Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Taunton, Massachusetts businesses


 * 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 delete - Liberatore(T) 17:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

List of Taunton, Massachusetts businesses
wikipedia is not the yellow pages Hirudo 12:44, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yikes, where to start?  Listcruft, Masscruft, a bunch of links alone, and pretty farkin' non-notable.  RGTraynor 16:36, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, and pretty much every sub-article linked there could have it's own AfD. I didn't check every single one, but there are alot that fall below WP:CORP from the looks of it.--Isotope23 19:12, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia is a reference work, and things like this aren't always simple to compile from public databases. Best to leave it in the hands of locals.  -- AlexWCovington  (talk) 01:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per my own comments on the discussion page. No other cities in Mass, much less the rest of the country or the world appear to have the honor of a page like this for them. Consider also that most of it is just a nice long list of red links. Unbelievably non-notable. Keeping this would invite someone to make an article of 'Names of people who live on my street'. 24.62.27.66 01:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom and per list criteria at WP:NOT. See also: listcruft, redlinkcruft and cruftmagnet. Kappa really lets rip when he pulls up the current prods page, shame because it's otherwise a great system...  Dei zio  01:33, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Valid list; cited sources. Listcruft is not a criterion for deletion. Masscruft is not a criterion for deletion. Wikipedia asserts that it is not various things, but it does not assert that it is not the yellow pages. Fg2 01:52, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment It does assert that it is WP:NOT for mere collections of external links, internal links or Internet directories. That's policy. There is zero context here, except for a (likely POV) labelling of some businesses as "prominent".  Dei zio  02:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep, I don't think I would find a list of notable businesses founded in Taunton in the yellow pages. Kappa 01:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment, I'm a bit perplexed how a list full of businesses that fail WP:CORP has any value at all and could be considered "notable". By what criteria? Also, list is "selective"... it is a completely arbitrary set of businesses picked by the author. Where is the local McDonalds?  Doesn't Tauton have a Walmart?  Local restaurants?  What is so damn special about these particular businesses?--Isotope23 03:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The article doesn't claim or show notability for most of those businesses. Hirudo 04:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete with extreme predjudice. Wikipedia may not assert that it's not the yellow pages, but it doesn't assert that it's not a fish or a bicycle either.  -- RoySmith (talk) 01:16, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: No kidding; neither has Jimbo Wales personally asserted that Wikipedia is not explicitly for a subjective listing of some business that might be notable in a small Massachusetts city.  There are just times when common sense should prevail over rules lawyering.  RGTraynor 13:44, 24 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete, as above "wikipedia is not the yellow pages". San Saba 10:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, 'cruft and not notable.--Cini 16:35, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge the first section on Taunton-based business into Taunton, Massachusetts, then delete the fluff. Sahasrahla 02:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Eusebeus 11:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per Isotope FloNight   talk  10:59, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep > Cleanup Could be useful if made NPOV. Startup account 20:03, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - what next - a description of every person living in Helions Bumpstead, Essex? - Runcorn 22:15, 26 April 2006 (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.