Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries

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The result was Withdrawn. I will put the merge tag proposal instead JForget 00:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries[edit]

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I don't think it's a useful list, as we already have a very similar one: List of urban areas in the Nordic countries - so either Delete or Merge this to List of urban areas in the Nordic countries. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of urban areas in the Nordic countries. Spatulli (talk) 10:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: No reason given for deletion. Since when "I don't think it's an useful list" is a deletion rationale? List of urban areas in the Nordic countries contains only population information, while this one contains both population, area and density information, so if anything it's the latter which needs merging here. --Cyclopia ^talk 18:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I wanted to open a merge discussion, not a deletion duscussion, but that simply doesn't exist. But I guess that you agree with me that these two lists should be merged into one? :) Spatulli (talk) 18:23, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom. This seems an odd and ORish way to present such a discussion. Jclemens (talk) 18:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per nom. An "urban area" and a "metropolitan area" are the same thing, as far as I know. Both articles have useful information that needs to be included in a single article. See Help:Merging#Proposing a merger for instructions on how to set up a proper merge discussion on the talk page of the article, which is the appropriate location for a merge discussion. SnottyWong ^chat 19:01, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I guess an AfD wasn't the proper thing to do - as my intention was to propose a merger, not necessarily a deletion. I'm withdrawing, sorry for the mess. Spatulli (talk) 19:37, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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