Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vehicle registration plates of China (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 delete.  Sandstein  08:29, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Vehicle registration plates of China (disambiguation)

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Ordinary, orphan, WP:2DABS page where disambiguation is not required. The primary topic has a hatnote to the other (possible) use. De-PRODed by Patar kinght with comment "Deprod - entirely reasonable given the Chinese political situation and because the prior control of the mainland by the ROC forms a distinct period". Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:28, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Mark the trainDiscuss 09:04, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Mark the trainDiscuss 09:04, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions. Mark the trainDiscuss 09:04, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep, no longer 2DABs. In any case, the political history of China would have made it a valid 2DABs, given that both China and Taiwan claim to be China, and since pre-1949 Mainland China (which definitely had cars) was under the Republic of China, which later became Taiwan, and that was a distinct period which had another different definition of China. It would be pretty reasonable for someone to use this as a search term. Patar knight - chat/contributions 19:21, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The issue here is that the PRC vehicle registration system is tripartite because of the One Country Two Systems method of administering Hong Kong and Macau, which are not mere provinces adhering to the vehicle registration system created by Beijing. Coverage for the primary topic is actually divided between three articles, one about the plates in mainland China, which is the primary topic, and then separate articles for the system in Hong Kong and Macau. These three systems/articles combine for complete coverage of "Vehicle registration plates of [PRC] China)". On the other hand, Taiwan only has a unitary vehicle registration system, which provides complete coverage of "Vehicle registration plates of [ROC] China"). So all four articles combined provide complete coverage of all vehicle registration plates in "China". Another reason to keep this is that until 2011 or so, English Wikipedia did not take a side on the China/Taiwan naming dispute, and so it would be reasonable for our readers to believe that a DAB should exist here. Patar knight - chat/contributions 06:33, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Entries for Hong Kong and Macau (arguably Taiwan as well) don't qualify as entries, leaving only one or two entries. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:29, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete ambiguity is solely from China vs ROC which is bogus as a WP:PTM. If ambiguous we'd have to dab all articles with "China" as it would applt. See also items are not at all ambiguous as subregions not known as "China". Widefox ; talk 00:20, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If this page was "Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of China (disambiguation), then the PTM concern would apply. Through the application of the One China principle, both the PRC and ROC claim to be the one and only China (see Two Chinas). This is pretty common knowledge, and people unfamiliar with how Wikipedia deals with naming the PRC/ROC articles could very reasonably navigate here. The status of Hong Kong and Macau as SARs means that their vehicle registration systems are not subsets of the vehicle registration of Mainland China, but legally separate and equal systems in parallel to the main PRC one (i.e. cars that cross over would have two plates). I would also fully support making DAB pages for reasonably common topics shared between the PRC and ROC and some combination of pre-1949 and pre-1911 China as well as HK and Macau. Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:00, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. I am part of the minority of editors who think China should be a disambiguation or broad concept article, but the community has decided that the PRC is the primary topic. Since the PRC is primary, no disambiguaton is needed for this topic per WP:TWODABS. -- Tavix ( talk ) 04:24, 5 October 2017 (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.