Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kingdom of Great Britain (1603-1714)


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The result was   delete. Tim Song (talk) 02:46, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Kingdom of Great Britain (1603-1714)

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A nice bit of original research, but unsupported by mainstream historiography, which holds that there was no Kingdom of Great Britain until 1707, when the previously separate Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland united. Yes, the two were under the same monarch from 1603 to 1707, but that is amply covered in the proper context by Union of the Crowns. Biruitorul Talk 18:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Needs expert attention There seems to be a difference of opinion between the two articles Kingdom of Great Britain and Union of the Crowns. This had better be sorted out by people with a greater understanding of British history than I have.  If one article represents a totally individual view then it should be deleted. If both are valid views then there should be one article that explains both, even if one is less popular. Kitfoxxe (talk) 19:33, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Duplicate material from Union of the Crowns and Early Modern Britain and several other articles which cover the material in greater depth with better sources. Spotty information at best as well because it skips the entire Civil War and the Restoration.--Savonneux (talk) 20:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete excessive amounts of HTML and nonstandard non-Wikipedia formatting. 70.29.210.155 (talk) 05:46, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete or rename. The creator of this article (see for example here) refers to evidence that James VI and I called his domain the Kingdome of Great Britaine (or Britiane, it's not clear) and maintains that this is sufficient to claim that the (United) Kingdom was in existence 100 years before the date accepted by historians. This almost makes the article FRINGE and OR (original research).  The article might merit a save if renamed to something like Monarchy of England and Scotland (1603-1714), but as others have said the issue is covered by Union of the Crowns, which itself is tagged for improvement.  Sussexonian (talk) 14:21, 26 May 2010 (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.