Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of first-level administrative divisions by country

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The result was delete. If anyone wants to create a redirect from this page title, feel free to do so. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:55, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

List of first-level administrative divisions by country

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List of first-level administrative divisions by country (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Though this may seem useful, I believe this list fails WP:NOTDATABASE.

This article already exists, List of administrative divisions by country, and is more helpful than just a sprawling list of every administrative division in the world with limited context or information. Natg 19 (talk) 22:11, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Lists. Natg 19 (talk) 22:11, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Natg 19 (talk) 22:12, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
• Delete agree, the list already exists and we don't have any sort of discussion here about what each "thing" in the list is supposed to be. It's a wall of text. Oaktree b (talk) 22:24, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
• Delete — this page that has been renamed repeatedly over time in a search for relevance.
  1. The top (1st) level is not equivalent between countries, ranging from large independent state governments to unpopulated areas.
  2. It has been nominated for deletion under 2 other names (1 no consensus, 1 withdrawn).
  3. This was started in 2009 (taking over a 2008 redirect) by a now indefinitely blocked user.
  4. List of administrative divisions by country (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) started in 2007 and appears to be better maintained.

William Allen Simpson (talk) 22:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

• Delete or merge the content of this article with List of administrative divisions by country (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), as there might be some information here that could well fit in with the other article. DoctorHver (talk) 01:26, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
• Delete duplicates already available information, conflates categories of information, does not satisfy NLIST. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 02:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
• Redirect to List of administrative divisions by country as an alternative to deletion. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 04:11, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

• Delete article is way too lengthy and its purpose is also accomplished by the aforementioned article and associated categories. -- Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:57, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

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.