Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Danish furniture designers


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The result was   keep. Deletion concerns appear to have been addressed. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant    (talk)  02:39, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

List of Danish furniture designers

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 * Delete. A list that is predominantly red links and the links to articles that exist can be incorporated into Danish design. That article could do with a section on "Furniture design" with prose and with a list of some of the more notable Danish furniture designers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 19:14, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 19:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 19:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. List may need some maintenance but given that there are several notable Danish furniture designers, I don't see a reason to delete. --Michig (talk) 19:23, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't see the need for any maintenance of the list itself. Also, the fact that there are "several notable Danish furniture designers" is not a reason to keep the list. As mentioned these designers can be part of the Danish design article. For readers, who we are here after-all to serve, a small list of notable designers - preferable with information about them - is better than a basic list consisting mainly of redlinks. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 19:44, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep – WP:SALAT, WP:LISTPEOPLE and WP:LISTCOMPANY do indicate that several notable list members is a reason to keep. MoS indicates a preference for categories (i.e., Category:Danish furniture designers) for stand-alone company/designer articles and mentioning them within prose. However, when there are enough articles within the category to merit a stand-alone list, even non-notable companies and persons (with supporting reference) may be listed. In this case, it looks like there are at least 31 30 designers notable enough for their own articles. I'd say this number is substantial, and I'd agree the list article needs a lot of editorial attention. JFHJr (㊟) 20:57, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep This list was already deleted once without notice and I restored it. I am in the process of writing a considerable number of articles on Danish furniture designers and I find this list a useful point of reference. There are far fewer red links now than there were a few days ago. Note that furniture design is an extremely important aspect of Danish culture and industry. When I have time, I could try to improve the list by dividing it into periods, etc., but the priority now is to write articles on the designers themselves. @Alan Liefting, the place to look is not so much Danish design but Danish modern which is devoted specifically to furniture, especially the Golden Age of Danish Design. If you had looked at Danish design more carefully you would have seen "Danish modern" under "See also". I don't really agree that Danish design should be overloaded with the furniture aspect but that's my own opinion - others might disagree and there might even be a case for combining the articles later. I am personally very thankful to those who developed the list as it provides an indication of who should be included in future biographies. When I tried to find it again yesterday it had disappeared and the categories did not help. That's why I restored it. So let's keep it at least for a couple of weeks. - Ipigott (talk) 20:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * A list that is used for editors that is of little or no use to readers can be moved to user or project namespace. I am aware of the notability of Danish furniture design and designers and I would prefer a Danish furniture design article rather than this list. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 00:38, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Why do think it is only used by editors? The page views do not seem to indicate this. They are indeed comparable to those for List of Danish architects (which seems to exist happily side by side with Architecture of Denmark) and similar lists of Danes. In any case, it seems to me that lists and articles serve quite different purposes. So perhaps it's the red links that are bothering you? Would you be happy to keep the list if these are removed or do you think all these lists should be deleted and somehow incorporated into articles? If the red links are the problem, then I think this discussion should be moved to the article's talk page. As for an article on Danish furniture design, I have indeed suggested myself that it would be useful to have a historical overview of the topic from the beginnings to the present (the article would probably be called Furniture of Denmark) but as by far the most important period of Danish furniture is Danish modern (sometimes called Mid-century Danish furniture), I decided to write this up first. For your information, a similar list can be found in the Danish Wikipedia here with a considerable number of red links too! - Ipigott (talk) 08:51, 15 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep or incubate until the red comes put. Bearian (talk) 21:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Denmark's outsize influence upon furniture design is complemented by the great number of Danish individuals who have achieved international stature in the field. This list is a good and useful addition to an underrepresented topic. SteveStrummer (talk) 06:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
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