Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decolonization of Europe

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The result was delete. DGG ( talk ) 03:58, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Decolonization of Europe

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Misleading article. Claims nations achieved independence after world war 2. That is not what the article demonstrates. Implies various states were colonial powers - produces no evidence. Tendentious at best. Rathfelder (talk) 21:26, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete hopelessly biased title, article content is worthless. Power~enwiki (talk) 21:47, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The title of this article is troubling, and the burden of proof goes on the author to show that this is a researchable topic and that all of the content properly belongs under this title. I note that List of sovereign states by date of formation#Europe is much more proper for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Anything salvageable from this that can be put into a useful list should be salvaged. I'm not enough of a history writer to do that myself. - Richard Cavell (talk) 22:37, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:06, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:06, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unreferenced ahistorical bunk. I don't know why Alinor created this redirect years ago. Since it has been hijacked by an IP, this monstrosity was created with nothing but empty assertions of when various countries (political entities that did not exist at that time) were declared independent. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Seems to be an attempt to force the table template established on Decolonisation of Africa, Decolonisation of Oceania and Decolonisation of Asia onto Europe, where it really doesn't apply. It seems to assume that every time a state gains independence, it must have been a 'colony' of the parent state, which is POV, to say the least. (Note: the same IP has been editing the others, and perhaps the edits there merit review.) Agricolae (talk) 01:19, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Has strong potential. Let a thousand flowers bloom.Mishigas (talk) 06:15, 10 June 2017 (UTC) Striking out !vote of confirmed sock of Kingshowman. SkyWarrior 19:11, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As the person who has been responsible for the massive amount of activity on this page, I don't have a problem if you guys delete this. To be honest, I find it odd that this page, and its opposite colonization of Europe, even exists. Personally I'm not sure if ANY European nation can be considered a colony, not even the ones that were once part of the Ottoman Empire, or even Cyprus and Malta for that matter. 2600:8800:5100:38E:B547:1EF7:1C03:CBFB (talk) 06:49, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's the title and the lead of the article I have a problem with. it could be rescued as a summary of the history of the various European nation states - assuming there isn't already an article along those lines. Rathfelder (talk) 14:14, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Agricolae. Srnec (talk) 00:41, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete pertinent information would be fine within a more generic European history article. Too many concerns too avoid deletion. South Nashua (talk) 15:43, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - A somewhat interesting exercise, but original research to the core. This is simply not a topic covered in this manner in the secondary literature. Carrite (talk) 15:33, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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