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Guildford Four and Maguire Seven. Article length at primary topic does not justify a split. Split article creation seems fairly recent, and the subject can be covered with the Guildford Four at the primary article. Redirect to that article looks like the preferred outcome. —
Paper LuigiT •
C 04:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Agree per nom. Much of the two topics overlaps. Any valid additions can be made to the combined article. The newly split article already gets on a wrong foot with a strange introduction.
Str1977(talk) 10:20, 11 February 2024 (UTC)reply
How is the fact that the same judge presided over these two trials an argument for separate Wikipedia articles. The two subjects have a lot of material in common - only the details of the allegations and the original trial - minus the common judge - are different.
Str1977(talk) 07:48, 13 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment. Yes, the Maguire Seven are generally covered in the context of the Guildford Four, but not exclusively.
A paper from 2022 compares them to the
Birmingham Six, as does
an academic book from 2019. There's also some
coverage in Russian of them as a standalone group of people. I understand the reason to merge here is
WP:NOPAGE, but I do think it's possible to have a separate article on the seven without overduplication occurring. —
Red-tailed hawk(nest) 19:16, 18 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
The Herald (Benison) (
talk) 02:50, 19 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Guildford Four and Maguire Seven: I see no advantage to keeping the new, inferiorly-sourced page as a content fork. The encyclopedic value of the two cases is combined: anyone looking for one is likely to be interested in the other as well. There's little point in splitting the two and requiring readers to click the "See also:" link.
Owen×☎ 13:53, 19 February 2024 (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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deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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.
Already covered in
Guildford Four and Maguire Seven. Article length at primary topic does not justify a split. Split article creation seems fairly recent, and the subject can be covered with the Guildford Four at the primary article. Redirect to that article looks like the preferred outcome. —
Paper LuigiT •
C 04:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Agree per nom. Much of the two topics overlaps. Any valid additions can be made to the combined article. The newly split article already gets on a wrong foot with a strange introduction.
Str1977(talk) 10:20, 11 February 2024 (UTC)reply
How is the fact that the same judge presided over these two trials an argument for separate Wikipedia articles. The two subjects have a lot of material in common - only the details of the allegations and the original trial - minus the common judge - are different.
Str1977(talk) 07:48, 13 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment. Yes, the Maguire Seven are generally covered in the context of the Guildford Four, but not exclusively.
A paper from 2022 compares them to the
Birmingham Six, as does
an academic book from 2019. There's also some
coverage in Russian of them as a standalone group of people. I understand the reason to merge here is
WP:NOPAGE, but I do think it's possible to have a separate article on the seven without overduplication occurring. —
Red-tailed hawk(nest) 19:16, 18 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
The Herald (Benison) (
talk) 02:50, 19 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Guildford Four and Maguire Seven: I see no advantage to keeping the new, inferiorly-sourced page as a content fork. The encyclopedic value of the two cases is combined: anyone looking for one is likely to be interested in the other as well. There's little point in splitting the two and requiring readers to click the "See also:" link.
Owen×☎ 13:53, 19 February 2024 (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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