Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

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The result was redirect to Akrotiri and Dhekelia. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:39, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[edit]

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Basically every link on here is a redirect to the main page on Akrotiri and Dhekelia, or to X of Cyprus (e.g. Climate of Cyprus). Thus, it provides no useful information that isn't covered by Outline of Cyprus or the main article on this topic. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 19:14, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete we don't need an outline of every geographical entity. Links to Europe etc are useless to someone trying to understand this topic. I think the outline confuses the reader instead of informing them, leave this unusual "colony left over" entity to the main article. Legacypac (talk) 19:19, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 20:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cyprus-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 20:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 20:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it provides a geographical outline of a current overseas territory and as such serves its purpose as a useful navigation tool. SportingFlyer T·C 02:21, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is limited coverage on Wiki with regards to the Sovereign Bases and Cyprus as a whole, which is strange as it is an Anglophone nation. As per WP:PRESERVE, I think this article should be retained but heavily restructured. It can be easily argued that the SBA is effectivly a self-governing country, in that whilst the Privy Council and the UK Parliament have precedent, its own administration can set laws and acts as a legislature, along with the fact that whilst claimed as Cypriot territory, the Republic of Cyprus recognises their existence and there are numerous joint agreements set in place. As a result of this, the territory falls well within the bounds of a firm keep as far as outlines of territories and countries are concerned. UaMaol (talk) 17:21, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You argument would seem to be directed at Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which is fine, of course that should be kept. However I'm not sure why you think this list of wikilinks found in that article should have a seperate article - isn't it confusing? --Pontificalibus 14:44, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It's just a series of links to the main article. A bit like creating Outline of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia containing a link to each comment in this AfD. Unnecessary and confusing, an obstacle to navigating this encyclopedia efficiently. Compare the table of contents of Outline of Akrotiri and Dhekelia with the table of contents of Akrotiri and Dhekelia - which better directs readers to useful content? --Pontificalibus 14:50, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect (to Akrotiri and Dhekelia), the primary page's content is so not particularly long, and I generally feel the outline pages only make sense when the main article has sub-pages that makes it very slow to pick up an outline. Strictly speaking, WP:REDUNDANTFORK is probably the correct blue text to use. Redirect in case there is any content there, and it might one day become a reasonable fork, and certainly does no harm. Nosebagbear (talk) 00:13, 16 March 2019 (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.