unilateral action you propose is also entirely unnecessary.  Mandsford (talk) 13:10, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * For the same reason we haven't removed the deletion template. Process. Blue-Haired Lawyer 14:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Move to Talk:European Union/Frequently asked questions per other move recommendations above. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:09, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Move This does seem a rather pointless thing to bring up, but fair enough, move it. I'm not sure I'd agree with the statement that the European Union article is "not notable" itself though. I cant think of anything more topical in Europe at the moment than the EU. --Simonski (talk) 15:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The European Union itself is extremely notable. The Wikipedia article about the European Union is much less notable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:30, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note that moving to talk space involves a deletion - I'd just like to point out that I did suggest moving this to an article talk page in the nomination, but there is an issue with that. The reason it can't just be moved there is because it has a talk page also which would presumably have to be deleted since there isn't a "Talk talk:" namespace. There is therefore an argument for taking this to MFD not AFD ... but the thing that is causing the primary problem is the fact that there is a page, something like the cross between an FAQ about the EU itself and an FAQ just about our article on it, sitting in article space. If there were an obvious alternative move target that wouldn't involve a deletion, I'd not have taken it to AfD. TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 18:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC) (Further note: the old title left behind after doing a redirect would also need deleting... so I think it's valid to bring this up on a deletion-related forum. I appreciate that I should have brought it up on Talk:European Union first, but this does seem to be a problem involving a page in article space and which will likely only be resolved by administrative action including at least one deletion. TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 19:00, 13 July 2008 (UTC))
 * Move yes...somebody copy paste it to Talk:European Union/Frequently asked questionsand then just db-g6 it.--Pmedema (talk) 19:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Moved it all around; not very elegant but if the FAQ is not allowed in article space it would become something like FAQ and its discussion here. If you agree feel free to remove the original FAQ page. Arnoutf (talk) 19:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * As the article has been copied to the appropriate area, I've G6 tagged the original. --Pmedema (talk) 23:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as the whole idea of this article is unencyclopedic. --  Iterator12n   Talk  22:37, 13 July 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.