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This is just an unofficial name that has no standing. There are articles for each of the 3 SSS islands. Each can include a note there they are collectively called the SSS. This should be nothing more than a re-direct.
Laurel Lodged (
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14:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep Where would you propose redirecting this to? I'm open to that but don't see a good target. The
ABC islands (Leeward Antilles) are also an unofficial name for nearby islands, and this seems to also a reasonable way to describe the island grouping. There are a number of book and news results in English and Dutch about these together.
Reywas92Talk15:44, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Since you asked, if redirected it would be to
Dutch Caribbean. You can read below that this is not an option I support. No need to answer, your opinion is clear and I respect your opinions! Just thought it would be nice if someone would answer the question.
gidonb (
talk)
15:45, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. The grouping of the three islands is of historical significance, being a former colony of the Netherlands and a former
island territory (comparable to a province or region) of the Netherlands Antilles. The grouping is also used a lot in modern contexts as a subdivision of the Dutch Caribbean. Perhaps the article could be renamed "
Windward Islands (Dutch Caribbean)", which is more formal and more commonly used. —
Ætomstalk15:44, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep: There's no issue of notability here. And it seems likely worth being more than merely a redirect, so discussion on content can occur outside AFD. Its not a neologism, i see it in books from the 80s
[1][2] --Milowent • hasspoken18:53, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. Beyond the history already highlighted above, these three Dutch territories continue to share services. Most notably in healthcare.
gidonb (
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15:40, 9 December 2022 (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
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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.
This is just an unofficial name that has no standing. There are articles for each of the 3 SSS islands. Each can include a note there they are collectively called the SSS. This should be nothing more than a re-direct.
Laurel Lodged (
talk)
14:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep Where would you propose redirecting this to? I'm open to that but don't see a good target. The
ABC islands (Leeward Antilles) are also an unofficial name for nearby islands, and this seems to also a reasonable way to describe the island grouping. There are a number of book and news results in English and Dutch about these together.
Reywas92Talk15:44, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Since you asked, if redirected it would be to
Dutch Caribbean. You can read below that this is not an option I support. No need to answer, your opinion is clear and I respect your opinions! Just thought it would be nice if someone would answer the question.
gidonb (
talk)
15:45, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. The grouping of the three islands is of historical significance, being a former colony of the Netherlands and a former
island territory (comparable to a province or region) of the Netherlands Antilles. The grouping is also used a lot in modern contexts as a subdivision of the Dutch Caribbean. Perhaps the article could be renamed "
Windward Islands (Dutch Caribbean)", which is more formal and more commonly used. —
Ætomstalk15:44, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep: There's no issue of notability here. And it seems likely worth being more than merely a redirect, so discussion on content can occur outside AFD. Its not a neologism, i see it in books from the 80s
[1][2] --Milowent • hasspoken18:53, 7 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. Beyond the history already highlighted above, these three Dutch territories continue to share services. Most notably in healthcare.
gidonb (
talk)
15:40, 9 December 2022 (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
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