Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion

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April 2026

West

It's not strictly a vote for deletion, but I thought I would nominate my own created article for discussion, as it seems like a recreation of the previous Western world article deleted as per Wikivoyage:Votes_for_deletion/December_2020#Western_world. However, my article does not exactly qualify for speedy deletion, since my article is more traveller-centric and intended to cover the term "the West" as encountered by non-Western travellers. They might be interested to know about Western culture, travel the West, etc. Plus, despite its deletion, the terms "West" and "Western" are widely used in Russia, Ukraine, India, and other articles for the Western Europe+North America+Oceania stack, thus needing an article to briefly explain that meaning. However, as I encounter a 2020 VFD already, I think this article needs to be discussed for an updated consensus. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 11:28, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Keep but move to "The West" without a redirect It doesn't have anything to say about the compass point as a direction of travel, and the current title just confuses readers looking for any of the other destinations starting with "West". AlasdairW (talk) 19:35, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

That sounds right to me. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:05, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, a good solution. Pashley (talk) 01:53, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Move to the West, but leave a redirect or a disamb Purplebackpack89 01:55, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Comment — I want to avoid a dab page under West as the original dab page was deleted as part of Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion/July 2021#Cardinal point disambiguations (10 pages). So that's why I created West as an extraregion and East as a redirect to Asia. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 03:09, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Ikan Kekek and Pashley. I oppose any articles, redirects, or disambiguation pages from ompass points. Move West to The West without a redirect, and delete East. Ground Zero (talk) 03:12, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

East could be made "The East" by analogy. "The Orient" should possibly also be a disambiguation. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:43, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Come to think of it, "Far East" is the appropriate redirect, and not for Asia but for East Asia. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:44, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

• Delete, for a lot of the same reasons that Western world was deleted. This isn't really a travel article. Of the small amount of content that is actually travel advice, most is overgeneralized and/or not unique to the West. —Granger (talk · contribs) 03:59, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

  At least one delete !vote I got for this. I thought it could act as a portal for those interested in visiting "the West", with links to actual travel articles. I tried framing it as travel-oriented as much as possible while not sounding like an encyclopedia article. It's not exactly overgeneralization, as many Western countries indeed impose severe travel/immigration restrictions on "third-world" countries, but not always the opposite. Also, even if the article is deleted, the use of "West" and "Western" in countries like Russia should be addressed, as this article is there to explain the meaning. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 04:10, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

  There's some very gross and distorting overgeneralization. Do you think the problem in the U.S. is that right-wing Christianity is too weak? Is the U.S. part of "The West"? Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

  If the overgeneralization cannot be fixed, it needs to be deleted, but I think the article could be useful, à la Travel in developing countries but much shorter, only somewhat longer than at present. –LPfi (talk) 14:51, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

I like Alasdair's solution, move to "The West" without a redirect, for this one.

But there are a lot of complications here, arguably a slippery slope. "East" & "West" were used in rather different senses during the Cold War & there are other terms -- "Far East", "Eastern Bloc", "Orient", "Third World", "Global South" & likely some I have not thought of -- that all arguably rate redirects or some sort of disambiguation or extra region article. Pashley (talk) 06:46, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Christendom? Dar-al-Islam? Pashley (talk) 06:52, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

We do have articles like Latin America & Tropics & Sub-Saharan Africa is a redirect that survived a vfd attempt. Pashley (talk) 07:12, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Alsace-Lorraine

This extraregion is largely redundant to the Grand Est region of France, and no part of this region has been a part of Germany since 1918 (excluding the Nazi period). --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 12:40, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

• I agree that this is not a useful extraregion. I suggest redirecting it to Grand Est, which has subregions for Alsace and Lorraine separately. Ground Zero (talk) 12:57, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

  I agree with a redirect, but speedy keep. It's a sufficiently well-known historical region for the term to exist on this site. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:09, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

  It's definitely well-known (I learnt about it in high school history), but the Grand Est region itself consists of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne. Plus the current article has only two sentences for such a historical region, which could be easily covered under the "Understand" section of Grand Est. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 13:13, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Ikan. Definitely keep in some form. Pashley (talk) 13:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

• Redirect to Grand Est per GZ. Dunno about keeping, but I do oppose deletion. //shb (t | c | m) 23:02, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

  If you oppose deletion, what possible other choice could there be other than to keep? Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:46, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

  Redirect, but I feel less strongly about it than deleting it outright. //shb (t | c | m) 01:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

I think it would be helpful if people could clarify if they want to redirect the article or keep it as is. Those are different options. Ground Zero (talk) 01:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

This is Votes for deletion, and this stub was nominated for deletion. I oppose deletion. I support a redirect, but that is not the fundamental question, and this is not Votes for redirection. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:39, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

I actually want to redirect it to Grand Est instead of deleing it, which I forgot to mention as I thought it's obvious (why I would support deleting a historical name). Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 10:44, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

This is Votes for deletion. The most appropriate place to suggest a redirect is Talk:Alsace-Lorraine. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:11, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm pretty much neutral on whether it should be kept as an extra region or turned into a redirect, but am opposed to deletion. Pashley (talk) 09:57, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ While it is true that a redirect should be discussed on the article's talk page, we ended up discussing it here. I see no point in repeating the discussion there. There appears to be a consensus to redirect the article, so i will do that tomorrow unless there is any objection. Ground Zero (talk) 17:34, 22 April 2026 (UTC)