Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of invasive species in Australasia


 * 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   no consensus. if we are going to merge this somewhere or rename then we can't delete and retain our attributation for license so deletion is out and any other option can be left for editorial agreement on the article talk page Spartaz Humbug! 03:36, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

List of invasive species in Australasia

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 * Delete after merging contents to Invasive species in Australia and Invasive species in New Zealand. An article with this title does not make any sense ecologically so it does not need to be retained as a dab or redir. See also Talk:List of invasive species in Australasia. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 02:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Proposal - why not split it into List of invasive species in Australia and List of invasive species in New Zealand? These lists could prove useful. The other articles you mentioned are not exactly the same topic. - Richard Cavell (talk) 02:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep. In retrospect that is not a bad idea. The lists will be extensive if completed. In NZ there are 100 odd species listed as national plant pests and the Department of Conservation reckon there are up to 2500 weed species. The Invasive species in Aus/NZ articles can be an overview like the Aussie article is heading towards. Given the prceeding would you agree with a delete after merging? -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:40, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, or perhaps a disambig or redirect just so it's not red. - Richard Cavell (talk) 08:22, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom. I think that articles are more appropriate than straight lists in this instance, though the result will probably be something in between. dramatic (talk) 04:50, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. If the contents are merged, then this article cannot be deleted as we need to keep the article history as a record of the origin of the material. See WP:MAD. It should be truncated to be a disambiguation-like page with links to the two articles the content is merged to.- gadfium 05:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Per WP:MAD the article can be deleted. I find the title "objectional" in an ecological sort of way. It is not a valid search string and a serious encycolpaedia should not contain such a page. Invasive species are determined geographically in the first instance and politically in the second. Deletion depends on whether the seriousness of saving the edit history trumps "ecological correctness. (I wonder if wine helps my editing... hic ...) -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:40, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Canley (talk) 06:06, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.  —Canley (talk) 06:08, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions.  —-- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:55, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge as Alan suggests, but then redirect rather than delete, per Gadfium. Retaining the edit history is required if we reuse the content, even if the redirect's title might seem silly. Of course, the redirect could also be moved if anyone has a better title. -- Avenue (talk) 08:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete I'm not so confident that anything can come out of splitting the lists into Australia and New Zealand since within Australia there are species which are native to one part but invasive to another such as Crested Pigeons. I think that this would be better explained in an article. Handschuh-talk to me 10:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- Australasia as a term is problematic and is currently at CFD at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_January_3#Category:Australasia - SatuSuro 15:43, 7 January 2010 (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.