Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Asian Union (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Redirect makes sense but little to merge. Tone 12:12, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

South Asian Union
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Speculative article that concatenates a few people using the term "South Asian Union". No evidence from sources on any agreement about what it might be,Total WP:SYNTH and WP:CRYSTAL. Created by a sock of a blocked user that is itself now blocked. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 10:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC) (categories)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:16, 19 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - pipe dreams are very common. Bearian (talk) 20:47, 22 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge. An article on this topic was deleted in 2013 after the first AFD; I can't see the previous article or who created it. There is nothing inherently wrong about articles on proposed unions or splits/secessions of countries/provinces/states/counties or what have you.  Perennial proposals like to split up the U.S. state of California should be, and are, covered, in good articles that served readers and "remember" stuff that applies again and again (see Partition and secession in California).  Other AFDs towards impoverishing our knowledge of history along these lines have seemed misguided to me, and here we have a 2nd AFD on the same topic.  I suppose this is similar, and there are sources covering the topic and the specific suggested name "South Asian Union" included in the article, and perhaps more sources are available.  There is no mention by deletion nominator or one delete !voter above about performing wp:BEFORE, or searching at all.  I don't see how this is "synth" or why it should be dismissed as a "pipedream"; even if it is unlikely that does not mean the proposal should not be covered in Wikipedia.  However, there does already exist a Wikipedia article on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)  referenced in the article and some or all of its sources, which would potentially evolve into becoming a more perfect union.  It seems that adding mention of the "South Asian Union" term to the "History" section or elsewhere in the SAARC article, with mention of proposals for the SAARC to become more substantial along these lines, would be appropriate there. --Doncram (talk) 16:10, 25 November 2019 (UTC)


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