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 NO CONSENSUS. Dhartung makes a very good point; however consensus is not reached in this debate and I suspect that there is Wikipedic mileage in this article. -Splash - tk 20:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Historical Mississippi license plates (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Original research. No verifiable sources that any of these license plates are historic. Nv8200p talk 15:37, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: I believe the use of the word "historical" is not meant to claim that they are of historical interest, but rather that historically they were officially the license plates but are now retired. - Revolving Bugbear 18:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I agree that these are not meant to be interpreted as "historic" plates (as in "historic" sites, i.e. with some importance), but simply the prior plates ("historical"). This is the proper use of the term "historical". See wikt:historic for a usage note. --Dhartung | Talk 23:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and cleanup --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 20:30, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep but maybe change title to "Mississippi State License Plates." The extent to which this is original research is that examples were provided and it could be easily sourced by someone who knows about MS issuing authority. There is enough variation and notability in this subject to warrant an article in my opinion, at least under a more general heading.Moheroy 23:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:IINFO. Any state modifies its license plates on a regular basis and Mississippi is no exception. This is primarily of interest to collectors. I see no independent sources pointing to the notability of these miscellaneous items. --Dhartung | Talk 23:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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