Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhafazah

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 of the debate was KEEP. -Splash^talk 02:22, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Muhafazah

A duplication of governorate; merge. – Timwi 17:57, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and merge — I think this request is bit odd. I believe that we should have an article called Muhafazah, but, if its content is the lacklustre list it is now, the content should be moved to Governorate and the first page redirect to it. The proper procedure for this. I believe, is cut and paste, rather than page deletion. One problem, different countries have different official translations of muhafazah: they might not be officially called govenorates in all places. --Gareth Hughes 17:17, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  • If the word has several meanings, then it can well be a disambiguation page. I tried the copy & paste bit, and I got shouted at for it, hence my nomination here. – Timwi 00:13, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
    • who shouted where? If you refer to your admin-rights misuse in deleting Template:Arab subdivision without prior notice to anyone nor without tagging it, than I think you mix something. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 21:21, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as guberniya was kept. Of course extend. Problem with subdivision translations into english is that they are different from country to country. the four articles wilayah, mintaqah, imarah and muhafah give a short overview about these arab words. This would be lost if merged with provinces, regions, states etc. And because the translations are different from country to country this would bring some wilayah to one article some others to another. Interwiki links will not work. At the end: the terms are official, for some we may never find an official translation. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 19:46, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Helpful to maintain inter-navigation among Arab subdivision types.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 21:40, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

• Question Delete would mean no redirect? If not, than why is it not a simple "merge" process? Timwi himself said he is pro merge. Why does he put it on VfD? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 21:15, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Because when I did the merge, you reverted me, Schlaumeier. — Timwi 18:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

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.