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The result was delete. Sandstein 07:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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There is a split discussion on the talk page, and there appear to be two separate articles for Headland and Bay now. This article just serves to confuse (and attract vandals, by the look of the recent history!). I have not yet had time to check that all info is in the respective separate articles, but once this is done I think this one should be deleted. Laterthanyouthink ( talk) 01:23, 6 October 2020 (UTC) p.s. Having just scrolled down a bit in the Headland article, I see that much of it is a list. This probably needs to be split off into a separate list article? Laterthanyouthink ( talk) 01:28, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst ( talk) 02:04, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Keep A bay is naturally bounded by headlands and so these forms are commonly associated – see BBC, for example. If material is split/merged, we should still retain the edit history for attribution and reference. AfD is not cleanup Andrew🐉( talk) 09:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete/merge Nothing in this article gives any indication why this is a distinctly notable topic from bay and headland. Content about beaches has little to do with a link between bays and headlands and the article reads as synthesis. Reywas92 Talk 05:56, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete, as seperate articles for headland and bay exist, this article serves no purpose, and it fails WP:SYNTH anyway. There is no primary target to redirect to, and so merging any content would be a copyright violation, so deleting it is the best option. Devonian Wombat ( talk) 07:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete: per above. // Timothy :: talk 00:59, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
- Either delete, or selective merge, then redirect to Coast. This looks like an unnecessary sub-summary of material covered elsewhere. Section "Beach stability" is entirely covered at Beach evolution. A sentence or two from section "Geology and geography" can go to enhance the overview at Coast#Formation, but it's nothing that couldn't just be added de novo, so if the redirect is not desired, delete should be fine. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 16:45, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Sandstein 07:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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- Headlands and bays ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log)
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There is a split discussion on the talk page, and there appear to be two separate articles for Headland and Bay now. This article just serves to confuse (and attract vandals, by the look of the recent history!). I have not yet had time to check that all info is in the respective separate articles, but once this is done I think this one should be deleted. Laterthanyouthink ( talk) 01:23, 6 October 2020 (UTC) p.s. Having just scrolled down a bit in the Headland article, I see that much of it is a list. This probably needs to be split off into a separate list article? Laterthanyouthink ( talk) 01:28, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst ( talk) 02:04, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Keep A bay is naturally bounded by headlands and so these forms are commonly associated – see BBC, for example. If material is split/merged, we should still retain the edit history for attribution and reference. AfD is not cleanup Andrew🐉( talk) 09:01, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete/merge Nothing in this article gives any indication why this is a distinctly notable topic from bay and headland. Content about beaches has little to do with a link between bays and headlands and the article reads as synthesis. Reywas92 Talk 05:56, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete, as seperate articles for headland and bay exist, this article serves no purpose, and it fails WP:SYNTH anyway. There is no primary target to redirect to, and so merging any content would be a copyright violation, so deleting it is the best option. Devonian Wombat ( talk) 07:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete: per above. // Timothy :: talk 00:59, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
- Either delete, or selective merge, then redirect to Coast. This looks like an unnecessary sub-summary of material covered elsewhere. Section "Beach stability" is entirely covered at Beach evolution. A sentence or two from section "Geology and geography" can go to enhance the overview at Coast#Formation, but it's nothing that couldn't just be added de novo, so if the redirect is not desired, delete should be fine. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 16:45, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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