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The result was no consensus. I am closing this particular discussion as no consensus; however, it seems that the community discussion is starting to ask bigger picture questions about this particular list series in general. That particular discussion may fall more in the realm of WP:RFC. Because of this, I will initiate an RFC on Talk:List of sovereign states on the topic. bibliomaniac 1 5 01:10, 13 April 2020 (UTC) reply

List of sovereign states in the 2020s

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This article is an unnecessary content fork from List of sovereign states. That previous long-standing article contains the current list of states, and not all sovereign states in history, so it is the list for now which happens to be the 2020s. Therefore this newer article's claim of being more specific is nonsensical. The page creator's research efforts could be used to improve the original article. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
That is not a reason to keep. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS Lightburst ( talk) 22:59, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Also, if that is even a problem worth considering, a much better solution would be to re-title the main List of sovereign states article to include something like "current". There is no convincing reason for two list articles to feature the exact same list. The point of the decade-by-decade articles can be to illustrate old sovereign states that no longer exist. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 23:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Without prejudice to deletion (indeed, see my comment below), some stuff exists for a reason. As said there, Non-fiction literature, such as an encyclopedia, is expected to be internally consistent. As this is too soon, I prefer merging to deleting (and refactoring to merging). – John M Wolfson ( talkcontribs) 02:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:04, 3 April 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 no consensus. I am closing this particular discussion as no consensus; however, it seems that the community discussion is starting to ask bigger picture questions about this particular list series in general. That particular discussion may fall more in the realm of WP:RFC. Because of this, I will initiate an RFC on Talk:List of sovereign states on the topic. bibliomaniac 1 5 01:10, 13 April 2020 (UTC) reply

List of sovereign states in the 2020s

List of sovereign states in the 2020s (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log · Stats)
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This article is an unnecessary content fork from List of sovereign states. That previous long-standing article contains the current list of states, and not all sovereign states in history, so it is the list for now which happens to be the 2020s. Therefore this newer article's claim of being more specific is nonsensical. The page creator's research efforts could be used to improve the original article. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 22:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
That is not a reason to keep. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS Lightburst ( talk) 22:59, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Also, if that is even a problem worth considering, a much better solution would be to re-title the main List of sovereign states article to include something like "current". There is no convincing reason for two list articles to feature the exact same list. The point of the decade-by-decade articles can be to illustrate old sovereign states that no longer exist. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 23:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Without prejudice to deletion (indeed, see my comment below), some stuff exists for a reason. As said there, Non-fiction literature, such as an encyclopedia, is expected to be internally consistent. As this is too soon, I prefer merging to deleting (and refactoring to merging). – John M Wolfson ( talkcontribs) 02:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:04, 3 April 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.

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