Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Politics in the British Isles (2nd nomination)

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. Consensus to keep following relisting. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:37, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Politics in the British Isles

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Previously nominated for deletion, no activity in over a year. Replicates material on more appropriate articles. British Isles is a geographical term not a political one. Danger is this becomes a coatrack article as it is poorly patrolled. History of the United Kingdom up to the time of Irish Independence covers all of the material here, as do other articles --Snowded ^TALK 06:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral My decline of PROD was purely on procedural grounds and does not reflect a preference towards keeping or deleting the article, though I may take look back at this tomorrow and weigh in. Safiel (talk) 06:37, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I feel this is a notable, well-covered topic, also encompassing articles in category with same name. Category:Politics of the British Isles —Мандичка^YO 😜 08:29, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:53, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:53, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:54, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Politics in the sovereign states in the British Isles is better covered in their relevant articles. Snappy (talk) 14:18, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Highly notable topic. The relationship between the various political entities within the British Isles is highly complex and merits its own article. Of course, this article is far from perfect and needs a great deal of work. Antiochus the Great (talk) 19:23, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Highly notable topic. Clearly notable and well-covered. That article can be improved (can't they all) is no reason to delete. WP:Not paper. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:26, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 17:12, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Antiochus and 7&6=thirteen. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 17:54, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep no doubt about the established notability. Capitals00 (talk) 05:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep-- I am far from convinced that this is a good article, but it is not so bad that it deserves TNT. It is partly about international relations within the British Isles. I think we have a mass of articles on relations between one country and another. This belongs to that family, though slightly complicated by things like relationships between RoI and Isle of Man, and cross-border institutions relating to Northern Ireland. This is something that does not usually occur in other diplomatic relationships. Peterkingiron (talk) 12:47, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.