The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 11:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
These articles are, in my opinion, misconceived. This is truly a case for discussion - I'm not necessarily saying all of these should be deleted, and I'm at a loss as to what to do with these and seek advice.
First of all, Category:Lists of countries by year was created in 2007, and remains almost unpopulated. And if were populated, it would contain hundreds and hundreds of articles, many of which would repeat the same information. This doesn't seem right to me, and would constitute a maintenance nightmare.
Better might be a series of articles "List of countries 1700-1750", "...1750-1799", etc. Then you could start with the original list and only specify changes that occurred in 1701, 1702, etc. This would be a lot more managable. But for this, we might as well start from scratch. However, a series of merges may be in order. Herostratus (talk) 00:41, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The articles are consideration are these:
It would be possible to treat these differently.
I'm willing to do a certain amount of the work of merging or whatever if this seems the way to go. Herostratus (talk) 00:41, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]