Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish colonization of the Americas

Irish colonization of the Americas
Ireland never had any American colonies. No article needed. Rmhermen 01:04, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC) 02:36, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Probable spoof. At least, I hope it's a spoof... P Ingerson 01:49, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete or rename to Irish immigration to the Americas - SimonP 03:26, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a spoof, but a misnomer -- or possibly a POV vardiation on the term colonization, since it's linked to an article (European colonization of the Americas) does exactly that. --219.101.137.3 03:58, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Huh. How did I get logged out? That's me over there. --Calton 04:26, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article begins with: "Ireland itself did not take part in the colonization of the Americas." --MarkSweep 07:15, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * One delete vote from an Irish American. JamesMLane 07:53, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Bad title, but I can imagine a perfectly good article on Irish role in the colonization of the Americas. And in its decolonization: Bernardo O'Higgins. -- Jmabel | Talk 08:13, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Something like Irish diaspora, Irish American, Irish Canadian, Irish Quebecers? Rmhermen 15:45, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but (except for Irish Canadian) those are pretty stubby. I suppose that Irish diaspora could be the top-level article and this material could go there for now, with a possibility of later sectioning things out. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:38, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * delete in this incarnation. There is a good bit of history there (same goes for Welsh and Scots) but this is a substub and not worth keeping. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 10:04, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep it is a stub which was just created last night. Its not even a day old yet. Having this is better then having nothing in the Irish entry for European colonization of the Americas, as I said it just needs something written about te history of Irish Americans. --Josquius 19:23, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * People have mentioned what should be in the article yet no one has done anything, is that not what stubs are meant to be for? Since Ireland is listed on the colonization of the Americas series there is meant to be a article of some kind here, I merely made a stub to draw attention to it. --Josquius 18:23, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The topic is valid enough to be expanded upon, perhaps as part of Immigration to the United States of America or a link therefrom, but the title is horrible. Colonization is commonly understood to mean conquest by a state. Immigration is the proper phraseology, if I'm understanding your intent correctly.  Delete, then start again with a better title and more information. Katefan0 19:57, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Hello? Bernardo O'Higgins? First president of Chile, not exactly part of the United States? -- Jmabel | Talk 20:47, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep: I don't particularly care strongly one way or another on this, but it's important to note that Irish colonization might mean one of two things, either colonization done by the government of Eire or colonization by groups of non-government-affiliated Eires. It may be accurate that this is poorly named -- perhaps someone can figure out a better name for the article. --Improv 20:08, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Supplemental: This vote is meant to also pertain to contiguous XX colonization of the Americas articles. --Improv 20:09, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * If you mean colonies like Jamestown, started by a group of private citizens under British patent, Ireland did not start any. If you are talking about "enclaves" of settlement, I don't see why that wouldn't be discussed in an article like Irish Diaspora or more generally, perhaps a title like Irish emigration or Irish emigration to the Americas if we want to be that specific. Rmhermen 21:49, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * I would encourage you then to be bold and move the pages to a better title. --Improv 03:15, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I was hoping to see an article on the theories of the Celtic tribes from Ireland that people like amateur historian Barry Fell think were on the North American contintent several thousand years ago (proving this through rock artifacts with various, obscure Celtic scripts carved into them). But this is just bad. Thus, DELETE with all the fury an Irish man possesses when chugging Guinness. &mdash;ExplorerCDT 00:21, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - no Irish colonies in the Americas. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 01:07, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete article about nothing Gazpacho 02:17, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, but rename into something less strange. Irish immigration into the Americas? History of Irish people in the USA? Mikkalai 08:53, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article explains exactly what it's about and it's in compliance with the names of the other colonization of the Americas articles. --Dante Alighieri | Talk
 * Well, no, it doesn't really, since no government of Ireland that I'm aware of has established any sort of colony anywhere in the Americas. Colonization is different from emigration. --Calton 07:11, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Cdc 06:12, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Keep. See below. --Mononoke 21:22, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is no need to have articles about things that did not happen. Martg76 00:22, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)