The result was keep or merge. The eventual outcome for this article should be determined by editing consensus (a consensus which doesn't seem to have developed in this discussion); it seems unlikely that deletion tools should be used however. Might I suggest that the discussion continue on the talk page, perhaps in the form of an RFC? henrik• talk 10:31, 18 February 2012 (UTC) reply
This page is a recreation of content removed (with the agreement of the majority of editors) from
Foreign relations of South Sudan. See
Talk:Foreign relations of South Sudan for the full discussion of why this content is seen to be misleading and unencyclopedic.
In summary, South Sudan's independence is uncontroversial and so its international recognition is not notable (it cannot be compared to
International recognition of Kosovo for example), especially because every country in the world recognised it when it was unanimously admitted to the United Nations.
Some countries have published welcoming statements or more formal recognition documents, but these are not necessary for diplomatic recognition to take place. This article just lists those countries that have published some sort of statement on the Internet (directly or via a news report), that we have been able to find. There are lots of missing countries, which makes it seem as though South Sudan is not as recognised as it actually is, with all countries recognising it. The list of recognition dates here is therefore misleading and unnecessary.
The details of diplomatic recognition dates are notable, but are a duplication of the data given in
Foreign relations of South Sudan, and so also unnecessary in this article.
Bazonka (
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22:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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