Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flag of Quintana Roo


 * 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 State flags of Mexico. And merge as appropriate from history.  Sandstein  19:22, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Flag of Quintana Roo

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No sources, no claim of notability, fails GNG. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 19:41, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 22:18, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 22:18, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge to State flags of Mexico. NewYorkActuary (talk) 19:47, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge as still questionable for a solid separate article. SwisterTwister   talk  06:27, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:14, 26 April 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to State flags of Mexico. Pursuant to a discussion held at one of the other concurrently-nominated flag articles (here), I'm striking my "merge" recommendation and changing it to "redirect".  Any discussion of coats of arms is better placed in the article on the state itself, and not on a flag article.  The only other pertinent fact in the instant article is the date of official adoption, which already appears in the target article.  NewYorkActuary (talk) 22:07, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per NYA. The statement that touristic flags in the form of the Mexican tricolor with the respective state coat of arms exist (which appears in two other AfD'ed state flag articles without ref) may be worth merging, but the applicability and reliability of the given source cannot be checked since it is currently down due to maintenance. SiBr4 (talk ) 13:02, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 07:29, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to State flags of Mexico as per SwisterTwister. Do not think this article needs seperate article, so do not agree with redirect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk • contribs) 14:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. Concerning the question of 'merge and delete' vs. 'redirect', consider the following -- a reader can search for Flag of (any U.S. state) or Flag of (any Canadian province) and be taken to an article.  But what happens if the reader searches for Flag of (a Mexican state)?  For the most part, they'll simply be told that the page doesn't exist.  But with a redirect to State flags of Mexico, the reader will learn, in the target article's first sentence, that most Mexican states do not have official flags.  This in itself is encyclopedic knowledge that would not be provided by a generic "page does not exist" message.  I also note that there is a broad benefit in treating the Mexican states in a manner that is consistent with our treatment of U.S. states and Canadian provinces.  And there is no downside to giving Mexico that consistent treatment -- as the saying goes, "redirects are cheap".  NewYorkActuary (talk) 13:14, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge or userfy until a better article can be created. I think it's notable -- many Americans probably have been here and saw the flag, but didn't know what it was - but right now there's no context needed for an encyclopedia article. Bearian (talk) 18:30, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is a comprehensive article on Spanish Wikipedia that needs translation into English. I suggest adding the article to the Articles needing translation list Fiachra10003 (talk) 23:32, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * False, on Spanish wikipedia there is an article of the same size most of which is about the flag of the defunct republic of Yucatan. The part about the flag of quintana roo has no sources.·maunus · snunɐɯ· 12:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


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