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Republic of Gilead

This is basically the same as the page for The Handmaid's Tale. Almost all of it is copied word-for-word, so there's no reason to have this page up when it adds nothing new. Slinga 00:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as unencyclopedic. Royboycrashfan 00:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge any useful info with and redirect to The Handmaid's Tale. PJM 01:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep and remove from The Handmaid's Tale, where it bloats that article. The Handmaid's Tale should be about The Handmaid's Tale, not the Republic of Gilead. Melchoir 01:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree with the notability arguments below, but I have a hang-up on principle: AfD is a poor tool for resolving merge/split decisions. On the other hand, if this article were deleted and/or redirected, it would hamper future splits, so I'll unweak myself. Melchoir 06:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge notable information and then redirect. —Eternal Equinox | talk 01:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect Nothing worth merging that's not already in A Handmaid's Tale. Fan1967 03:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable addition to Category:Fictional countries. Atwood spun together an interesting world with The Handmaid's Tale and it is a notable novel in Canada. If Middle-Earth gets an article why not this? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 04:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Middle-Earth exists across several books and media. There is enough information about it per se to justify a separate article.

Gilead, by contrast, exists in only one book and, once you get past "future USA run by ultra-fundamentalist Christians," there's not a whole hell of a lot more you can say about it. Redirect. Daniel Case 14:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep as notable fictional country. Capitalistroadster 06:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Capitalistroadster, fictional country of note. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable fictional country. --Terence Ong 10:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Capitalistroadster. Content will change over time.Vizjim 12:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect. If it's part of a book, the content belongs in the article of that book.
• Keep per Capitalistroadster. --Siva1979 14:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)