Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of LGBT community and student centres in the United Kingdom


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 22:30, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

List of LGBT community and student centres in the United Kingdom

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Wikipedia is not an address book. Wikipedia lists are lists of articles, not of everything that can be listed. Staszek Lem (talk) 17:11, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete A list of non-notable items.  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:35, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Each of those items could have an article, and some do, it's a question of turning more of the list items into articles. Keeping in mind that per WP:LISTPUR, lists shouldn't be primarily for future development of articles. Just like the list of Four-String Banjo Hall of Famers that you can find here. Or the list of centuries here. (I question the usefulness of that one, since it seems to be useful to readers who are innumerate.) Anyway, the community centres are key to the LGBT community for many reasons (geographically dispersed members have a safe place to meet, health and recreation services can be available, job-finding and training services for youth, shelter for homeless LGBT youth, and more) making them notable places, much like a union hall would be to a workers' organization, or cathedrals for Catholics. Some have historic significance in their cities.OttawaAC (talk) 21:32, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:04, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - Pretty much a textbook example of a directory, which is something that Wikipedia is not. If this is retained the "Now Closed" listings should be pared away. Carrite (talk) 02:02, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: fails standalone list criteria; WP is not a directory; none of the entries have articles.– Lionel (talk) 04:28, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Shame this stuff couldn't be speedied. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 04:49, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR--William Thweatt Talk | Contribs 01:12, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Textbook WP:NOTDIR; worthy cause though it may be, this is not the place for it. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 16:19, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per WP:CRYSTAL. It appears that this list is not ready; certainly when sources could be found, then it would be notable.  I can't see how any reasonable person would say this list is random. Bearian (talk) 18:33, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Reluctant Delete: Most entries are not notable enough to survive an entry on their own. I agree with OttawaAC that such a list is useful and important to any LGBT person, particularly if they've got no-one else to turn to, but I don't think Wikipedia is the place to put it. -- Ritchie333  (talk)  16:17, 6 June 2012 (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.