Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Pernambuco

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. -- Cirt (talk) 16:23, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History of Pernambuco[edit]

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Article that largely either duplicates or replace the content at Pernambuco#History. A merge would be in order if any of the information at this page were sourced, but it isn't. Attempts to contact the page's creator to provide sources have proven fruitless. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:25, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Brazil-related deletion discussions. -- Jujutacular ^talk 17:30, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Looks like this comes from a Portuguese version of the article? Maybe we can redirect to the merge target if author won't chime in.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 21:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It needs to be sourced, but it's appropriate to spin this off from the main article about Pernambuco. This Brazilian state has more people than the U.S. state of Virginia and a history that goes just as far back. Finding sources, whether in Portuguese or English, shouldn't be that difficult. Mandsford 22:31, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. Pernambuco is a Brazilian state, and as such this seems as obviously worthy a subject as, say, History of Wisconsin. As such, the only thing that could really justify deleting this article is being totally unhelpful, and the current text is not that bad. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:11, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The topic is worthy, to be sure. But there is already a detailed history section at Pernambuco#History, which cites a least some sources. This new article cites no sources, and differs in key details from the older text. If the article is to be kept, then it should probably merge the content from the Pernambuco page, along with that pages references. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:21, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I took your suggestion and began trying to merge the old article into this one. They're both very detailed; the difficult part is to integrate the two when they're referring to the same thing. Anyone else out there who wants to give it a shot, it's interesting work, though not recommended in large doses. Mandsford 19:51, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep While the article needs improvement, its a legitmate spinout article from Pernambuco. Edward321 (talk) 01:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- The article in its present state is unsatisfactory, as for the period since 1654, there is no more than notes. Some of the content of the the history section of Pernambuco should probably be merged here, leaving a summary and a "main" template, pointing to the History article. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:49, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep I am from Pernambuco, Brazil and this article is a great source not just for me but for my friends at our University, who want to learn more about my state. I just love the information provided and I think if they delete it will be a big loss of knowledge!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by IslaSantos (talk • contribs) 22:50, 7 November 2010 (UTC) — IslaSantos (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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