The result was keep. Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 22:13, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Content fork of Territorial_changes_of_Germany#Territorial_changes_within_1937_Boundary_after_World_War_II, Former eastern territories of Germany and Oder Neisse line Skäpperöd (talk) 14:34, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I understand the nominator's reasoning but I find the nomination reason is not fully convincing. Being a content fork is not a clear reason to delete IF it can be argued that the fork is a subsidiary article of a main article. However, at the moment, the nominated article does not differ from the section in Territorial changes of Germany except for an additional section on postwar politics. Any discussion about deletion should focus on whether there is value in expanding Territorial changes of Germany after World War II and summarizing the section in Territorial changes of Germany. The main reason to have an article such as Territorial changes of Germany after World War II is because those changes are part of the entire period of history having to do with the conclusion of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. Embedding this info with a broader article about Territorial changes of Germany is legitimate to provide historical context but a bit frustrating to the reader who wishes to focus specifically on the WWII/Cold War transition. --Richard (talk) 20:53, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I think this is a coherent thesis for an article, and it's not as if it duplicates a single article, or exists to give a different POV on the same material - it brings together information from three articles that readers may not otherwise find to make a coherent whole, and for that alone its existence is justified. Its a good nucleus that can be developed into something with content and flow different from its parent articles. I think it stands alone now and will only improve over time - our articles are never finished. If slight duplication is such a massive problem (and I don't see why in a non-paper encylopaedia) then this is probably the best place for the information, and some detail can be trimmed from the longer parent articles with a {main|} tag. Knepflerle (talk) 18:32, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Revolving Bugbear and Knepflerle. As for Stifle's "Original research" comment, I can't see how it is that and would ask that this characterization be explained as it is too easy to throw around words like "original research" without backing them up with an explication of what is meant. --Richard (talk) 04:57, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]