Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English-speaking places occupied by Axis powers in World War II


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The result was   delete. This list is found to be original research and not valid for inclusion in an encyclopedia. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:44, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

List of English-speaking places occupied by Axis powers in World War II

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What exactly is the purpose of this article? Who care about the language spoken in the occupied territories? We likely only concern about the colonies/territories of a country that fell into foreign control. No reliable non-wiki reference, the author use other wiki articles as a reference, so let's consider it one way or another as WP:NOR. ༆ (talk) 21:30, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The purpose of the list: "Lists which contain internally linked terms (i.e., wikilinks) serve, in aggregate, as natural tables of contents and indexes of Wikipedia." Who cares? I cared. Maybe others will care, too.  References: It's conceivable every entry on this list should have a link to a WP:Reliable source demonstrating that (1) most of the area's residents spoke English (for example, Attu and Kiska) or (2) English was one of the area's official languages (Philippines), but the lack thereof shouldn't result in the deletion of this article. GeorgeLouis (talk) 23:01, 19 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Quite interesting, but a contrived list which violates WP:OR unless some reliable source has made the same connection between these places. Borock (talk) 23:27, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete -- I cannot see the point of this. If it were to be kept, I would want to see it restructured, so that head title was not continent but the nation whose territory was occupied - USA for Aleutian islands; Australia for Christmas Island; British dependencies for Channel Islands; British colonies for the other southeast Asian lands.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:26, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete because the language is a weird criterion nobody else has come up with. I could stomach List of regions occupied by the Axis in World War II. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete isn't this what categories are for? Rhialto (talk) 16:09, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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