Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minor Colony Class Frigates

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 of the debate was Rename the article Colony class frigates. Rx StrangeLove 05:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The result of the debate was Redirected by the AfD nominator after the last vote was cast, no need to delete. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind that, it wasn't redirected, but after the nominator changed his vote like that I think the best way to go is to relist. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There were no such ships; the entire article seems to be a misconception based on a line in the HM Frigate by Nicholas Monsarrat, which is a fictionalized account of Monsarrat's service: names of ships and classes have been changed! Gdr 23:08, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

September 30th was an exceptionally busy AfD day. So this debate among several got almost no attention. Relisting in hope of some tender, loving debate this time around. -Splash^talk 00:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I can find no mention of this. Even the article itself implies it's a combination of speculation and mistakes. At best, unverifiable. --A D Monroe III 02:02, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • As rewritten, keep and Rename to Colony class frigates --A D Monroe III 13:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete --Rogerd 02:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The article could presumably be made factual by clearly stating that this is a fictional class of frigates in Monsarrat's work, but what's the point? It's just arcane. Bunchofgrapes (talk) 04:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rename per A D Monroe III —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:14, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The article definitely needs work, but its not fictional. According to DANFS, the 21 Tacoma class frigates that were lend-leased to Britain were called the "Colony class" and were indeed named after minor colonies. The online version of DANFS doesn't have entires for all of the ships (PF-72 through PF-92) but the ones it does have articles for are were named in British service Anguilla, Antigua, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Caicos, Cayman, Dominica, Lauban (ex-Gold Coast), Tobago, Montserrat, Nyasaland, Papua, Pitcairn, St. Helena, and Tortola. Caerwine 05:23, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • So why didn't the article say so? I see from Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy that these ships are known as Colony class frigates (without the "minor"), so I will redirect. Gdr 11:32, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename I included the information I found into the article, but it really should be renamed to Colony class frigates. Caerwine 05:27, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I don't know anything about any country's military ships, particularly not about Merka's, so I have to take everyone's word for this. — JIP | Talk 09:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • To be a little picky with a someone I've noticed to be a fine editor, should the above vote count? "I take your word for it and vote delete as well?" It's sort of an irresponsible vote. Marskell 12:25, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • You're right. I retract my delete vote. — JIP | Talk 13:55, 24 October 2005 (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.