Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Halifax, Nova Scotia

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 Speedy close, merge is done. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:24, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Totally confusing dab page. Isn't disambiguating properly, seems to be incomplete, has both a mergeto and a mergefrom tag. Just blast it to smithereens. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 03:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It's a mess, but there is hashing about it on the talk page going on, so they're well aware of the issues. Even though "AFD is not cleanup" usually, maybe this nom will finally get some attention on it. Nate • (chatter) 05:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Hashing about" that just went around in circles and came to a stop in January, you mean. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 12:39, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Halifax (disambiguation), like I have said before, it is an unnecessary page. 117Avenue (talk) 06:51, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Halifax#Canada, to avoid confusion and duplication. Boleyn (talk) 08:22, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge anything unique to Halifax (disambiguation), and redirect or delete. Overly specific and fails to be a true disambig page simply because it isn't ambiguous, but is instead, quite specific. Would have been better outside AFD, but sometimes this is the only way to get things done, with a hammer (no pun intended). Dennis Brown (talk) 15:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Bad DAB page! Bad! Down, boy, down! I agree with Hammer. Sometimes we do have sub-DAB pages when the main one gets too long or confusing, but in this case I can't see the point; indeed, this sub-page seems to be less complete and more confusing than the main one. Not sure there's anything to merge back, but if so, do so, otherwise just redirect Halifax, Nova Scotia to Halifax. There may be a separate question of whether Halifax ought to lead (i) to the existing DAB page or (ii) directly to the most likely target, Halifax Regional Municipality (with a disambiguation hatnote at the top of that article pointing to Halifax (disambiguation)); but that decision is presumably better left to processes other than AfD.--Arxiloxos (talk) 19:35, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose deletion. It is clear from many discussions (Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia#Confusing, Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia#Shambles, Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia#Can somebody tell me where the article on the place called Halifax in Nova Scotia is?, Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia#Round Two) that users (if not editors) often look for a WP article on Halifax, Nova Scotia. So where is the material they are looking for? It seems to be mostly in City of Halifax. So why not send them there? Put a hatnote on that page to send them to Halifax Regional Municipality in case they are looking for info about the wider area and not just the settlement. But why send them to another dab page and leave them to figure out where to go? That is just unhelpful. And it would be even more unhelpful to delete the page. The discussion here supported the view that this is not a case of "incomplete disambiguation" which should be replaced by a redirect to another dab page.

The page is a mess. To enable users to find what they are looking for most easily, my suggestions (in order of preference):

1. Merge with City of Halifax, i.e. rename that article Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an appropriate dab hatnote

2. Merge with Halifax Regional Municipality, i.e. rename that article Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an appropriate dab hatnote.

3. Keep this page, but rewrite to be more helpful to users. --Mhockey (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you don't care either way. Way to not establish a consensus. Are we just gonna spin our wheels forever on it? Sure looks like that to me. We've been trying to fix this for FIVE YEARS and clearly no one gives a shit, because all we ever do is talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk but NOTHING GETS DONE. DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!! Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:34, 16 March 2012 (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.