Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic of China (disambiguation)

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The result was keep‎. ^Complex/_Rational 15:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Republic of China (disambiguation)

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Essentially, "Republic of China" is not ambiguous. A disambiguation page should be a list of articles that might otherwise be called "Republic of China", and any entries on this page that meet this criterion are all linked from Taiwan. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Disambiguations and China. Shellwood (talk) 11:37, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but possibly cut down. The title "Republic of China" is certainly ambiguous between Republic of China (1912–1949) and Taiwan, and is also occasionally used as shorthand for the Republic of China calendar, as in this source. Many sources say "Republic of China" or "Republic of China period" to refer only to the period of Chinese history from 1912 to 1949 (excluding modern Taiwan), whereas some sources use it to refer to modern Taiwan. I'm not knowledgeable enough to say whether any of the other topics listed are also valid topics for this DAB, but there are at least three, and that's enough to merit a disambiguation page. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 13:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this is a great dabpage, since there are a number of links there that are not plausible for the search term "Republic of China", but the page should be kept and stubbified to retain disambiguation between Taiwan and Republic of China (1912–1949). Folly Mox (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Concerns addressed by User:Sillyfolkboy's cleanup. Keep. Folly Mox (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've been bold and cleaned this up. The article is pretty much the definition of a valid disambiguation. SFB 16:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Deletion is not called for. The page seemed to have grown into a list of republican goverments in China, but as now revised, nicely deliniates the options. --Bejnar (talk) 20:09, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

keep, though properly cleaned up to just relevant articles and minimal descriptions. --188.31.148.74 (talk) 21:35, 3 September 2023 (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.