Continuous downgrades or discrete events?

I disagree with splitting this page into 2011 vs 2013, since there were downgrades in 2012 as well, indicating a continual process since 2011. I vote to remerge the pages into one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelmalak (talk • contribs) 15:30, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would suppose a merge, and I have some question as to the notability of the 2013 event. John M Baker (talk) 19:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any issue with the 2011 article and 2013 article being merged, however the title of the page would need to be something like "United States federal government credit-rating downgrades" with the S denoting multiple downgrades, and also without a specific year in the title. Regarding John M Baker's comment, I disagree, and I do believe that the 2013 downgrade is notable. Gfcvoice (talk) 00:49, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gfcvoice: Thank you for your consent. I have renamed the 2011 page to United States federal government credit-rating downgrades. Since you are the author, you have the ability to delete the following pages without administrator intervention: United States federal government credit-rating downgrade of 2013 and United States federal government credit-rating downgrade. Can you please delete those two pages according to the instructions at Wikipedia:How to delete a page? Michaelmalak (talk) 16:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]