Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of provincial and territorial nicknames in Canada


 * 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. The "keep" opinions argue that a page with this subject is desirable in Wikipedia. That's fine, but ignores the fact raised in the nomination that the current content is based only on a weblink to a self-published page labeled: "This trivia page is submitted by Mrs. Ewasiuk's Grade 1A class." Per WP:V, "All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation", and "If no reliable, third-party sources can be found for an article topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it." During this AfD, the material was challenged, and no reliable source was apparently found, so WP:V – which is core policy and not subject to overruling by local consensus – mandates the deletion of the article. It may be restored or userfied as soon as a reliable source is provided.  Sandstein  05:51, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

List of provincial and territorial nicknames in Canada

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List is based on answers from a high school trivia test. Fails RS. Darrenhusted (talk) 23:34, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  —  Jujutacular  T · C 23:49, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There are loads of similar lists in Wikipedia (see Category:Regional nicknames). WP:PILLAR: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that incorporates elements of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers. This is a typical almanac feature, and it's hard to believe this is based only on that one source (or are you arguing it's not a reliable source? I assume you're arguing lack of notability). JohnWBarber (talk) 00:54, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Both. Darrenhusted (talk) 22:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 20:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment all nickname articles that are lists could probably be transwikied to Wiktionary as appendices. 76.66.194.183 (talk) 04:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment LOL that Ontario has no nicknames. I guess "that damn province that Toronto is in" doesn't count.  :D Delete or Transwiki. Simonm223 (talk) 15:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't really see the relevance of the information within the list. None of it is sourced, and the nicknames themselves are dubious. There is really no scholastic tie between them and I'm forced to concur with the nominator who assessed the list as high-school trivia. Looking at the category pointed out above, there are only three other similiar lists on Wikipedia, one of them is highly appropriate because of its clearly defined criteria for inclusion, but the other two, as with this, suffer from serious original research and notability problems.  Them  From  Space  00:23, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as per JohnWBarber--Jemesouviens32 (talk) 08:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak keep This could easily be sourced to something other than "Mrs. Ewasiuk's Grade 1A Class".  Dubious?  No, first graders are very honest!  Seriously, this needs to take a cue from List of U.S. state nicknames, and I can't help but wonder if it already exists somewhere else on Wikipedia. Mandsford (talk) 15:34, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Don't provinces have nicknames? I don't know much about Canada but I assume that if we have List of U.S. state nicknames there should be one for Canada too... in most ways Provinces are roughly like US states, don't see why nicknames would be different. --Sancho Mandoval (talk) 01:03, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: There are number of similar lists in Wikipedia. - Ret.Prof (talk) 09:54, 1 November 2009 (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.