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France national football team results (1920–1959) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Unlikely search term, no idea why we need to inform people that these years are split over two articles. We can then also create disambigs for 1904-1959, or 1920-1999, or any other possible such combination from Category:France national football team results. As far as I can tell, it's not as if this existed but has been split, unlike France national football team results (1921–1959) which has some history. Fram (talk) 08:49, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Ascendance of a Bookworm light novels (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Same issue as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ascendance of a Bookworm chapters. Does not pass NLIST, and without the chapter names this would easily fit into the main article. Remove those and merge back. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:36, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria light novels (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not pass WP:NLIST and the main Sword Oratoria article isn't long enough for this to be worth a split out. Merge/redirect back. PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:36, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Ascendance of a Bookworm chapters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I don't know what the rule here is on these sorts of chapter lists for manga and light novels but this one does not seem to pass WP:NLIST. All the sources here are booksellers. The main Ascendance of a Bookworm is not long so I don't see why this can't be a section there. PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:34, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of accidents of Aero O/Y (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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All of the information in this page is already covered in the accidents and incidents section of Finnair. Plus, there isn't much content in it in the first place, so it should probably be a section in the main article about the airline rather than a standalone article. Mr slav999 (talk) 19:04, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nom. The list is shorter than the accident lists incorporated into many major airline articles, despite the fact that several entries are excessively wordy and could be shortened. This list is entirely redundant and I can think of no good reason to keep it. Carguychris (talk) 17:12, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of locations and entities by greenhouse gas emissions (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Superseded by https://climatetrace.org - see Climate Trace Chidgk1 (talk) 17:04, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep or Merge onto another entry. There is enough information worth sharing for readers, especially given the current political/environmental climate. Don't see how Climate Trace is superseded here
Burroughs'10 (talk) 17:19, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Burroughs'10 You are right that Climate Trace is not superseded. I am saying the opposite: this article was useful until recently but now we don’t need it as the Climate Trace website is much better and they keep it up to date Chidgk1 (talk) 17:23, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of surnames in Croatia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Just like the recent Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of surnames in Ukraine (2nd nomination), this fails WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Geschichte (talk) 23:52, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. The first reason cited at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of surnames in Ukraine (2nd nomination) was "fully unsourced". The main source used in this article features absolutely every name listed, together with its population. That list is already cut off at a minimum population of 10 (passing WP:INDISCRIMINATE), and the population data can be used to adjust the cutoff if someone objects to the number included. None of the WP:NOTDIRECTORY criteria are violated by the article. Ⰻⱁⰲⰰⱀⱏ (ⰳⰾ) 01:57, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it among others violates WP:NOTDIRECTORY#1. Geschichte (talk) 06:41, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "Simple lists (such as a list of phone numbers) that do not include contextual information showing encyclopedic merit" are prohibited. How many phone numbers have a dedicated article on Wikipedia? How many surnames? And, using the established criterion of 2 people with their own article per surname, how many surname pages could be created? Extrapolating from the first 10, it would be 60%, or the majority of surnames. Unless you find something concretely against the rules, I would prefer a discussion on trimming criteria over a deletion proposal. Ⰻⱁⰲⰰⱀⱏ (ⰳⰾ) 11:13, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists and Croatia. WCQuidditch 04:28, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. A titanic list of Slavic surnames, mostly redlinks, possessed by a minimum of a whopping 10 Croatians serves no useful purpose. A random sampling of bluelinked entries shows they are mostly devoid of Croatians. For example, Adilović lists an Austrian and two people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andonov mostly Bulgarians and no Croatians. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:09, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    What would your cutoff population be? The article can always be trimmed. You started with A, which is rare for ethnic Croats. Ethnicity is not within the scope of the article, as it is not a "List of Croatian surnames" but a "List of surnames in Croatia". It would be inappropriate to assign a surname an ethnicity, as so many surnames span multiple ethnicities, and for many surnames there is no comprehensive list. Ⰻⱁⰲⰰⱀⱏ (ⰳⰾ) 11:03, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of regional news websites of Jharkhand (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Contested draftification. Fails WP:NLIST and WP:LISTPURP; only one of the list entries, Prabhat Khabar, is a notable news website specifically based in Jharkhand. The article creator also made The Real Khabar which is up for deletion. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 04:14, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of passenger trains of Indian Railway with Proper Name (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Redundant list. Fails WP:NLIST. Wareon (talk) 10:47, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    • Keep I seen this list in the article Sampoorna Kranti Express. I thought someone has planned to make the list but not have time. So, I yesterday started making the list. I think a page is needed as these trains have a big history and need a list and yes, The list will be long but not useless. People of India need this kind of list. I also travelled in some of this trains and have seen a big influence of these trains in there places where they stops or starts or ends.
