Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries by formation dates
as one massive big POV-magnet. The entire concept of the article is a breach of  and . The History is littered with ,  and  travesties. If someone can provide me with a list of respectable external refs which prove that this is a valid encyclopaedic topic then it would be some progress, because despite many such appeals not one valid ref has ever been provided
— User:Mais, 17:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:OR||WP:VERIFY||WP:SYNTH||WP:UNDUEWEIGHT||WP:MADEUP (Wikipedia:No original research)