Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spanish society after the democratic transition


 * 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. Or, more precisely, don't delete. As ever, a discussion on merging the content can be opened on the article talk page. Stifle (talk) 08:00, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Spanish society after the democratic transition

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While very interesting and informative, this article is derived entirely from a single source, and in many cases just pastes in passages wholesale from the source in question. As a result of this, the article represents the viewpoint of one academic paper, and as such is non-encyclopaedic. In addition, it may not merit an entire article - would suggest a new section with a paragraph summary in Spanish transition to democracy, with a link to the source paper for further reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lost Number (talk • contribs) 16:14, October 16, 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge and delete. As you said it has potentially useful information; merge into other related pages and delete the original (such a title is unlikely to be a useful redirect). Ironholds (talk) 16:20, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge as noted, but we're not allowed to merge and delete for copyright reasons. We could, alternately, add material from the source to a related page or pages (writing it anew) and delete this title as an unlikely redirect.  Nyttend (talk) 04:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, essay. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 20:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge or keep . While it must be clearly improved, the article includes valuable information about the deep transformations characterizing Spanish society in the last 30 years. I have addressed a couple issues and much improvement can be done. --MaeseLeon (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have further expanded and updated the article. I would like to know your feelings and your opinion about better ways to improve it. Best regards from Spain, --MaeseLeon (talk) 02:33, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The article should not be merged with the Spanish transition to democracy article (I started both articles: translating the "transition" article from the Spanish Wikipedia) and wikifingy the "society" article from a public domain source). The "transition" article focuses on the political history of the transition while this article focuses on the societal transition after the transition.  The two topics are very distinct, and merging them for the sake of merging will only make one muddied article without any benefit. Both articles already have enough material to stand on there own, so its not like there's a stray stub that can be cleaned up.  I agree that the "society" article could be improved, but that's a reason for improving it, not for deleting it or attaching it as parasite to another article. MaeseLeon has already done some good work improving the article, and work, not shuffling text around, is the proper response to dealing with an article that's not quite up to par.--Bkwillwm (talk) 01:09, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Reasonably referenced. And the topic is quite notable: changes in postFranco Spain. `'Míkka>t 07:15, 21 October 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.