    Abdullah1099 (talk) 11:11, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. drinks or coffee ~ 11:08, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Show me where is another list of this kind Abdullah1099 (talk) 11:14, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into List of trains run by Indian Railways. The expanded detail given by this article is good, but "Proper Name" isn't notable per WP:STAND and thus this seperate page isn't necessary. // PYRiTEmonark // talk // 22:54, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lithuanian exonyms (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Perhaps should be moved to Lithuanian WP as I don’t see how it is notable on enwiki Chidgk1 (talk) 12:51, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - this meets the notability requirements of WP:NLIST.
Also, there is ample precedent for this type of article; we have 63 of these articles per Category:Lists of exonyms.--A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 19:46, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. An attempt to delete all of them, a year or two ago, was rejected as too sweeping (some of them, particularly Arabic exonyms, are less WP:DICT than others). —Tamfang (talk) 19:15, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dutch exonyms (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Previous discussions don’t seem to be specific to this article - talk page says it is rubbish Chidgk1 (talk) 12:41, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - this meets the notability requirements of WP:NLIST.
Also, there is ample precedent for this type of article; we have 63 of these articles per Category:Lists of exonyms.--A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 19:46, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. An attempt to delete all of them, a year or two ago, was rejected as too sweeping (some of them, particularly Arabic exonyms, are less WP:DICT than others). —Tamfang (talk) 19:16, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2033 in rail transport (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A single event which may well happen in a different year eventually. WP:CRYSTAL Fram (talk) 10:43, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Telephone numbers in Melilla (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Wikipedia is not a database. This can just be merged into the article for Melilla, why is disconnected information about the city its own page? Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 16:41, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Speedy redirect to Telephone numbers in Spain, and do the same with Telephone numbers in Ceuta and Telephone numbers in the Canary Islands, baffling why these would be separate articles. Reywas92Talk 19:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep because it resembles a colony, and the numbering system may not be identical to that of mainland Spain. It would be helpful if the article were to include the number ranges assigned to landlines, mobile numbers (broken down by carrier if necessary), short numbers such as 112 and other codes that are more or less standardized in the European Union, and carrier selection codes such as 10288 for AT&T in the United States. Removing this article would leave a red link in Telephone numbers in Africa. I wonder whether the Morocco telephone numbering system has reserved a range of domestic prefixes or dialling codes to reach Melilla from Morocco, even if they are not in use. The numbering system of the People's Republic of China, for example, reserves a range of numbers for Taiwan, and Republic of Ireland numbering system used to allow numbers in Northern Ireland to be called with a different prefix rather than the United Kingdom's country code of 44. LeapTorchGear (talk) 01:38, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • What does "may not be identical to that of mainland Spain" mean??? Do you have any evidence of that or just speculation??? You know Melilla is an integral part of Spain, not a colony? Even if they were different, Telephone numbers in Spain is perfectly capable of describing whatever you're spouting about. A redirect would not leave a red link. — Reywas92Talk 13:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of incidents of violence against women in Spain (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Per WP:SALAT, this is far too general a topic to make a manageable list. (List of incidents of violence against women is also up for Afd.) Clarityfiend (talk) 08:39, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of incidents of violence against women (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This is a nearly useless list article because it fails to cover even a fraction of Wikipedia's total coverage which itself is only a fraction of total real-world incidents. This job is better done by Wikipedia's category system than a list. CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {CX}) 20:47, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Article had only two citations, both of which were unreliable sources per WP:PLANESPOTTERS. Only reason I didn't remove the second citation was because I didn't spot it. So in essence, this list article, which contains details such as numbers of aircraft in operation or formerly in operation, is completely unsourced, with the only assistance for the reader being to go to the linked articles - which doesn't count as sourcing per WP:CIRCULAR Danners430 (talk) 11:23, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of utility cooperatives (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Stated by @Otr500:, most entries didn’t have articles, with many that do having questionable notability. He cited WP:NOTDIRECTORY.

