Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of country nicknames


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The result was delete.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

List of country nicknames

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This article is a complete mess on many levels. For a start the inclusion criteria are impossibly vague - "the aliases and slogans that countries are sometimes known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards", or in other words, anything any country has ever been called, by anyone. It includes many things which are clearly not nicknames - such as translations of the country's name, and names by which the countries have historically been known. Much POV pushing and what look suspiciously like WP:MADEUP names. Unreferenced since creation two years ago, and tagged as such since February - the one external link is to someone's homepage, which lists translations of countries' names, not nicknames. Fails WP:NOT, WP:N, WP:V and probably WP:NOR. Notable nicknames for countries should be included in individual articles on those countries, not compiled into this sort of indiscriminate list. Iain99 13:00, 2 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:NOT, WP:V, and especially WP:OR. /Blaxthos 13:13, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete You're right, this is a complete mess. I'd venture that there's room for improvement, but the last time I did that some asshole wrote, "You're supposed to vote 'evolve'" Evolve?  What the hell is that?  Although someone may have worked hard on this article, Iain is correct that the nicknames include the country's official names (like Bharat and Nippon), plus things that you probably can't even find in a cheesy travel brochure.  The only source is an interesting website that doesn't appear to have supplied much info here (such as Meiguo and Beikoku being names used elsewhere to refer to America).  I'm not sure we need a list of nicknames that even the residents aren't familiar with.  Can't imagine any of these on a T-shirt.  Mandsford 15:50, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT, WP:N, WP:V. Carlosguitar 18:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per excellent arguments above. Jakew 19:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT.-h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 20:16, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, with such a vague topic, this list can never be complete or NPOV. J I P  | Talk 10:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


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