Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Golden age of sail


 * 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 of the debate was Keep. kingboyk 08:37, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Golden age of sail
This page is undoubtedly a fork and a stub.--Zxcvbnm 20:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - A fork of what? And if you have a problem with it being a stub, then expand it. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 21:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - It is a fork of Age of Discovery, which deals with the same time period.--Zxcvbnm 22:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I see no content in common. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 22:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Seriously. The Age of Discovery is described as 15th-17th century, while the Golden age of sail is described as 18th-19th century.  Mangojuice 12:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep lots of good stuff in sailing came from then Jordanmills 22:27, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - In Europe, the Golden Age of Sail is generally agreed to be the period in the 19th century when the efficiency and usage of commercial sailing vessels was at its peak (eg Clipper ships, tall ships etc etc) and immediately before steam ships started to take trade away from sail. Some would say that the Golden Age of Sail relates specifically to the Clipper ship era. Suggest that the article does not justify a separate entry as the content would be very brief and duplicate material well written in other articles.  Boatman 09:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

''This AfD is being relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that a decision may usefully be reached. Please add new discussion below this notice. Thanks!'' kingboyk 11:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Boatman. --Arnzy (Talk) 12:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. We're talking about a well-accepted name for over 150 years of nautical history, folks. It's a good stub, no reason to delete it. Mangojuice 12:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - prominent term for a specific historical period - just fix the dates and other info. Could expand to other things like improvement of ship models and progress of navigation - Skysmith 13:00, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep nothing wrong with stubs if they can be expanded --Astrokey44 14:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or else merge with Age of Sail. &mdash; RJH 16:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


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