Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Bohol

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: delete. MER-C 16:55, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Bohol

10,875 page views for the article vs 245 views on the portal show the readers prefer the article on this island. The Philippines is divided into subnational units of course but none of the extreme travel clubs recognize these units as very significant (unlike federation countries where the units used to be self governing or at least separate colonies). There are 81 Provinces of the Philippines and they sure do not all need a portal any more than the provinces of Indonesia did. We deleted those already. Legacypac (talk) 19:13, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. As noted previously passim, page views are not a rationale for deletion. This is a region of 1.3 million population which is a first level subdivision. What have "extreme travel clubs" to do with the issue? There seems a reasonable amount of content in the category. On the other hand, there are only 2 selected articles, 2 bios and 2 images, so further expansion is urgently needed. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:13, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not all first level country subdivision are created equal. MTP and the Traveller's Century Club and one other are the places where a community of people got together and decided what were unique places from each other. The people who made those lists, and I, don't see the political divisions of the Philippines as so significant they need exploring in one by one.

On Wikipedia a similar assessment has been made. The Philippines article does not mention the provinces in the lead or the infobox. Compare to say Canada (provinces mentioned in second sentence), United States (states mentioned in the first sentence) and other federations where the subdivisions are defining parts of the country character. This is because they are way less important.

15 headings down at Philippines#Administrative_divisions we learn the country is formed from 3 island groups and "These are further divided into 17 regions, 81 provinces, 145 cities, 1,489 municipalities, and 42,036 barangays." Provinces are the third level of classification down the stack, . Legacypac (talk) 04:24, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

English historic/ceremonial counties are not mentioned in the England lead, yet they are extremely important subdivisions, historically & currently. Espresso Addict (talk) 05:55, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Old portal, 21 subpages, created 2007-01-26 04:23:36 by User:Pinay06. Another copy of the empty set, pretending to be a country: TWO articles, TWO pictures, TWO biographies. How this kind of shit can ever pretend to be a navigation tool ? Portal:Bohol. Pldx1 (talk) 13:10, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Since no one has actually !voted yet, I will add in this turd in user space that is a copy of the portal. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - User:Pldx1 says 'Another copy of the empty set, pretending to be a country'. Is that 'pretending to be a county'? Doesn't matter. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This portal pretends so much ... It even pretends to exist ! (all these comments are about the portal, not the province itself, nor even the article) Pldx1 (talk) 15:51, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - None of the comments have presented a valid argument for the need for a portal, or a Keep !vote. The portal serves no purpose. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:34, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Micro-portal on a narrow topic, with only 2 Selected articles and 2 Selected biographies. That's it.

Per WP:PORTAL, "Portals serve as enhanced 'Main Pages' for specific broad subjects". This one is grossly inferior to the B-class head article Bhol. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:31, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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