Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modern history

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The result of the debate was 3 Redirect / 2 Merge and redirect / 2 Delete. Redirect to Modern world. -- AllyUnion (talk) 12:53, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Modern history

We already have thoughtful and informative articles on "modern" history. What we have here is a middle-school essay with an embarrassment of glittering generalities. There is no value in "merging" it with any existing article. Mackensen (talk) 03:32, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Maybe redirect to Modern world, as suggested by a template in the article? I agree that it adds little to Modern world that need be merged, but it's a reasonable redirect. Cdc 05:45, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Modern world, but I don't know if there's much of value to merge. Rhymeswithgod 06:19, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Modern world. Nothing here worth merging. --Carnildo 21:30, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect, no merge, as the article stands now. It could be an independent article, though; there's a Journal of Modern History, there are degree programs and university departments in "Modern History", etc.; this title could hold a better-than-Wiktionary elaboration of such usage. Samaritan 21:55, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete the current content. Nothing salvageable there. But as Samaritan suggests, a completely different article with the same title would be eminently possible. I suggest it also discuss different views of when 'medieval' history finishes and 'modern' history begins (not that any hard and fast answer is possible, of course). May do this myself if I get a chance. Mattley 17:26, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• It should be pointed out that the page was vandalized after I posted the merge message and before it was put up for Deletion. I have reverted the vandalism, but restored the VFD message.*Kat* 02:09, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge anything useable/verifiable to Modern world, and add redirect. Megan1967 02:11, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete ditto what Mattley said. —Daelin 02:17, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete maybe merge some of the content into industrailazation

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