Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of passports


 * 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   merge to List of passports. NW ( Talk ) 03:37, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Gallery of passports

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Creation of gallery only articles seems to be explicitly deemed a bad idea whenever they have come up in the past. This article was created as a gallery, and cannot be revamped to not be a gallery. It belongs on commons.

WP:IG: "if, due to its content, a gallery would only lend itself to a title along the lines of "Gallery" or "Images of [insert article title]", as opposed to a more descriptive title, the gallery should either be revamped or moved to the Commons." SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 19:44, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I recently created this article to exhibit contemporary passports from around the world, which is nowhere else in Wikipedia (others may exist in the Commons, but they are not current, or are comprehensive in timeframe); it is of some informative value (e.g., comparing), no more different than others (e.g., Gallery of sovereign-state flags), and is no more or less valid than a text-based article.  However, assumptions of good faith aside, I wonder if the real reason why it was nominated for deletion was because the nominator is retaliating after having been reverted for misplacing Taiwan/Republic of China (and apparently has long-standing viewpoints on the topic); its current placement in the article is more equitable (compare with Kosovo, contention over which lead to the current structure) and simply harks of the structure in List of sovereign states.  I considered including the contents in the passport article but concluded that would probably make it too lengthy; however, if this nomination stands, I may do just that. Bosonic dressing (talk) 23:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of passports. The images would be useful there, rather than Passport.  JUJUTACULAR  | TALK 23:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * That could work! The only challenge I foresee is the treatment of entries/links which have articles but for which a passport image doesn't exist (yet). Bosonic dressing (talk) 23:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's a huge problem. The list could be converted into a table, with pictures for the ones that we have, and just left blank for ones we don't have for now. Wikipedia is a process anyway :)  JUJUTACULAR  | TALK 05:55, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Of course: that's what happens when one is sleep deprived. ;) Bosonic dressing (talk) 01:23, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of passports per User:Jujutacular. Bearian (talk) 15:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of passports, photos are a good thing to have on a list. 159.83.196.200 (talk) 17:48, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator. Gallery articles belong on Commons. -- Turkish Flame   ☎  18:40, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * And then there's the real reason: ongoing challenge regarding Turkey's location. Hypocrisy from both the nominator and this commentator, given that they've edited the gallery and the nominator still reverts to push a POV, is flummoxing and exasperating. Bosonic dressing (talk) 02:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I find the article useful and of certain encyclopaedic value New seeker (talk) 11:50, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
 * KEEP, or merge. This is one of the coolest and most encyclopedic articles on Wikipedia. EAE (Holla!) 22:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and discuss a merge with the list.  Keep first, to discourage similar nominations arising from POV disputes on details of article content.   DGG ( talk ) 00:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge I like the idea of a table, with a link to the relevant article in one column and an image or a thumbnail as a link to a Commons Gallery in another column SPhilbrick  T  18:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.