Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations


 * 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The result was withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) DoctorKubla (talk) 09:04, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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Repeated listing; refer List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Ninney (talk) 08:04, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I had nominated the article for deletion on grounds of duplication but later realise (only after clicking on the EDIT tab) that it is actually calling an article (transcluded) & not maintaining a list on 2 separate articles. This is the original article & this is where it is actually listed again. Generally, I had seen that the main article has a wikilink of the sub article but this was not the case which led to confusion.


 * About half an hour later, after clicking on the EDIT tab to update the article for _TOC_ which I thought was a must for the article, the truth of the way the listing has been done was unfold, I realised I had unnecessarily marked it for deletion & that was the reason I undid my revision (Refer ). Later, Snotbot found that there is no AfD template, but article is still at AfD & hence it reassigned the 'Bot adding template' & issued me a level 1 warning [] on my talk page.


 * Anyway, now I am suggesting a Speedy keep, since The Transhumanist had done the necessary requisite changes in the main article & the confusion has been solved & logically this sub article is now needed for the main article & hence to be retained.


 * Thanks DoctorKubla, DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER, Cnilep & The Transhumanist


 * I withdraw the nomination for deletion. - Ninney (talk) 00:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

DoctorKubla (talk) 08:49, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Move to Template namespace. This article began life as one of the adjectival and demonym templates that are transcluded into List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names. In January 2009, User:BD2412 somewhat inexplicably moved several of these templates into article space, resulting in the redundancy referred to by the nom. This article should be moved back into template space, along with the following:
 * Adjectivals and demonyms for cities
 * Adjectivals and demonyms for U.S. states
 * Adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions
 * Adjectivals and demonyms for former regions


 * I've just noticed the previous AfDs, here and here. Neither of these discussions really address the redundancy issue, though. DoctorKubla (talk) 08:57, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 05:26, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 05:26, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment: User:BD2412 commented, "Move to better namespace for this content" when moving it to Adjectivals and demonyms for countries and nations in 2009. User:The Transhumanist moved it to its current name on 6 January 2013. I have notified both users about this discussion. There was also relevant discussion in 2007 at Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 28, which reached no consensus. Cnilep (talk) 08:17, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: The last AfD discussion on this was less than a month ago. Too soon for another. Deletion policy states:

"Renominations: After a deletion debate concludes and the page is kept, users should allow a reasonable amount of time to pass before nominating the same page for deletion again, to give editors the time to improve the page. Renominations shortly after the earlier debate are generally closed quickly. It can be disruptive to repeatedly nominate a page in the hopes of getting a different outcome."


 * ...(cont.): By the way, this article is no longer transcluded in List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names. Because this is a rather extensive list article, now there is a link to it from there. Also, AfD is not the appropriate venue for move discussions.  That's what we have talk pages for (see also the notice page Centralized discussion). This AfD thread should be closed, and the discussion concerning moving it restarted on the article's talk page.  The Transhumanist 08:56, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * After some weighing of the pros and cons, I would keep this as is. Harmless, possibly useful. No need to put it into a template. bd2412  T 17:01, 31 January 2013 (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.