As for me, this article’s sourcing is barren, with sources that are serving no purpose beyond directing to their respective company’s website. With this article having inadequate sourcing, I believe it should be merged into Category:Utility cooperatives. Roast (talk) 18:37, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • comment: At present, almost every entry has an article, and most of them are decent enough in the sample I checked. Not sure whether this list is the way to go, though. Mangoe (talk) 19:40, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comments: I am inclined to agree with Guerreroast, as a secondary option on a merge, as an WP:ATD. The embedded US list has no references. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, there are nearly 3,000 electric distribution companies in the US that include "investor-owned, publicly owned, and cooperatives". According to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, there are over 900 Cooperatives. Listing 75 does nothing as a table of contents or navigation aid. Two sources cover Japan, and two cover California water companies.
An issue is a lack of reliable and independent sources overall, on the article, and none in the US section, indicating a lack of notability|. WP:NLIST states Notability guidelines also apply to the creation of stand-alone lists and tables. Notability of lists (whether titled as "List of Xs" or "Xs") is based on the group.
On a "spot-check:
It appears that a lot of the individual articles are not notable, but certainly not part of a list. -- Otr500 (talk) 15:50, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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FYI - I've started work in my user space on a list of US electric cooperatives. That's about 880 coops and long for a list. I'm thinking about how to organize it. --A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 05:05, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My notes are at: User:A. B./Electric coops. --A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 05:12, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Einzbern (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Easily a 'useless' disambiguation page for a surname that no real world person (possibly) has. Propose that it be merged/redirect to Characters of Fate/stay night.

KrystalInfernus (talk) 21:04, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Withdrawn because I clearly cannot read; this is AFD, was meant to post this on RFD.**
KrystalInfernus (talk) 21:08, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Again, this is just a very poorly refenced WP:ALLPLOT, this time there is even no list of apperances to match it. Fails WP:NLIST. WP:ATD-R, if we want to be generous, would be the main Aubrey–Maturin series, I think. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:56, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. This is essentially a fan article consisting almost wholly of unsourced plot elements, contrary to WP:ALLPLOT. Even if much can be sourced to reliable primary sources (the novels themselves), that would still not avoid the requirements of WP:ALLPLOT. There is little critical analyis, but what there is amounts to WP:OR, with no attempt to provide secondary reliable sources to support any character analysis. Very little here is salvageable, and no purpose would be served by keeping it and merely adding a tag calling for reliable sources to be added. I note that several of the characters already have their own articles, but there's no sourced material here worth merging. If anyone knows of independent sources that critically discuss any of the other major characters, they could consider creating new character-specific articles. MichaelMaggs (talk) 11:17, 8 June 2025 (UTC) Changed vote - see below. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:05, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep I find this article helpful because it is a long series of novels about a set of characters with connected stories. It is helpful to a person who reads the series, and it provides a series view of these characters. At the time most text was written, the sources used were the novels themselves. If the lack of other sources is the true objection, perhaps there should be a request for more references both to the novels and any reviews or other sources. Per the revision history, I wrote more text than any other editor, which I had not realized. I listened to audio books so was not providing page numbers, but book and chapter at best. I see this as an extension or companion article to the Aubrey–Maturin series article. The period of history in which the novels are set was long and complex and the story twining through 21 novels is also long and complex. Perhaps another edit to this article would be links from the article on each novel to this article under debate, to specific characters. The descriptions here are series descriptions, not appropriate for any one novel’s article. I can slightly understand someone confusing it with fan text — for this series, there are links to the fan-type articles and tables. This article is descriptions of characters as they developed through the many years of the setting. I do hope the article is not deleted. - - Prairieplant (talk) 07:32, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:ITSHELPFUL is not a good article for deletion discussion. