Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Territory (country subdivision)


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The result was redirect to Territory. North America1000 00:05, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Territory (country subdivision)

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Same meaning as Territory no point to disambiguate Quest for Truth (talk) 14:15, 26 February 2016 (UTC) Territory is a type of political administrative division, usually to areas that is under the jurisdiction of a state. In U.S. terminology, it refers to an organized division of an area that is under control of a country but not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of that country of equal status to other political units such as states or provinces. The above is very likely extracted from Territory: A territory is a term for types of administrative division, usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a state. In most countries' terminology, such as the United States and Nigeria, it refers to an organized division of an area that is under control of a country but not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of that country of equal status to other political units such as states or provinces. In international politics, the term is used particularly in reference to a non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government; which has not been granted the powers of self-government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions; or both. --Quest for Truth (talk) 17:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge/redirect to Territory. If there is nothing to merge, just redirect. bd2412  T 14:50, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There is indeed nothing to merge. The introduction of Territory (country subdivision), which is the main content:
 * Redirect per nom. This is entirely duplicative of the material at territory. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 23:02, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:18, 4 March 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 17:46, 11 March 2016 (UTC)


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