Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

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 Redirect to Colonial Nigeria. (non-admin closure) czar ♔ 06:11, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

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The article contains the same information as another article - Colonial Nigeria, which seems to serve the same purpose as well. It can be redirected to the Colonial Nigeria article.Jamie Tubers (talk) 21:29, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 21:45, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:25, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This was the formal title given to the colony when Northern and Southern Nigeria were merged. See here for example. As this is a valid historical name for the place, it should not be a red link. Merger into another article such as Nigeria is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion, per our editing policy. Andrew (talk) 09:23, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect per the nomination statement. Andrew is correct to point out that AfD is not the venue for this, but as we are here we might as well get consensus here rather than separately at the talk page. Thryduulf (talk) 00:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Plain redirect to Colonial Nigeria. There is nothing in the present article worth merging. Andrew Davidson is correct in saying that it should not become a redlink, but redirecting will not do that. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:53, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Colonial Nigeria per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:24, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per nom. Merging at the discretion of the closing admin. Bearian (talk) 16:40, 23 October 2014 (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.