Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National anthem of Cornwall


 * 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. Drmies (talk) 01:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

National anthem of Cornwall

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Non-existing national anthem, as Cornwall is not a nation, nor, as the "article" states, has an official national anthem. The Banner talk 22:01, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Also, the template "National anthems of Europe" needs major pruning, as territories, dependencies and "other areas" are not nations either. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:28, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree in general, and certainly the template needs cleaning up, but the information here is important and should be merged to Cornwall where there is no mention of these region/county songs. So merge to Cornwall.-- Bduke   (Discussion)'''  08:37, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose I made the page. I suggest rename it "Anthem of Cornwall" and make it an article. Not only "nations" but also other kinds of entities can also have their own anthems. If there were some candidates for the anthem of Cornwall and the topic had been discussed among Cornish people, the article could be written, I think. --Wikipean (talk) 16:25, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Why should we keep a page about the local anthem, when there is no official anthem at all? Local pride is not a reason to keep an article. Beside that, the "article" has no references at all to back up the claim. The Banner  talk 16:51, 7 November 2012 (UTC) The claim of being an anthem is also unsourced in the articles about the songs.


 * Find a better name for this, which is essentially a dab-page. This is a list of typically regional songs.  Cornwall is not a nation, only a county of England, as it has been for 1000+ years.  Remove the national anthems navbox, which is misused here.  WE might as well have articles on a Yorkshire Natioanl Anthem, possibly "On Ilkley Moor" or the Lincolnshire poacher for Lincolnshire.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:02, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:04, 13 November 2012 (UTC)




 * Delete Title is misleading because, as others have mentioned, Cornwall is not a nation. The fact that some songs have been called "the national anthem of Cornwall" is not really worthy of an article.  That fact could be mentioned in their articles, and the articles linked by a category and/or some kind of article on "Traditional songs of Cornwall" or something like that. Steve Dufour (talk) 01:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 13.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  17:05, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The belittling of Cornish national identity aside (local pride?!), the existence of this article does not imply that there is an official national anthem for Cornwall, only that certain songs have been described as an anthem of the Cornish nation. Given the true definition of 'nation', perhaps a rename to Cornish national anthem would be more appropriate. --Kernowek (talk) 12:08, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Well...I'm offended. (Not really, I've been on WP for over 5 years. ;-)) I have nothing against Cornwall, have never been there, but know that King Arthur came from there so it must be a great place. I disagree "that certain songs have been described as an anthem of the Cornish nation" is a worthy topic for a WP article.  Any more than there should be an article on "Certain foods that have been described as the national food of the United States of America", or any such topic. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:21, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
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