Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Algonquin-class cutter

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 and will clean up the dab page. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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disambiguation page for ship classes not pointing to any ship class The Banner talk 09:04, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Kpgjhpjm 09:18, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Despite the lack of articles (yet) on these two subjects, this ambiguous phrase appears in multiple places on English Wikipedia. Articles already exist for three of the five Revenue cutters and five of the six Coast Guard cutters. In addition, all five Revenue cutters became Coast Guard cutters in January 1915. In the meantime, a category and a template have been created for the 1930s Coast Guard cutters using this ambiguous phrase. I still don't know what to rename the category and template to disambiguate them from the earlier Revenue cutters. I considered "Algonquin-class patrol gunboat", but USRC Gresham from the first class also became a patrol gunboat before the end of her fifty-year career. The length of the cutter might also be a disambiguating parameter, but USRC McCulloch was built longer than 205 feet to accommodate a third mast. – Maliepa (talk) 12:49, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An article has now been started for the second ship class. – Maliepa (talk) 13:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - There are two "Algonquin-class" classes of cutters. The first in 1898, with two ships in the class and the latter in 1932 with six cutters in the class. The 1898 class includes two ships that are of slightly different lengths. The 1932 class has six ships all the same lengths. The two different classes have nothing in common and are two distinct classes; thus requiring a disambiguation page because both are referred to as "Algonquin-class" in most references and literature on the subject. Before considering deleting the disambiguation page, let Maliepa finish the work started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuprum17 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 30 September 2020 (UTC) Cuprum17 (talk) 13:06, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I see that an issue in that it's not currently linking to the actual ship classes but that's fixable. --Paul Carpenter (talk) 09:14, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is a disambiguation page for the phrase "Algonquin-class cutter", not a list or set index of ship classes. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:43, 2 October 2020 (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.