Talk:American Society for Mass Spectrometry

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Unencyclopedic list
I noticed the previous ASMS meetings had been removed. While I agree Wikipedia is not a directory, ASMS is a major scientific society that have had significant impact on many fields of science with many breakthroughs first presented at the ASMS conference. For many other scientific societies and awards, such lists are included in their Wikipedia pages. Another example would be major sports events, which are typically also listed. ASMS is the major conference in the field, with 7,000+ attendants and 3,000+ presentations every year. The deletion seems wholesale and without proper motivation. Will undo it until convinced (on this talk page) these sections should be removed. MagnusPalmblad (talk) 10:22, 13 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Please see WP:MOSFLAG about shy that flag icon is inappropriate here. As for the unencyclopedic list of venues, that list belongs on the organization's own website. WP is not a webhost. I also refer to a similar discussion here, where the consensus was that this kind of lists don't belong in articles. Hope this helps. --Randykitty (talk) 12:12, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

This is clear, but the article now contains a list of Past Presidents, which are arguably less central to ASMS than its annual meetings, which are its main activity. MagnusPalmblad (talk) 14:57, 5 August 2020 (UTC)