Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/32 independent African states

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The result of the debate was delete. – Sceptre ^(Talk) 20:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 32 independent African states

I'm a bit conflicted about this one, but I see no way to keep it. A list of states considered "independent" is surely POV; not to mention that the title will change when one nation's status changes. There were originally 32 states that founded the Organization of African Unity, and I haven't gone through to check if these are those, but the successor organization has something like 50 now, and a list of the founding nations of OAU belongs in the OAU article. Delete. bikeable (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Random context free list. Subject matter has to be guessed at and is better covered elsewhere. Piccadilly 02:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nomination and User:Piccadilly. *\o/* Dustimagic *\o/* 04:00, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, although I do not understand what bikeable means by "states considered independent is surely POV". Independence here refers to self-governance or autonomy, in contrast to being considered a colony or a territory of another nation.--Ezeu 05:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
  • That's a plausible guess at what "independent" means, but it's not defined in the page, and there are currently a lot more than 32 nations in Africa that meet that particular definition. bikeable (talk) 18:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete POV fork of Category:African countries Segv11 ^{(talk/contribs)} 06:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This article was apparently created to list the original member nations of the Organisation of African Unity, but this article is the wrong way to communicate this information. --Metropolitan90 07:16, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 09:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions. -- Humansdorpie 13:00, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, Piccadilly and Metropolitan90 Mushin^talk 19:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as it seems to be an overlap with the content at Organisation of African Unity. Turnstep 20:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as above --kingboyk 23:14, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above comments. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-11 02:20Z

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.