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:46, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it is worth noting that the “fan web pages” for this series list every single minor or major character in the novel series, a very long list, where this article includes the major characters and those characters who “turn the plot” meaning they move the story in a new direction. Those characters are generally real historical people, moving the plot in tune with history of that era. I find these novels and these characters worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia because of the high quality of the writing by O’Brien and the exposition of an important era of history, both the major lenghthy war and the age of scientific discovery. I think this is the only time I have disagreed with editor @MichaelMaggs:, yet I do respect the points he makes and want to respect the changes he feels will improve the article. I think that some of the better reviews of specific novels might provide reliable sources to add to this article that focusses on characters rather than on each novel. - - Prairieplant (talk) 19:17, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete - There are no sources present in the article that covers the subject of recurring characters in the book series, and none have been presented in this AFD. Searches are also not yielding any significant coverage in reliable sources that would allow this to pass WP:LISTN. The primary characters both have independent articles, and the main article on the series has a "Characters" section that can be expanded if sourced information is found, but there is nothing justifying a separate, largely unsourced collection of minor characters. Neither WP:ITSHELPFUL or WP:THEREMUSTBESOURCES are valid arguments for keeping. Rorshacma (talk) 23:53, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per Rorshacma. When we focus on policy-based reasons, we just don't meet WP:LISTN or WP:GNG. I also don't really see evidence that sources could exist. I'm open to an WP:ATD if someone wants to build that case. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:16, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: I am sympathetic to the points Prairieplant makes above, and I would like to apologise to for being overly quick to dismiss this as merely a 'fan article'. I have changed my vote and have struck my initial comments. Although "being a useful article" is not in itself a valid argument to keep, per WP:ITSHELPFUL, it may encourage editors to put in that bit of extra effort to avoid losing valuable content. In order to overcome WP:ALLPLOT, we'll need external sources. I'm aware of the following, which I hope should be enough:
  1. At least eight of the characters are based on real people: reliable sources include Tolstoy and King (biographies) and Brown (currently listed as a general source at the end of the article)
  2. Around 12 characters appear in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and real world links can be added to the film, and to the respective actors
  3. Many more appear in the various BBC radio adaptations of Master and Commander, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, HMS Surprise and The Fortune of War. Again, real world links can be added.
  4. Almost all the characters have separate entries in Brown; these generally summarise the characters' actions throughout the series, but without additional critical analysis. The presence of these recurring characters in this scholarly companion volume (which is by no means an in-universe catalogue) should be enough to pass WP:LISTN. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:04, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We should note that in this type of list, not all entries need third party sources, and it's fine for them to be sourced to the primary work itself. Compare List of Dilbert characters which in spite of citing no external sources whatsoever is specifically noted in the guideline WP:CSC as being a valid example of a stand-alone list.
I will commit to adding the sources I've mentoned if others feel that would be a worthwhile thing to do. MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:45, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Even after three weeks of AfD, the article cites no third-party sources and contains not a word that is not plot summary. WP:NOTPLOT mandates deletion. Sandstein 15:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sandstein, you didn't address the suggestions I made in my comment directly above yours. I’m willing to add the specific sources I listed, but I’d appreciate an indication as to whether they have potential to help. I’d prefer not to invest several hours compiling and formatting them only to find, after the fact, that editors always felt that such sources could never, even in principle, save the article. I’d welcome your thoughts. MichaelMaggs (talk) 18:14, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That the characters appear in adaptations (which are primary sources and not independent) does not make them (as fictional characters) notable. Nor does the fact that some are also historical figures. In that case, it is the historical figures themselves who are (often) notable, not their literary portrayals. For those, we would need multiple independent reliable sources covering this particular set of fictional(ized) characters. So far we have only "The Patrick O'Brian Muster Book" by one Mr. Brown, which I don't know whether it is independent from the author or editor of the books it covers, and which at any rate is only one source. Which means that I'm not convinced of the article topic's notability. Even if the topic were notable, the current content is all plot summary and must therefore be deleted. Sandstein 18:22, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not rely grasp this reliance on NotPlot as an objection. Yes, I read the text to which it links. @Sandstein:, will you be happy only if we find masters and PhD theses about these characters in this series of novels? The Muster book by Brown mentioned above is independent of the author of the novels, by the way. If @MichaelMaggs: is willing to put in the effort to enrich commentary in a form to fit this article, I say encourage him. - - Prairieplant (talk) 01:36, 24 June 2025 (UTC) my[reply]
    No plot is simple: plot summaries are not sufficient to merit encyclopedia entries. We need to go beyond. And no, adding a list of appearances in media is not enough, that's catalogue stuff. WP:NOTCATALOGUE. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:32, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Pokémon characters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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So to clarify here; this list is discussing the human characters in this series. The fictional species are covered at a variety of lists, most notably List of Pokémon. With that out of the way, let me elaborate.

