Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russia (disambiguation)

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 keep after expansion (and before clanup :-). `'mikka (t) 00:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Russia (disambiguation)

• del. Whatever it is, it is not a disambiguation page. After deletion of erroneous and irrelevant entries we end with the list of historical periods of Russia, i.e., table of contents of the History of Russia. `'mikka (t) 19:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - not necessary. --Ineffable3000 19:56, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: there are other objects named "Russia", like a ship [1] fighting during Crimean war in Sveaborg or a hotel. And the historical terminology listed on the page is quite useful. Pavel Vozenilek 20:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
  • It is useful ,indeed, but a disambiguation page is a tool with very specific purpose, and explanation of historical terminology is not it. `'mikka (t) 22:28, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, but clean up and/or rewrite, and include other entities by this name. I would imagine that a ship and a hotel Pavel mentioned above aren't the only ones (but even if they are, it's already enough to keep the page). Not so sure as to whether the historical terminology is quite as useful. Leaving Little and White Russias makes some sense and could be convenient, but technically they do not belong on this disambiguation page, because "Russia" is only a part of their names.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
  • If you will have ships and hotels here, it would be OK, but now the page does not correspond its purpose. `'mikka (t) 22:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - the point is that it is NOT a disambiguation page and therefore should be re-written. --Ineffable3000 22:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, looks like a disambiguation page to me. Gazpacho 23:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Exactly; it only looks like disambig page. `'mikka (t) 00:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
    • It is one. Consider the title "Tsar of all the Russias" and compare Macedonia. Gazpacho 04:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Looks like a disambiguation page because it is a disambiguation page. I've added some other articles that belong on it as well. The headings could be improved, among other things, but need for improvement is not a reason for deletion. Agent 86 00:37, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Ezhiki abakharev 09:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, especially because it now lists towns in other countries etc. Punkmorten 10:27, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No one is so confused about what "Russia" is that they need a disambiguation page. Edison 21:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete If anything actually LINKS here (and it's not much) it can just as easily be linked to its proper places. There is not reason to disambiguate "Russia," and if people are looking for the ship or what not, it's just as easy to provide a link on the Russia page that re-directs.Ani td 22:58, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Is anyone reading the page before commenting? There's a ship, three US towns, an asteroid, and a horse. How do you propose to guide people to these without a disambiguation page? Gazpacho 23:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - costs nothing, contains useful information, if it helps even one person then that is a plus for Wikipedia. --Ckatz^chat_spy 09:29, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Plenty of stuff on there now so it is definitely useful. Keresaspa 13:26, 9 October 2006 (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.