Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Commission


 * 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   Convert to a WP:DABCONCEPT. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:38, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

National Commission

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All the entries on this dab page are partial matches. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:57, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, in a modified form: although partial title matches, any "National Commission" is likely to be referred to by just that name within its particular area ("the 1953 National Commission reported that ..."), so some sort of dab is useful. The bigger problem is that this is wildly incomplete. Another problem is that it doesn't identify the country for each entry. A reader may well be looking for a "National Commission" in country X, on topic Y for which they don't know the exact wording. A list which indicated the country and date of each commission would be a useful finding aid. Maybe it would be a list, or a set index, rather than a National Commission, but it would be useful. I've added a couple of "See also" links to the page, to help in the interim.  Pam  D  11:56, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've had a go at starting a list (or is it a set index?): see User:PamD/List of National Commissions. I might add a sort key so it can sort on the actual topic words. For the moment I'm assembling it in A-Z order, starting with the listing from look from, and will then add the others from in title. Any comments welcome on its talk page.
 * I suggest that we strip the dab page down to the two links currently in "See also", because it so misleadingly incomplete. If a near-complete list, such as that I'm working on, is created, then it might be appropriate either for "National Commission" to redirect to that list, or for the mini-dab page to include a link to the list. Pam  D  15:43, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Renaming/making it a list gets around my partial title match objections. Just so it isn't a dab page. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached. Relisting comment: Perhaps can have her work done quickly and then this can be deleted. Otherwise, more input is welcomed. JodyBtalk 00:39, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, classic example of a partial title match. I don't see a need/use for a disambiguation or list of this type because when anyone says "national commission" by itself, there is normally context. Tavix | Talk  23:15, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JodyBtalk 00:39, 17 February 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Convert to a WP:DABCONCEPT page. What is a "National Commission"? It almost always seems to be a body assembled at the national level to address a particular issue. This is useless as a disambiguation page because there will be many non-notable or hypothetical national commissions addressing fleeting issues, and it is unlikely that we will ever have all of these, but we can still explain what the concept means. bd2412  T 02:58, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Convert either a DABCONCEPT or list/SIA. Widefox ; talk 22:41, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:41, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep I don't see how an article can be written about a National Commission. There are simply too many country-specific examples and no unifying characteristics. That being said, I would keep it as a disambiguation page so that people can find the specific information they are looking for. However, if someone can convince me that an article can be written about national commissions in general, then I will change my vote to convert the article to a broad concept article. That being said, I would not want to delete the page if no conversion takes place.PointsofNoReturn (talk) 01:13, 25 February 2015 (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.