WP:LISTN defines that the notability of lists is inherently dependent on the notability of the group; i.e, a list of human characters in this series needs to have sources discussing human characters as a whole. From my WP:BEFORE search, the only sources covering this as a group are WP:VALNET sources, which do not confer notability per our guidelines. Most hits for things like "Pokémon characters" are discussing the fictional species of Pokémon, not the human characters in the series, and the few that do discuss humans are either not discussing them as a group, discussing only one particular character (Such as Team Rocket), or are VALNET sources. Every Books or Scholar hit I could find was discussing how the Pokémon species have been interpreted, not any of the human characters. The only real potential hit I found is Newsweek discussing LGBT characters [[4]], but even that is just a summary of stuff existing more than an actual analysis.

Compared to the other human character list for this series (List of Pokémon anime characters), which at least has the potential for a WP:SIZESPLIT given how long the anime's gone for with such a large recurring supporting cast, the Pokémon games comparatively have fewer recurring characters. The bulk of the characters, and indeed the bulk on this list, largely only appear in one game, and are relegated to cameos after their debut. While there are a select few recurring entities like Professor Oak or Cynthia (Pokémon), these few characters are exceptions more than the norm. The vast bulk of these characters could easily be redirected to their debut game, with the few recurring characters easily able to be slotted into a smaller, more condensed character list at Pokémon (video game series) that I'd be willing to work on myself. This list should easily be able to slot into that article without causing bloat once all of the one off characters are redirected back to their original articles, which should prevent UNDUE concerns.

In brief, while the Pokémon species are notable, this separate list for other recurring human characters does not have the same group discussion, nor does it have a valid SIZESPLIT spinout rationale. This list could easily be condensed to slot into another article, and thus overall is unnecessary. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 17:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as per nom and LWG. I think I see the logic here. The games never had a 'cast' of characters like one would expect in a conventional narrative game and as such there's not a lot of depth of coverage one would expect for WP:NLIST. Sure, there's a small number of independently notable characters, but in terms of reception and coverage relating to in-game characters, their depth leans much more heavily on how they are portrayed in the anime. There are conventions around the character archetypes of professor, rival, and Elite Four characters from game to game, but:
    1. not that many characters actually are notable by the looks of it, and those that are have been subsumed into archetypes rather than specific characters (i.e. Rivals)
    2. there aren't really that many sources comparing, discussing or evaluating the broader casts of characters;
    3. the characters really aren't that in-depth - for one, Red, a character whose appearance has attracted much secondary coverage, infamously has no dialogue at all in the game; and concurrently
    4. this is all fairly simple stuff that can be embedded in a character list as a subsection to the plots of each game article, and the archetypes in the series article.

