Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Index to tables of contents of National Geographic

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Rob Church Talk 00:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Index to tables of contents of National Geographic
Apparently it's intended to link to articles containing the tables of contents of issues of National Geographic for each year. Ignoring the fact that this would produce approximately 1000 copyvios (one for each month since 1923), Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. --Carnildo 06:35, 31 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete per Carnildo. See also the one for Reader's Digest. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:29, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator. KissL 10:50, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete copyvios DV8 2XL 12:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, tables of contents aren't copyvios any more than lists of episodes are. Issues of National Geographic are far more encyclopedic than Simpsons episodes. Kappa 13:14, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * No, they are copyright violations. Indexes / tables of contents of a copyrighted work are copyrighted. Strong delete. Proto t c 14:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * delete ne --TimPope 17:36, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think a strong argument can be made that tables of contents and similar material would fall under Fair Use, at least under U.S. law, considering the statutory criteria for a Fair Use balancing test. Also, WP routinely features lists of music recording tracks (CD contents, etc.), which are part of the copyrighted work, but also, to my mind, fall under fair use. In this specific case, however, even if permissible under Fair Use, I agree that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.  MCB 18:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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