Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Primary Route Destinations in Wiltshire

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The result of the debate was delete -- Joolz 23:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

List of Primary Route Destinations in Wiltshire
Just a collection of links to pages on Wiltshire's larger towns. Not an article, and all of these are linked (logically) from the Wiltshire article anyway. Grutness...  wha?  04:21, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this not-an-article. It doesn't even have a sentence!  It really is nothing but a list, and a list solely of links at that.  Which makes it in violation of WP:NOT Sec. 1.5.2, which explicitly bans this sort of non-article.  Even if content did show up in this, it's still redundant to the Wiltshire article, which is closer to  The Perfect Article than a list could ever be, and thus would still need to be deleted in favor of the better article.  The Literate Engineer 04:58, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:NOT which explicitly permits this kind of list. Kappa 05:14, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Explicitly permits this kind of list? Would that be in the part I cited, which states "Wikipedia articles are not Mere collections of internal links, except for disambiguation pages when an article title is ambiguous, and for structured lists to assist with the organisation of articles," which exception does not apply here?  Or are you suggesting that this slip in under the "reference tables and tabular information for quick reference" exception in 1.7.2, about Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics?  I disagree with the application of that exception as well, as I feel there's a degree of utility required to qualify as a reference table (for instance, an SI/Imperial conversion table) that this doesn't have.  And as this is a loose association of Wiltshire locations, I'd say it qualifies as a 1.7.2 violation.  The Literate Engineer 05:34, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * "structured lists to assist with the organisation of articles" Kappa 06:05, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly how does this list of towns that appear as destinations on road signs help organize articles? Pilatus 16:05, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not an encyclopedic article. And what the heck does "primary route destinations" mean?  Zoe 05:43, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * The British Roads FAQ has a paragraph on that. Pilatus 15:01, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I stubbed it, not knowing what to do with it, not having the guts to go for AFD.  Now that someone has, though, I support it.  Thank you for being bold when I wasn't. Paul 06:00, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * S'alright. Don't be afraid to be bold in circumstances like this! Grutness...  wha? 
 * Delete, WP:NOT censored for the protection of minors. Sorry, I misinterpreted WP:NOT. Sdedeo 07:34, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete The much more useful List of Primary Route Destinations in the United Kingdom links to this page but is itself being discussed for merging. If that page is merged, then this page is most properly deleted. Even if that page survives, while I take Kappa's point on "structured lists to assist with the organisation of articles", I don't see that this context-free page adds useful structuration potential.  Note also that it's one of 47 lists which should presumably be treated similarly to it.Dlyons493 08:57, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Very useful list. --Tony Sidaway Talk  09:24, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * delete useless list --TimPope 10:20, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Original source material (that's what this is) doesn't belong here. Pilatus 13:30, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete already covered in Wiltshire which actually provides context. No need to break out. If you need to find something about Wiltshire, in my opinion the article about the area is the first place to look for it.) - Mgm|(talk) 14:17, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Duplicated by Category:Towns in Wiltshire.
 * Delete - and there are about 50 of these centered around List of Primary Route Destinations in the United Kingdom, all of which should be similarly deleted. ESkog 18:32, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As Mgm said, this seems to duplicate the information found here. If kept, needs to be moved to a less Byzantine and properly capitalized name. Fernando Rizo T/C 18:48, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This isn't an article: it's a contextless list of links to other articles. -Splash 21:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Splash.  (Was that rude?) Nandesuka 01:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per What_Wikipedia_is_not.  Kappa, where exaclty do you think this policy "explicitly permits" pages which lists five place names, with no context or commentary?---CH  (talk) 23:35, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, seeing no reason to believe that this list "assists in the organisation of" anything at all. Barno 20:20, 12 September 2005 (UTC)


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