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
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The result was redirect to
El Paso Electric. As the nominator is proposing merge-and-redirect, this would fall under SK1 in general. So I'm going ahead and boldly redirecting. The only thing to merge is one single line and a ref, which I will handle.
The BushrangerOne ping only 23:31, 7 November 2017 (UTC)reply
El Paso Power Company is a long standing Wikipedia article with a significant editing history which happens to be an incorrect iteration of the company's name. It has never done business in such a name and when the misinformation is corrected, it becomes clear that the article [that] duplicates
El Paso Electric; the two pages should be merged; perhaps
WP:HISTMERGEed.
I will comment in the coming days whether or not I feel the page should be deleted or kept as a redirect. I must first, research the matter a bit further. --
John Cline (
talk) 12:14, 4 November 2017 (UTC)reply
Addendum I was incorrect; apparently the company's affiliate in Colorado was known as the El Paso Power Company. They do appear to be the same topic, however; needing to merge. And it should definitely be kept as a redirect. Thank you.--
John Cline (
talk) 12:55, 4 November 2017 (UTC)reply
Comment - I'm confused, is this a merge request, then? I endorse a merge. Generally in the nomination of a page at Articles for Discussion, the nominator is expected to explain why a page should be deleted not why a page should be merged. For merge proposals, see
Wikipedia:Merging#Proposing a merger.
Smmurphy(
Talk) 17:30, 6 November 2017 (UTC)reply
I apologize for the confusion. I brought the discussion here, out of abundant caution, to seek admin attention and community input for properly handling this page. My concern was primarily to ensure the editing history of this long-standing page is preserved. I did mention the possibility of preserving that history thru a
WP:HISTMERGE which I understand includes the deletion and re-creation of the page. In my determination to err on caution's side, it seems I have mistakenly chose the wrong venue, causing confusion thereby. Thank you for indulging my error.--
John Cline (
talk) 21:46, 8 November 2017 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
El Paso Electric. Nothing to merge,; however, it may be useful as a redirect.
Beagel (
talk) 21:25, 7 November 2017 (UTC)reply
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