Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hoa Kỳ


 * 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 Names of the United States, as long as that article exists. &mdash; Sebastian 02:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hoa Kỳ

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I believe that this should either be merged into another (as yet unidentified) article or deleted. On the talkpage, it's twice been suggested that it shouldn't be here, with no formal action taken. The term is acknowledged in the article as no longer being in use. I misread the article, it's still the official name of the USA in Vietnam, but other countries names for different countries are generally redirects (Royaume-Uni & Pays de Galles for UK and Wales respectively, French to English. España to a disambiguation for the use also shows that we don't give specific pages to countries own names for themselves.). I don't really think it's a notable term. Fol de rol troll (talk) 01:31, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * There's extensive material at Flag_of_the_United_States which could be considered too long for that article; maybe both could be merged into a "Flower flag" article... AnonMoos (talk) 02:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep this article. This is a rather notable subject and deserving of coverage at our encyclopedia. Badagnani (talk) 03:56, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Could you please explain why it's notable, it might give me a clearer idea of why the article should be kept. Fol de rol troll (talk) 04:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm rather curious as to why you're vouching to keep this article - you were the only one to suggest deletion/move to Wiktionary on the talk page...  GraYoshi2x► talk


 * Keep Seems well worth including in the encyclopedia. A possible merge can be discussed on the article's talk page. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:36, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

* Delete (or Merge if an appropriate target can be found and agreed on). There doesn't seem to be enough to say about this to justify an article. Propaniac (talk) 19:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC) See below. Propaniac (talk) 15:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - It's amazing that this article has been here for 2 years and nothing has happened to it, especially since Wikipedia != Wiktionary/trivia site. At the very most (and this is a stretch), it should be redirected to Flag of the United States.  GraYoshi2x► talk 22:04, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Redirect (WP:NOTDICDEF) to United States of America (not Flag of the United States) since the term refers to the country, not the flag. &mdash; La Pianista  ♫ ♪ 04:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - "Flower flag" is the title of the Flag of the United States article in Chinese Wikipedia. It has a stand-alone article in the Japanese Wikipedia, separate from the article on the US flag.  While this article itself might appear redundant, I agree with AnonMoos that the current redirect of Flower Flag could and should be reconsidered.  I would argue that it may well merit an article of its own. --Shirt58 (talk) 11:49, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I now realise that my comment was off-topic. The article under discussion is about the name of the United States in Vietnamese, instead of what I wrote the name of the flag of the United States in Vietnamese, or in others of the CJKV Sprachbund. This is of course outside the scope of AfD-ing. --Shirt58 (talk) 13:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 16:25, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. It would be informative and interesting to have a Wikipedia article on names of the United States—with direct transliterations—in other languages. •••Life of Riley (T–C) 22:59, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You know, I had the same thought while looking at this. Propaniac (talk) 15:42, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge and redirect to the newly-created Names of the United States, perhaps by adding a "Notes" column to the list on that page. Propaniac (talk) 15:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I question whether that article is even appropriate for Wikipedia; it seems like a good candidate for deletion seeing as Wikipedia isn't a dictionary, or for that matter, an international phrase list.  GraYoshi2x► talk 20:40, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep or Merge This term is being used by US representative offices in Vietnam and it has its own history. Therefore, I think it is notable and is encyclopedic enough.--AM (talk) 02:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep and Merge. The article should be a redirect to Flag_of_the_United_States, where the origin of the term is explained. The French name for the U.S., États-Unis d'Amérique, is a redirect article -- even though this is just a literal translation of the English name. Kauffner (talk) 17:47, 30 December 2009 (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.