The result was keep. A possible move can be considered, but is an editorial decision. Martijn Hoekstra ( talk) 02:19, 22 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete possibly speedy per A3 for lack of content or WP:Listcruft. This article is a two-item list with each island linked and no other info. These two islands are not a geographic grouping and have NEVER been administered as a group. They are both part of the larger political territory of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and they are also both part of the larger geographic grouping of the Phoenix Islands. (They actually are the intersection of those two categories, 1 and 2). There are a few web sources that refer to these islands together discussing possible nuclear testings or their discoveries, but these appear to be casual rather than formal linkings. Baker Island and Howland Island each cover their topics well. The article is only linked in Wikipedia once to a list of geographic pairs and a Google search only showed this article exclusively linking the two islands together. The Talk page is blank but the edit history shows a series of disputes over the purpose of the article. RevelationDirect ( talk) 03:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC) reply
“ | The New York World said that it was a ‘sucked orange.’ It contained nothing of value but furbearing animals, and these had been hunted until they were nearly extinct. Except for the Aleutian Islands and a narrow strip of land extending along the southern coast the country would be not worth taking as a gift… | ” |
Nomination Withdrawn Unscintillating, I'm glad you've shown far more interest in this nomination than the article itself has in it's tortured 4-year history. Rather than focus you entergies here, I much rather you spend your time improving the article maybe by focusing on the EEZ. (No objection to a speedy rename with a lower case "I" or of admin leaving open for that outcome.) RevelationDirect ( talk) 19:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC) reply
The result was keep. A possible move can be considered, but is an editorial decision. Martijn Hoekstra ( talk) 02:19, 22 February 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete possibly speedy per A3 for lack of content or WP:Listcruft. This article is a two-item list with each island linked and no other info. These two islands are not a geographic grouping and have NEVER been administered as a group. They are both part of the larger political territory of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and they are also both part of the larger geographic grouping of the Phoenix Islands. (They actually are the intersection of those two categories, 1 and 2). There are a few web sources that refer to these islands together discussing possible nuclear testings or their discoveries, but these appear to be casual rather than formal linkings. Baker Island and Howland Island each cover their topics well. The article is only linked in Wikipedia once to a list of geographic pairs and a Google search only showed this article exclusively linking the two islands together. The Talk page is blank but the edit history shows a series of disputes over the purpose of the article. RevelationDirect ( talk) 03:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC) reply
“ | The New York World said that it was a ‘sucked orange.’ It contained nothing of value but furbearing animals, and these had been hunted until they were nearly extinct. Except for the Aleutian Islands and a narrow strip of land extending along the southern coast the country would be not worth taking as a gift… | ” |
Nomination Withdrawn Unscintillating, I'm glad you've shown far more interest in this nomination than the article itself has in it's tortured 4-year history. Rather than focus you entergies here, I much rather you spend your time improving the article maybe by focusing on the EEZ. (No objection to a speedy rename with a lower case "I" or of admin leaving open for that outcome.) RevelationDirect ( talk) 19:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC) reply