Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of Flags of the American Revolution


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The result was Keep JERRY talk contribs 02:41, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Gallery of Flags of the American Revolution

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Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files Corvus cornix  talk  23:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Fails WP:NOT.  --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 23:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I didn't create the article with the intent that it would be a collection of links; it just so happened that most of the flags had relevant articles associated with/about them. I created the gallery because 1) Some of the images have no related articles that I can find, and therefore cannot be placed into a related category; conversely 2) Category:Flags_of_the_American_Revolution exists, but it is only possible to sort the articles by name, when the more sensible way to sort the images is by appearance, flags being a visual medium. The gallery, if not deleted, would make a good featured article in that category.

I didn't want to add the gallery to the existing Flags_of_the_United_States because, obviously, not all of the flags are American.

If the page just needs something added to it, like unique text, please let me know and I'll work on it. (I won't bother expanding it any further if you're already sure it will be deleted.) Otherwise, please let me know before you delete the list. Mingusboodle (talk) 17:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, I just learned how to add images to categories. By doing that, this article would be redundant to Category:Flags_of_the_American_Revolution .  In that case, I would agree that Gallery_of_Flags_of_the_American_Revolution should be deleted.  The only advantage to the gallery is that I had planned to sort out the various flags by nation/alliance/use, which can't be done in the Category as it is.  The other downside is that I notice several images had pages that have already been deleted, for whatever reason, and to add these images to a category, those pages must all be recreated. Mingusboodle (talk) 20:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as per Mingusboodle. Capitalistroadster (talk) 20:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I haven't said Delete or Keep, yet.Mingusboodle (talk) 12:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * keep. I don't see that the nominator's rationale applies. Wikipedia is supposed to include anything that would comfortably sit in "general encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias, and almanacs"; surely that includes encyclopedias such as this one? The article in question is just a specialized (in time and space) version of the same. It could do with some additional text, for sure, but I don't see it meeting criteria for deletion. --Paularblaster (talk) 21:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Paularblastar. Edward321 (talk) 03:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and add text as indicated, now that the ed. understands the need of it. DGG (talk) 01:26, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, add text, and rename to Flags of the American Revolution. I understand the nominator's rationale, but the article can be salvaged with the addition of text and an article name that doesn't imply a simple collection of images. —Kevin Myers 02:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to commons. This type of file exists well on commons, and we can transwiki there and add a soft redirect here. In fact, precedence in the past has been to do exactly that: see Articles for deletion/Flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements, which used this solution, and it worked quite well. 01:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Evil Spartan (talk • contribs)


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