Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Estonian architects


 * 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 of the debate was merge with List of Estonians. A rough tie between keep and merge, but I see no convincing reason for keeping the architects in a separate article. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

List of Estonian architects
A farm of red links. If biographies for these people did exist, Category:Estonian people and Category:Architects would be more appropriate, and maintained automatically. Also, a Category:Estonian architects could be created if they become great enough in number. Delete. &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  16:19, Dec. 30, 2005


 * Neutral - Hmm. I'm opposed to deleting things on the basis of the "red link" argument, since this is a wiki, and red links are how we grow. In addition, this seems to be a more clueful edit than the usual fare from new users, and I get the distinct impression we could well end up with biographies for some of these people. On the other hand, I don't like lists, and there are no links to existing pages whatsoever, so I'm hung on this one. Thought I'd comment, however. Rob Church Talk 16:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree, in that I feel lists are often good at-a-glance views of articles we have, e.g. " * John Doe (1912-1941), invented the cardboard briefcase." This clearly doesn't serve that purpose. &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  00:41, Dec. 31, 2005
 * Keep Eeven if it is only for the rediculously funny article title. Robdurbar 19:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The word is 'ridiculous', unless you're making a play on the colour of the links. Average Earthman 00:22, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The presence of so many red links in this case is just another case of systemic bias. The List of Swedish architects, which I posted a while ago, is also mostly red links, but I can attest to at least most of those names being those of notable architects (a few were architects unfamiliar to me, but taken from the Swedish Wikipedia). I don't really know anything about Estonian architecture, but when many clearly notable Swedish architects (including some of the most famous ones, such as Ferdinand Boberg) are still lacking articles, Estonian architects are probably even less well-represented on the English Wikipedia. We will never get a category until at least a few biographies have been written, and hopefully the red links will encourage someone to write them - perhaps that is even the intention of the creator of the list. (I don't understand what is supposed to be funny about the article title.) u p p l a n d 19:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, merge is fine, too. u p p l a n d 07:31, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weakest possible keep- I don't like lists as a rule, and I especially don't like lists of red links. But this does look genuine. Reyk 21:36, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Estonia is a real country with real buildings, and picking a couple of names at random from the list gave me links to genuine architects (although one appears to be arguably more Canadian). Given the modernisation of the country (which is now in the EU), their architects will be pretty busy. So sneering at the article because of its title isn't exactly warranted. I suggest tagging for improvement is more appropriate than deletion, particularly as it is only a day old. Average Earthman 00:22, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * After reading following votes, I change my vote to Merge with List of Estonians, as that list separates by profession, making merging and potential later demerging easy. Average Earthman 01:10, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of Estonians which still has room. Expanding coverage of Estonians sounds okay unless they are overcovered here, are they?--T. Anthony 04:45, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge per above for now. This should give it more attention (and it is likely the people will appear in the larger list anyway). Pavel Vozenilek 23:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: In light of recently posted opinions, I agree that a merge might be appropriate (either to List of Estonians or Requested articles), but under no circumstances should this be kept as an individual dead-end article. &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  06:20, Jan. 1, 2006


 * 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.