Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurentia (bioregion)


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Bioregionalism. Liz Read! Talk! 21:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Laurentia (bioregion)

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The geologic definition of Laurentia is well established, but the concept of a Laurentia "bioregion" appears to have been invented by Cascadia activists and has no notability. I can find no significant coverage of a "bioregion" called "Laurentia" outside of some organization calling itself the "Cascadia Department of Bioregion". The definition of "Laurentia" there (equivalent to the Great Lakes Basin) does not even correspond to the more expansive definition given in this article, which isn't supported by any reliable source. The map in this article that purports to depict "Laurentia" and other "bioregions" was made by the same banned user that created this article in the first place. Cobblet (talk) 15:37, 10 September 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Relisting to consider possible Redirect option. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 16:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Canada and United States of America.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Bioregionalism I only found this source as a reliable, scientific, definition of a "Laurentia bioregion." Google shows some Cascadia-related hits from non-reliable sources, so a redirect seems plausible. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 19:58, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding that book, but all it says in the preface is, "We have divided the continental United States into six bioregions. They are based on a simplified combination of schemes developed by the World Wildlife Fund, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Forest Service." In other words, their definition of "Laurentia" is entirely the result of original research – there's no sign this is an established concept. If the "Laurentia" concept has any genuine notability in North American environmentalist philosophy, we should be able to find better evidence for it than a book about home gardening projects. Cobblet (talk) 22:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, but redirects are cheap so it makes more sense to me to convert this into a redirect given there are indeed people looking for it. (The article currently gets about 20 views a day on average). Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 13:28, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 20:00, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Agree with the proposed redirect to bioregionalism as WP:ATD-R. &mdash;siro&chi;o 04:15, 18 September 2023 (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.