As the nominator notes, few if any characters really appear consistently across the iterations of the games, with a handful of notable exceptions. So this does feel like an instance where WP:NLIST is arguably not satisfied. What would change my mind on this is if sources are found showing that there is indeed some coverage on the characters as a class. VRXCES (talk) 05:32, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep per LISN- "Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept regardless of any demonstrated notability". I suppose work could be done to redirect, merge, or change this is to something else as the nominator proposed, but that also seems unnecessary and the simplest thing to do is just leave it as is. Rhino131 (talk) 16:13, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@IgelRM the same problems still stand; even if it were to be determined that these characters would be better off not as individual articles, every single character article for a trainer (Bar Team Rocket and Cynthia (Pokémon)) only appeared in one game, or are notable as anime characters, not game characters (Like Ash Ketchum, Brock (Pokémon), Misty (Pokémon)). Given they relate to one game, we'd still have the same problem of these characters only being part of one major entry in a wider list, and we're still not passing LISTN since there's still no group coverage. No matter how it's sliced it's either just recreating the current problem or just creating an additional one. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 20:04, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to the franchise main article to preserve its history, and then disperse usable information per Pokelego999. LISTN isn't feasible here because it's pulling in too many directions: while one could argue *some* of the character are notable, even some of the trainers to refine that downward, it's hard to argue that there's enough to cover the masses here. Additionally the argument that there's too much work involved to take it down is a terrible one. If anything I think Poke's suggestion has merit. There's also and lastly the problem that a list this monstrous doesn't really inform the reader of anything; it's a dumping ground that has gotten so massive it's next to impossible to find pertinent information, negating its whole purpose even in that regard.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:21, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I believe this does fullfil WP:LISTN and has navigational value for the notable ones and can be a home for brief commentary on non-notable ones in accordance with WP:ATD-M. It is also a good overview on the topic from the viewpoint of the franchise. If there is a size problem, more detailed information can be deferred to individual series, and this being the place where one can see what's out there and where. No objection to a renaming in case someone can come up with a more clear, fitting title. Daranios (talk) 09:50, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Per the other delete !votes - the problem with saying it is a list of "Pokemon characters" is that one asks - which Pokemon game or show exactly? The title is too vague, and it is better off done on a game-by-game basis. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 09:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete because List of Pokémon is enough. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 02:25, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak convert to a disambiguation page housing List of Pokémon, List of Pokémon anime characters, and whatever else can be salvaged/scraped up. Otherwise, there's always Bulbapedia. (Might refine my decision based on further objections/support.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:43, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Comment, but for those voting to make it a list of recurring characters, that has several flaws. I've whipped up an example draft which showcases strictly recurring characters in the mainline games, that are not exclusively cameos, that are included on the list. I have made another version of this at User:Pokelego999/sandbox/Example Draft which showcases only characters with more than two major appearances in the series, if you want a more strict criteria that adheres to other lists on Wikipedia. As you can see, this list is frankly very small, and the large swathe of characters on the current list are basically only in one game, or are only recurring due to re-appearing in remakes of the same game, or appearing in a single direct sequel game (I.e, N is a character who is plot relevant to Pokémon Black and White and its sequels, but has not appeared in any games in the main series outside of them). Obviously, some of the text can either be trimmed or changed as need be to provide necessary context or fit better into a larger article, but the general point stands that, compared to the original list size, the actual "recurring characters" are very few and far between, and the actual text supplied by them is relatively small.
I would argue WP:NOPAGE applies very strongly in this instance. Characters who recur series wide beyond specific games would be better covered at the main series article, where their re-appearances can be understood in the context of the series' grander timeline. For example, the character Giovanni is a recurring antagonist across the series, and thus cannot be easily covered in one game's article; thus, he would be better covered at the series article. Meanwhile, characters who recur in one or two games are better covered at those games' particular articles, where their plot role can be more easily understood, and this information is not just being duplicated across multiple pages (For example, N again, where his plot role makes better sense discussed where it is relevant, at Black and White and its sequels' articles, since he is not relevant to the wider series beyond the self-contained events of these games). A character only relevant to one game remade countless times is similarly better covered at the original game (For instance, Wally who only has a significant plot role in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and its remake, which largely carries the same plot. Wally would logically be better covered at Ruby and Sapphire than at a separate article, where his plot role would merely be duplicated with nothing else added.)
Per NOPAGE, "Does other information provide needed context?" Yes, because the plot roles of these characters is provided in the parent game articles, alongside more detailed information relating to the games and their development. Similarly, per "What sourcing is available now?", there has been very little sourcing demonstrated for the bulk of these characters; the few notable ones have articles, and the ones that don't have nothing, as does the overall topic.
