Forum:Deleting Country articles

This isn't the first time I've raised the issue of deleting country articles. Despite previous discussion, especially regarding notabilty guidelines, nothing has been done. I believe there are strong arguments in favour of removing country articles entirely.

Reference links:
 * Category:Countries
 * COD:NOTABLE

The main reason for deleting country articles is that they contain little to no information about the country itself. Rather, the article present the subject as a setting of notable events that happen there, but do not establish notability of the country itself.

Think of this way: when you open an encyclopedia about England, you expect to see information about England. There is information about the history of England, its geography, economy, politics, and so forth. All of that pertains to England. You shouldn't expect to see content such as the English football team winning the World Cup or The Beatles hitting the charts with "Let It Be". This is an important distinction: encyclopedis try to attribute notability to the most specific subject. Of course the English football team is English, but their feats should not fall under the "England" article beyond a mention in a specific section.

Basically, we fail to establish notability for countries on the wiki.

COD:NOTABLE states: Articles that are specific to their subject take precedence in notability. The example is ironic, given that the respective country article was not deleted. Ukraine contains no information about Ukraine. Instead, it contains summaries of missions that happen in Pripyat. Why do we need an article for Ukraine when the only thing Ukraine has a claim to is the inclusion of Pripyat as a setting? As I argued in the Granularity discussions, it's not different to making a notability claim for "Earth" because all events in COD take place on Earth (except for one).

Vietnam contains no information on Vietnam. Instead, it lists three locations within Vietnam. The locations contain no information about themselves; only summaries of the individual missions that take place. How is Vietnam notable when all the information is contained within the mission articles? Tunisia contains no information about Tunisia, only the campaign featured in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. Canada and Poland don't even appear in the game; their apparent claim to notability only being through Canadian or Polish characters. It's a far shot for an individual soldier's actions to establish notability for an entire country.

The major countries, on the other hand, do have a substantial claim to notability. The United States features numerous events that occur on a geopolitical scale, as does the Soviet Union and, to a lesser extent, Nazi Germany.

The line should be drawn when events encompass the country and not solely its armies. We recognise factions, but that doesn't automatically make their affiliated country important. Just because Rojas is Brazilian and that Task Force 141 runs around Rio De Janeiro shouldn't mean that Brazil gets an article. If Alex Mason took a walk through Melbourne, does that mean Australia gets an article?

As precedent, we did delete Australia through AfD on the basis that it does not make a notable appearance in the game, with only several soldiers having a possible connection with the country.

In summary, while the major countries do tick off multiple notability criteria, other country articles fail and should thus be considered for deletion.