Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lemass era


 * 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 merge to Seán Lemass. Stifle (talk) 14:25, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Lemass era

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The text here could be moved to either economy of the Republic of Ireland and or Seán Lemass, so this could be considered a merge discussion rather than a deletion discussion. My reasoning in proposing not having it as a standalone article is that it seems to be relying on a single source for its description, in essence adapting a title used for a monograph into a general term for the period. I would know what someone meant by Lemass era, but it doesn't reach the level of a general term, such as Celtic Tiger. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom: Far too short for a stand alone article and better suited to either of the suggested articles. ww2censor (talk) 10:12, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge or just redirect to Seán Lemass. It is a valid search term, but better as a redirect to the period when he was Taoiseach.  The section in the bio article is much longer than this one, though it is described as a main article to it.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:06, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose - this article needs expanding not merging or deletion. Such sn importart era in modern Irish history. Shame narrow minded editors can't see that. Spleodrach (talk) 23:11, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. Ideally to the relevant section of the Seán Lemass article. Or, failing that, to History of the Republic of Ireland. I suggest this because there is no indication that the term "Lemass era" is used broadly to describe this 7 year-period in Irish history. To the extent that such a period can or should be covered under its own title. A Google search, for example, returns just 2000 results for the term. The vast majority of these results being either mirrors of the Wikipedia article, or references to Brian Girvin's book of that title. I can find nothing to indicate that the term/topic has broad enough use to warrant its own article. And, if it did, I don't understand how such an article could cover the period - without such content/article being a WP:CFORK of other related articles. (If the topic of such a standalone article is the term, how would that not be a DICDEF stub? If the topic of a standalone article is the influence of Lemass's policies, then how would it not be a CFORK of the Lemass article content? And, if the topic of the standalone article is a "snapshot" of a 7-year period in Irish history, how would that not be a CFORK of related Irish history/economic-history articles? The title probably has some value as a redirect. But I see only problems leaving it as a CFORK article. (And, frankly, the SIGCOV guidelines do not justify having a standalone article regardless...) Feels like WP:NEO at least partially applies here (or would have back when article was created....) Guliolopez (talk) 13:55, 15 April 2022 (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.