TLDR since this is a big block of text, but the actual content many are arguing to keep is still incredibly short, and even if you add in the notable one-offs to the listing, this still isn't something that's overly long for a standard "Characters" section at a series article. NOPAGE says that this information is better kept to larger articles, both per lack of sourcing, and per the fact the content the keep votes are arguing for does not present major WP:SIZESPLIT issues. I will also note that if anyone is concerned about this being too complicated, or not being carried out, that I have experience in this topic area and will volunteer to carry out any edits that are determined by this discussion, so this will not to be a burden on any voters in this discussion.
This is my argument: @MidnightMayhem:, @Christian75:, @Dream Focus:, does this sway your votes? Let me know if I can clarify my above stance in any way. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:29, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Thank you for this overview, I understand better now what exactly you are advocating for. If coverage of those notable characters can be effectively merged to the main series article, while leaving others to be covered at their respective games, that may be an improvement for readers. I will modify my vote. MidnightMayhem 05:52, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Pokelego999 and their thorough analysis. There is only a small number of characters who apply here, and they are already covered in a more effective way at the series article. Shooterwalker (talk) 16:47, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Page is nearly empty. There is a better article for this: List of U.S. states and territories by income. Timeshifter (talk) 14:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rublamb. It was not an error. See my comment below. --Timeshifter (talk) 22:51, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Before it removal, the text indicated that the tables used statistics from the US Bureau of Labor. This is an allowable way to cite a source. Thus, the deletion was in error. Regardless, the content now has adequate, reliable sources. Rublamb (talk) 23:34, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rublamb. See my reply to you farther down. The 2 sources you added do not apply. --Timeshifter (talk) 23:46, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rublamb. The map and tables you added back do not meet WP:Verify, as I said in my edit summaries, and on the talk page, and here. The 2 references you added do not apply to the map or the tables you added back. Household median income is not personal median income. And the other link did not have any state data. Could you please revert your additions. Then I can merge the empty page easier via WP:ATD-T as you suggested, and then redirect the page. And please change your vote to delete. So that when I redirect the page there will likely be no objections. Otherwise I may have to merge bad tables/map, only to have to delete them (again) from the better article. --Timeshifter (talk) 23:42, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since I added a source for median income to a table about median income, I don't understand your objection. I think you need to wait to see the outcome of the AfD. WP:DELETE specifies that merging cannot be used as a way to delete content or to delete an article. Rublamb (talk) 00:03, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rublamb. I previously wrote: "Household median income is not personal median income." The 2023 annual median wage table is for personal, not household, median wage. Do you know the difference?
The link you just added for the 2022 annual mean wage table does not have data matching the table. Look up Alabama for example in your reference. The data does not match the table data. None of the references for the 2022 table support WP:Verify for that table. WP:Verify says: "Any material that needs an inline citation but does not have one may be removed." That is why I removed that table previously. It still does not have a reliable citation. Why are you adding back unverified tables? That is a violation of Wikipedia policies. I could remove it and not violate any rules. And consensus at the article talk page would be required to add it back.
But I will leave the unverified map and tables in the article until the AFD finishes. Maybe someone will find references for the 2022 or 2023 table that actually verifies the data in the table. That would be great. The map I created is based on the 2023 table. So the map is not verified too.
I see in your latest article edits that you removed the original 2023 median wage table, and substituted a different 2023 2025 median wage table. It also has inadequate references since it does not link to its US Census Bureau source. See discussion:
Talk:List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage.
But why are you doing all this work in this article? It would be much better to add the table to the talk page of List of U.S. states and territories by income for discussion about finding the US Census Bureau reference. --Timeshifter (talk) 15:27, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the article, as per WP:EDITATAFD, adding data that was more recent, based on date of publication. Merging is a great option but the article has to survive the AfD first. Rublamb (talk) 21:38, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge to List of U.S. states and territories by income per above. No reason for this to exist separately. —tony 01:17, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
List of philosophies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:LISTCRUFT with no clear inclusion criteria, but generally when someone uses the plural "philosophies" it means they're selling you something that doesn't work on daytime tv, this should be soft-deleted/redirected to Outline of philosophy Psychastes (talk) 23:49, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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List of Belgian provinces by life expectancy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:NOTDATABASE,the article looks like data tables? 日期20220626 (talk) 00:56, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • The page really has a weak point that it contains little description. But that means that the description should be added. Deletion of the whole atricle with true and virified statistics for the topic, designed in convenient form, instead of adding the description is not a good strategy.
