Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicknames of Edinburgh

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. Nomination withdrawn by nominator. As an aside, "merge" result can naturally arise after deletion discussion, but to solely discuss "merger", talkpage is the right venue. (non-admin closure) –Ammarpad (talk) 14:58, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nicknames of Edinburgh[edit]

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From my knowledge and from what I can get from the article, it looks like Edinburgh doesn't have nicknames that would be independently notable. Therefore, I propose merging this into Edinburgh. wikitigresito (talk) 16:51, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge.SSSB (talk) 16:58, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Close AFD is not an appropriate way to propose Wikipedia:Merging. Just go ahead and see how things turn out. Thincat (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Auld Reekie is certainly independently notable, however, this should be merged into a section in the main article Edinburgh. But as Thincat points out, AfD is not the place to discuss mergers and this discussion should be closed. Polyamorph (talk) 21:27, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 04:41, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I‘m sorry I didn‘t figure out the proper process. Please close this. wikitigresito (talk) 06:47, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. Because in AFD discussions people can quite properly !vote "merge" and the close can also be to merge, it is rather counter-intuitive that merges are not supposed to be proposed at AFD. Thincat (talk) 08:57, 28 April 2018 (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.