Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Harry Potter related websites

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The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 02:00, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

List of Harry Potter related websites
Mere list of links to websites, cfr. What Wikipedia is not Cnyborg 12:29, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep.or maybe merge --Gearspring 00:52, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. While I agree with the Wikipedia policy quoted by the nominator, I think we have to consider the big picture.  While we could merge the list with Harry Potter fandom, that article is already very long.  Given the depth of coverage of Harry Potter in Wikipedia – there are literally hundreds of articles – a centralized list of external links which is incorporated into the structure of the series articles is the most efficient and comprehendible solution.  Anything else will be worse for Wikipedia. -- DS1953 16:21, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as explained by DS1953 Kappa 17:05, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and move to List of Harry Potter-related websites. --Gabriel Beecham/Kwekubo 17:48, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see why this can't be merged back into Harry Potter fandom. If the explanations about the sites are kept short and put on the same line as the link this could take very little space. If merging isn't performed, I vote keep and rename and like to see a note at the top explaining why this list of links has been seperated from the article. - Mgm|(talk) 18:25, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete with force. Are we writing an encyclopedia or a web directory? --Pjacobi 18:29, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Gateman1997 20:11, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or change WP:NOT to say that we are trying to duplicate Google. Zoe 20:17, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete, regardless of Potter's popularity Wikipedia is not a repository of links. Merge some of the more popular with Harry Potter fandom and delete. K1Bond007 21:07, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is neither Google nor the Open Directory Project. --Carnildo 22:06, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete As above --PhilipO 22:57, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Seems perfectly clear. As noted by nominator, a) Wikipedia articles are not mere collections of external links or Internet directories. That's been in WP:NOT in various forms for at least two years. b) This page is a mere list of links. Ergo, this page is not a Wikipedia article. Which form of syllogism is that? Celarent? Dpbsmith (talk) 23:43, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep If you don't like people splitting articles, challenge the policy that a size warning comes up when they hit a few thousand words. Osomec 02:22, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:ISNOT a webdirectory, doesn't matter how popular the topic. If there were that many links in another article, the list should have been kept where it was an mercilessly pruned. -Splash 02:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP is not etc.  -Sean Curtin 02:59, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a web directory.  All these links should just be listed under external links in the main Harry Potter page.  (Notorious4life 04:36, 19 August 2005 (UTC))
 * Delete. were not a web directory Fledgeling 04:39, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, don't merge elsewhere. -- Norvy (talk) 06:16, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Just a list of external links. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:47, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong delete, per WP:NOT. Proto t c 09:49, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. We are not a web directory.  Tempshill 17:44, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * delete, a selection should already be on the main articles. --TimPope 07:59, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - we're not a fansite --fpo 18:36, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
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