May 2025 Votes for deletion archives for June 2025 (current) July 2025

Mesopotamia

I think Ancient Mesopotamia is what a traveller might be looking for while searching "Mesopotamia". The present-day region can be mentioned under the historical travel topic, so the extra region is not needed. Other than that, Mesopotamia (Argentina) can be mentioned as a hatnote in Ancient Mesopotamia, and Mesopotamia (United States) is a red link. So, the dab page is unnecessary. --Sbb1413 (he) (talkcontribs) 18:19, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's unnecessary to redirect, but we're not going to delete the term. I also don't see the advantage in deleting the disambiguation page, even if we treat Ancient Mesopotamia as the default, which I would support doing. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
People appear to read both pages, the dab page has existed for 15 years and the extra region for 10, so I don't see any point in changing things. AlasdairW (talk) 21:44, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to lean a very weak keep per Ikan's explanation. //shb (t | c | m) 00:26, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Outcome: weak consensus to keep both. //shb (t | c | m) 00:17, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article, which has not heen substantively improved for a year, provides only a basic factual description of the route of a highway. It has no information on what to see or do along the way, where to stay, etc.

Wikivoyage:Itineraries says:

"itineraries that have been at outline status or less for one year without being substantially edited are subject to deletion via the votes for deletion process."

There is nothing about this article that makes it a travel guide or an itinerary. Ground Zero (talk) 12:31, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nom. Given the article's nature, I very much believe it's better to start from scratch. //shb (t | c | m) 12:43, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • de:Bundesautobahn 7 is a fairly detailed, but unexciting article about the highway. It has about 80 listings of hotels, restaurants, shops and a few sights near the highway. I guess this is a highway that you will drive to get from A to B, not because it is interesting in itself, and an itinerary would only be read to find somewhere to take a break for lunch or to spend a couple of hours out of the car. Is it worth spending a few hours translating this? AlasdairW (talk) 22:07, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the German article is mostly a list of businesses to visit along the way. think my time on Wikivoyage is better spent improving articles rather translating this one. Ground Zero (talk) 01:38, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Outcome: deleted. //shb (t | c | m) 23:48, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These two redirects were tagged for deletion by Bluecoordinationfine with the edit summary "Why is this a redirect?". Starting this discussion given none has been started yet. //shb (t | c | m) 02:36, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Södra kungsleden. The itineraries are in Sweden. In Swedish, only the first word of proper names is capitalised, unless other words are proper nouns in themselves. Thus "Södra kungsleden" could well be the native name of the trail.
Bergslagen looks like the definite form of "bergslag", and it is common to remove suffixes when translating names into English, so I think it might be a logical guess at the trail name (the article was actually started by that name). For me it is still an eyesore, and the article was moved in a week from its creation, so I won't oppose that deletion.
LPfi (talk) 08:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why, since it makes no difference for the Wikivoyage search functionality. It finds the Södra Kungsleden article regardless of capitalisation. Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 09:43, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The search functionality does, but if you don't have Javascript or type the title in manually, you need to search explicitly, which causes confusion and wastes time. –LPfi (talk) 10:20, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, in that case I also support keeping Södra kungsleden (I'm indifferent on Bergslag Trail). //shb (t | c | m) 09:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright! I'll remove the deletion request from the page. Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 10:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect. I'll link this discussion on its talk page. :) //shb (t | c | m) 13:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I'm allowed to vote here, I'd agree with LPfi, I think the Bergslag Trail redirect is an eyesore. Bluecoordinationfine (talk) 08:21, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All users in good standing are allowed to vote here (that means everyone except block-evading sockpuppets and the like). Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:51, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Outcome: Södra kungsleden kept, Bergslag Trail deleted. //shb (t | c | m) 10:43, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]