Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of non-US places that have a US place named after them

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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. with no discrimination against starting a discussion on the talk page about renaming it J04n(talk page) 13:24, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of non-US places that have a US place named after them

List of non-US places that have a US place named after them (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Appears to be WP:Indiscriminate. Awkward title, and has been awkward. Unclear why it is notable - there are thousands of places around the world named after other places. Why are these ones from the US more notable than others? (same rationale as Canada companion article). ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 20:15, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 01:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 01:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 01:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep there's an invalid assumption in this proposal for deletion. That is, that it's a list of US places. Read the title: List of non-US places.... This list is of places outside the United States. The US places are there to show that there is at least one American town named for that non-US place. Most of the non-US places are somewhere that someone migrated to the US from, although there's also a fair number of places named for battles Americans were involved in. It gives a certain perspective on American history.

This error is common enough that perhaps the list should be changed to one of US places. That would mean multiple places named for the same non-US town would be added. Currently the list has some 900 entries; once all the multiples are added, I estimate there would be somewhere around 4 to 5 thousand. The lede would have to be rewritten and it would fix the awkward title. The name could be something like List of US places named for non-US places. Dtilque (talk) 03:17, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment, there may be an alternative to deletion, i'm not sure what it would be though, perhaps a rename ? Szzuk (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep how places got their names (toponymy) is a notable topic and the article is in line with it. The suggestion above for a rename may merit discussion, on the article's talk page, not here. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:55, 2 May 2018 (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.