Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Dakotas

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The Dakotas
This seems like an ideal candidate for merging or deletion, there's already several pages on very similar topics, such as Dakota or Dakota Territory and it doesn't offer much that's new. What does everyone else think? StoneColdCrazy 00:10, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. The Dakotas are a specific geographical place and they deserve their own article (just like The Carolinas).  Although Dakota Territory and The Dakotas describe the same area of land, they are different things that deserve different articles.  "Dakota Territory" is a historical term and its article should have a historical perspective.  "The Dakotas" is an actively used term that deserves an article that briefly describes this portion of the United States.  I would encourage some expansion of The Dakotas article instead of deletion. --MatthewUND 00:30, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Dakotas was also the name of Billy J. Kramer's backing group so you'd need the entry for a disambig in any case.   --Tony Sidaway|Talk 00:50, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - and the term can be used to describe a native American tribe, too. Seems like a good disambiguation page. Grutness...  wha?  01:55, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as a disambig. -- BD2412 talk 02:17, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Keep. Useful as a disambig or if expanded. They might as well be one state anyway... :-) A &#1080; D &#1103; 01D  TALK  EMAIL  03:13, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as with other geographical articles of this sort (New England, Northern California etc.), and expand. Kaibabsquirrel 03:55, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as DAB move the current text to The Dakotas (states). Vegaswikian 06:59, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. What's wrong with the current primary topic disambig? By far the most common meaning is the area bounded by the pair of states. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:29, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. We also have the Carolinas, btw. jengod 01:15, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable geographic area. Capitalistroadster 06:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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