Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nations in Scottish universities


 * 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   merge to Nation (university).  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 15:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Nations in Scottish universities

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Article is available under Nation (university). I don't think this article is salvageable- it has five maintenance tags, and needs major rewriting, plus the person who created the article turned out to be a sockpuppet of an abusive user. (Disclaimer: I was in a dispute with said sockpuppeteer, and added the maintenance tags to the article) Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 00:38, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep unless a valid reason to delete the article can be cited. "Five maintenance tags" and "needs major rewriting" are not grounds for deletion. Allegations of sockpuppetry are also not grounds.-- S Marshall   Talk / Cont  01:30, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as above. The maintenance tags are only marginal and the article can be improved. I have improved the lead and removed that tag. Nations are an interesting feature of old universities. The article is sourced. --Bduke (talk) 01:56, 30 August 2008 (UTC) These are interesting, and I never knew they excisted in the UK although I knew of the Swedish use, but I now agree that it can all be and is in Nation (university), so let it go - delete. --Bduke (talk) 07:42, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete (or, rather, Merge and Redirect) whilst the article can be re-written, I don't think it serves any great purpose other than to echo what could either be said on universities' pages or on the wider page on university nations. --Breadandcheese (talk) 02:12, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per above--duplicative with Nation (university), and "largely their significance has been forgotten" isn't much of a claim of notability. JJL (talk) 02:27, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - something is wrong here. Nom added 5 maint tags then AFD'd it because there are 5 maint tags ??? no insult to nom intended & cudos for the Discaimer Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  05:15, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, would appear to be a duplicate of information already contained in Nation (university). No indication that this phenomenon in Scotland is different enough from the ones in Sweden and France to justify a breakout article.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC).  On further thought, a Redirect to the appropriate section of Nation (university) would seem reasonable.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 14:07, 30 August 2008 (UTC).
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.   —Mais oui! (talk) 09:16, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Nation (university) after moving the useful information, but tag R with possibilities in case the latter article expands again. Richard Pinch (talk) 10:46, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Nation (university) per Richard Pinch: the aticle's not currently long enough to justify having separate articles for each country. None of the other concerns are grounds for deletion as noted above. Olaf Davis | Talk 11:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect per Olaf Davis.--MacRusgail (talk) 19:08, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  00:19, 4 September 2008 (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.