Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/America/Juneau


 * 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 redirect to List of tz database time zones.  MBisanz  talk 03:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

America/Juneau
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No evidence this is a notable topic, simply an identifier code as unencyclopedic database listings. Test nom for the 200+ articles in Category:tz database, none of which have outside references establishing notability as individual articles. Could all definitely be redirected to List of tz database time zones, though it's a lot to do by hand. Reywas92 Talk 15:56, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Which article did you nominate for deletion? The target is a redirect to Juneau, Alaska and has stayed redirect since 2009.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:10, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see, it is America/Juneau. I modified the nomination accordingly.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:12, 26 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. It seems to me that this kind of detailed information about time zones is encyclopedic and appropriately included as a part of Wikipedia's gazetteer function. The data could be collected in an article compiling the content of multiple articles, but this would be an editorial decision; I don't think deleting this information outright would improve the encyclopedia. --Arxiloxos (talk) 01:08, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No, but it seems all pertinant information is already in List of tz database time zones, so the individual aritlces could be deleted/redirected there. Reywas92 Talk 03:24, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge/redirect somewhere per Arxiloxos, as I agree that this helps to achieve our gazetteer function. However, the naming convention and its context as a standalone article are confusing to me.  Furthermore, it may very well mislead people into thinking that Southeast Alaska is in a separate time zone.  That area was joined with the Alaska Time Zone over three decades ago;  prior to that, it was in the Pacific Time Zone. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  07:18, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Question – I just went through Category:Tz time zones in the United States, which contains 19 other articles exactly like this one, including several instances of titles containing underscores instead of spaces. Is this really the only article we're discussing, or does this discussion pertain to all of the articles in that category? RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  14:27, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It is an enormous hassle to tag a couple hundred articles for a bundled discussion so this is a test case, but yes, those and everything in Category:tz database could all be deleted or merged/redirected to List of tz database time zones. Reywas92 Talk 03:24, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect or Merge per Reywas92. And yes, all of the articles similar to this one as well.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:32, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't spend a lot of time looking, but it appears that all this same info was added to the various "Time in XXXX" articles, possibly to time zone articles as well. From what I saw, the contextual issues I refer to above still persist, as it didn't appear cohesive with the rest of the article or written with a general audience in mind. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  22:45, 16 September 2015 (UTC)


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