Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of provinces and states in North America


 * 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 delete. -- kur  ykh   00:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

List of provinces and states in North America

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This only lists all of the states in the US, and not North America. Furthermore, it is redundant to the existing articles about the list of states in US, Canada and Mexico.  JL 09  q?c 16:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 20:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Covered more coherently in other, more focused lists. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. After reverting vandalism not spotted by the nominator, this appears to be a useful list (even though its utility may be limited to middle/elementary school students). Appears accurate and harmless. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 17:51, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep What Hullaballoo said. Accurate, harmless, and useful if someone stumbles upon it. Ginsengbomb (talk) 20:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - technically, the three Canadian territories (Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories) are neither provinces nor states. Thus the title is inaccurate or the territories should be removed.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 00:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Hullaballoo and Ginsengbomb. Our core constituency, high school and college students, would use this. Bearian (talk) 04:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete better covered in other existing articles and no interest to high school and college students in other parts of the world. MilborneOne (talk) 21:19, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as a poorly-defined list that is inferior to lists contained in the articles Provinces and territories of Canada, Political divisions of Mexico, and U.S. state. The list identifies its scope as including provinces and states, yet it includes the three territories of Canada, the Distrito Federal, and the District of Columbia. The "useful" argument is simply not convincing since anyone with the ability to find this list could just as easily search for and find the others. –Black Falcon (talk) 00:51, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete, per Black Falcon and others.  PK T (alk)  15:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - redundant to Provinces and territories of Canada, Political divisions of Mexico & USA. Incomplete as it does not explain the differences between each nations idea of what a provinces or states is, which is explained in the respective Articles or sections. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 21:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I fear the precedent this could lead to ... list of States in Europe, List of States in the Superpowers, List of states in the worlds poorest nations. There is a tenuous link between these political divisions at best. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 21:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - Simply duplicates info in other articles. Furthermore, even if expanded to include all of North America, the structure of political divisions differs from nation to nation. EeepEeep (talk) 03:31, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Per eeepeeeps cogent point.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Not a useful article - all information is readily locatable elsewhere. Bazonka (talk) 21:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per TenPoundHammer (and his otters) DigitalC (talk) 20:15, 24 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.