Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Islands (Massachusetts)

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 soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. ✗plicit 00:58, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Islands (Massachusetts)[edit]

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There isn't anything from this article that is not covered by Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket. The article hasn't been worked on that much through much of it's fifteen year existence. If this article is not deleted, I could live with a redirect to somewhere. Interstellarity (talk) 21:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Interstellarity (talk) 21:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islands-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I share the nominator's concerns. I think this article was created for this template in order to group the islands as a region rather than list each individually: Template:Massachusetts. This discussion should take that template into account - does it need to be changed? If so, how?

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 01:08, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We also have this article, List of islands of Massachusetts. It's very different from the article we're discussing.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 01:16, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@A. B.: I removed the link from the template for now. Depending on the result of this discussion, we can decide what to do with afterward. Interstellarity (talk) 15:43, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Put them in with Rhode Island. People there would love it, especially since they have such a tiny state. These islands would fit nicely as part of a set with Block Island.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 17:03, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the more serious parts of the discussion above. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 17:04, 4 August 2023 (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.