Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pakistan (disambiguation)


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Pakistan (disambiguation)

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disambiguation of Pakistan is nonsensical Arjun#talk 18:12, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:03, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment At first blush, it may seem that way, since most people don't think of Bangladesh as having once been East Pakistan, nor do they think of both West and East Pakistan as once having been part of British India. It's not unusual in separating between various articles, however.  We also have United Kingdom (disambiguation), Germany (disambiguation), Korea (disambiguation), etc.  Mandsford (talk) 20:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As Mandsford points out, it's not unusual to have a disambiguation page even where the main use is by far the most common one. It always makes me laugh to see the disambiguation page for AfD contains Appetite for Destruction, even though no-one ever abbreviates album names like that! I've editted the article, added a couple more things to show what I mean, I'm sure there's dozens of articles that could be added. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 23:26, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep to explain change in use of name over time, but take off links to football teams, etc. Northwestgnome (talk) 23:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * keep Keep the links to both the historical regions of East and West Pakistan. Remove the links to articles such as the Pakistan Army and whatnot. Canadian (talk) 00:24, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The article only contained link to East Pakistan and West Pakistan when originally nomed - I added the others. If it's not appropriate for these to be on a disambiguation page then feel free to remove them, I'm not particularly experienced with this kind of page. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 00:40, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment As said above, The article only contained link to East Pakistan and West Pakistan when originally nominated. My logic to nominate the page was that Bangladesh was referred to as East Pakistan and not Pakistan. Arjun#talk 12:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * But we do have an article on East Pakistan, West Pakistan and Pakistan so disambiguation is appropriate Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 14:40, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per Mandsford. TomCat4680 (talk) 05:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The nomination is nonsensical. Colonel Warden (talk) 11:14, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions.  — J04n(talk page) 11:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The nomination may seem nonsensical, but it appears to have been made in good faith. Mjroots (talk) 10:05, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. The disambiguation page is indeed helpful, but I think I can sympathize with this nomination.  Sports teams have no place on this dab.  JBsupreme (talk) 21:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Again, when the nomination was made just East Pakistan and West Pakistan were on it . I added the rest. I'm not experienced with disambig pages but thought I'd have a go. Very sorry if thats put your nose out of joint (as the edit summary for the article seems to suggest). Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 22:54, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per users above. has added one more useful (and interesting) link to the page—Pakistan, India.--Zvn (talk)  21:19, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per users above and especially since there is a link to Pakistan, India. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 08:14, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep seems like a reasonable and useful (at least now it is) disambig.  Cocytus   [»talk«]  20:35, 2 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.