Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vehicle registration plates of Northern Ireland

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 keep. There is general consensus to keep. Whether to subsequently merge and/or rename any articles may proceed in the usual way. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:46, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vehicle registration plates of Northern Ireland

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The content within this article was previously in Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom, of which Northern Ireland is a part, so there is no need for this article, as the two different numbering systems for GB and NI can be handled in the same article. See for example the article for Cyprus, which covers both the north and south under the same article.

This page should go back to being a redirect. Elshad (talk) 12:07, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Elshad (talk) 12:07, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge No reason for a separate article, unnecessary fork: no due weight concerns or anything, and not an overly large article so that splits become required. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 16:22, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - retain as Northern Ireland is a distinct, devolved, administration within the UK, with its own legal system and regulations, and could (in theory) further separate its handling of this matter. I see no undue weight in having a separate article. SeoR (talk) 13:14, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While, (as was the case for the split of Vehicle registration plates of British overseas territories back in 2017) the editor who split the section should probably have opened a discussion about the proposed split before undertaking it, personally I think it was correct to split it. And the resulting article should probably be kept. Albeit with additional effort required to "complete" the split. Such that the WP:CFORK concerns (noted by other contributors above) and the content that remains in the original article, would be addressed/summarised. That being said, the rationale (for a split and for keeping a separate article) seems to stack-up to me. I say this as the subject is sufficiently distinct as to stand on its own (in the sense expected by WP:CONSPLIT). And there are sufficient references and sources which deal with the subject as its own "thing" , such that we can/could/should probably do the same. In short, should the splitting editor probably have sought input before a split? Yes (per WP:CON). Should the splitting editor have completed that split properly to avoid content forks? Yes (per WP:CFORK). However, does that mean this subject isn't discrete enough to remain "split"? No (I would recommend a "keep"). Guliolopez (talk) 11:04, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment if we are to keep them separate then the original article should be renamed Vehicle registration plates of Great Britain, as it makes no sense to use the name of the United Kingdom whilst only including 3 of 4 countries. Although I still favour a merge. Elshad (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support that renaming. SeoR (talk) 21:13, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep / rename original article (NI: link to new page, delete the rest). Sorry, next time I will open a discussion first. Walser123 (talk) 14:42, 23 February 2020 (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.