Possible solution: mark the page as a stub. — Lady3mlnm (talk) 16:35, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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List of television and radio stations owned by TV5 Network (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NLIST as sources do not talk about the stations as a whole. Most of the stations do not have Wikipedia pages and some that do should be sent to AfD as well (including some that have no sources at all). CNMall41 (talk) 07:19, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The TV5 Network Inc. does not provide any listing TV stations on their annual reports. Only on the NTC TV stations as of December 2024. Vineyard93 (talk) 02:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Does the NTC list count as reliable? RandomMe98 (talk) 09:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The National Telecommunications Commission is the authority in the Philippines when it comes to TV and radio stations (among other things). Now, if their publications qualify for WP:RS that depends... Howard the Duck (talk) 21:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Wikipedia requires reliable sources. IP range blocked for tiresome pinging. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:20, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is tough about this list is that we have to deal with infrequent NTC list updates exfiltrated through Freedom of Information Act requests. They can confirm existence at least. And then we have many many stations where there is insufficient material to pass GNG because of poor source availability, even sometimes when a station has been on for decades. This is a useful redirect target at AfD, and while I understand if people have qualms over sourcing, this page resolves lots of thorny problems. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 02:25, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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TV5 (formerly ABC-5) is the only major television network and the sole free-to-air television network in the Philippines that are possibly Delete and/or Redirect, and Merge summary/overview into TV5 Network as most of the stations does not have Wikipedia pages and even the sources do not talk the TV stations as a whole that WP:NLIST fails, per CNMall41. Since 2016, resulting in all stations have a full-power relay/translator of DWET after 3 decades of duplicative. Only on the National Telecommunications Commission TV stations and frequencies as of December 2024. Trishie042512 (talk) 06:49, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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List of hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not meet WP:NLIST, is contrary to WP:NOTDIRECTORY. fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk) 04:36, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine if you wish to propose this as a test case for deleting the lot (which I wouldn't oppose), but otherwise I think an explanation how this one is going to be worse than the others is in order. Mangoe (talk) 01:01, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - Deleting this article would have to set a precedent for other "List of hospitals in (country)" articles, the bulk of which likely have very wide differences in their sourcing and structure. Compare Kenya and Japan in this instance. I don't think deleting the article is the best solution, so if I was voting, I would say keep the article. But I think there would need to be a larger discussion surrounding these lists to determine whether a bulk deletion is needed if the request passes. Surayeproject3 (talk) 01:29, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A lot of these should probably be deleted. There are worse sourced ones like List of hospitals in Ivory Coast. Most of these could be handled by categories. Metallurgist (talk) 05:19, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The idea of a merge seems, strange, how would that work? And do note that all hospitals that are on that list which have an article will still exist in Category:Hospitals in the United Arab Emirates. fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk) 00:52, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merging should work because some of these hospitals are notable and have their own articles. Mentioning them on Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates would be fine. killer bee17:08, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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List of Uma Musume Pretty Derby characters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NLIST. Character info are mostly unsourced with release info sources being unreliable. Not a plausible search term to be redirected. Go D. Usopp (talk) 15:04, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Zxcvbnm@Vrxces@Go D. Usopp, would you mind taking another look at the list? It has been edited significantly since you !voted. Toadspike [Talk] 19:41, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to main article; I don't see the notability for the list and the character description are still really original research. IgelRM (talk) 13:56, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The character descriptions can be fixed. I see notability for the list as the cast and descriptions for the characters are covered in WP:RS. Knowledgekid87 (talk) 01:45, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The sources in the linked FGO AFD are WP:VALNET sources, so I don't think this is any kind of precedent. I have not looked at the scholarly sources, but generally I think this type of notability cannot be established solely with those. IgelRM (talk) 19:07, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the Valnet sources aren't academic sources, hence why I did not refer to them in the context of my !vote. ミラP@Miraclepine 01:42, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It also depends on who writes the article, as credentials help establish notability. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 12:44, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see, it wasn't totally clear to me from the comment before. IgelRM (talk) 00:25, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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