Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Provisional IRA dead


 * 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 was delete. postdlf (talk) 01:06, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

List of Provisional IRA dead

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There is a long-standing tradition, especially on Troubles-related articles, of not including lists of the dead on Wikipedia. The policy cited in support of not including such lists is WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Discussions have taken place on many previous occasions, on various different articles, including, e.g., here, here, here, and here. A common theme of such discussions is that whatever about listing or naming people in prose within specific articles, articles devoted to the dead are definitely not to be included. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:59, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  12:11, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Strongly in agreement with the nom, despite the possibility that some of the deaths are notable, lists such as this should be avoided per WP:NOT. &Alpha; Guy into Books &trade;  &sect; ( Message ) -  13:06, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:02, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep - As a collection of blue links, this has valid navigational purpose. Carrite (talk) 01:31, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * , not seeing how that trumps policy, but in any case, List of members of the Irish Republican Army and Category:Provisional Irish Republican Army members both already exist and are both far more comprehensive. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 14:53, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The fact that the Category is fuller than the article is an editing matter. That it exists at all indicates that this list does indeed have a valid navigational function. Carrite (talk) 14:57, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:27, 22 September 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete an inherently POV-pushing list.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:40, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Winged Blades of Godric On leave 03:32, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: per the nominator's convincing comment on the precedent of which I was unaware. Ironically, the oxygen of publicity may be about to run out.  But yeah, it fails both stand-alone list guidelines and Wikipedia is not a memorial.    Dr Strauss   talk   14:17, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Because of the nature of this list, it does not conform to our neutral point of view policy. For people in the IRA, there are much better and more comprehensive categories and lists that discuss the subject. Thus, this list should be deleted. RileyBugz 会話 投稿記録  14:56, 1 October 2017 (UTC)


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