Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U S state capitals and states that have the same first letter

This page is an archive of the discussion surrounding the proposed deletion of the page entitled List of U.S. state capitals and states that have the same first letter, and additionally List of U.S. state capitals that end in polis.

This page is kept as an historic record.

The result of the debate was to delete the article.

I don't know, but is this page really necessary? It seems a bit too trivial to be in Wikipedia. Denelson83  21:49, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Trivia is nice...this isn't.  Delete. - Lucky 6.9 21:53, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Pointless, everything that can be put in there has already been, and the content is fairly useless. Beelzebubs 21:55, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Oy. Delete.  RickK 22:17, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just silly Satori 01:37, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I do know, this page isn't really necessary, and to call it "trivial" elevates it to a higher level than it deserves. Anyone interested in the answer to this uninteresting question can determine it in about fifteen seconds visually by scanning a list of state capitals. Dpbsmith 23:49, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Can we also add List of U.S. state capitals that end in polis? RickK 22:38, 18 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Keep. It's not the strangest list on Wikipedia. Snowspinner 22:56, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, along with the article RickK suggested. There's already a list of the state capitols.  This is just riddiculous. --Starx 23:54, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even sillier.  Satori 01:37, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The editor in me asked, "The same first letter as what?"  Upon reading, I get it now, and I want it deleted.  Moncrief 02:07, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Some trivia is interesting. This is not. Delete, along with the 'polis' list. -- Cyrius|&#9998 02:10, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete them both. I can't believe someone was silly enough to create these ridiculous articles. -- Dominus 02:30, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete both. These are pointless lists (stress on the pointless, not the list). Average Earthman 12:11, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
 * I generally support lists, but even I say delete these two. MK 15:45, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. A pointless list that is unlikely to ever have more than two items. The other list is pretty useless too. &mdash;Mulad 20:04, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Anyone interested in the answer to this second, equally uninteresting question can determine it in about five seconds visually by glancing briefly at a list of state capitals. SAAAAYYYY, I just had an idea. How about a "list of state capitals that have the same name as their state?" How about a "list of state capitals whose states have postal abbreviations that are exactly two letters long?" How about a "list of difficult-to-remember state capitals?" Oooh, oooh, back in a minute, I've got some articles to write! Dpbsmith 23:49, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
 * How about "List of state capitals whose last two letters are the same as their state's postal abbreviation"? Albany, New York and maybe Topeka, Kansas MK 05:38, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
 * The abbreviation for Kansas is KS. -- Cyrius|&#9998 06:08, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Comedic license. MK 16:17, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
 * But it wasn't funny. Moncrief 18:24, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Tough crowd. MK 05:24, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
 * delete stupid trivia --Jiang 01:00, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
 * I was going to say delete both, but I fear they will keep getting recreated. Maybe a better long-term solution would be to merge/redir into a more general article titled something like "US state capitol trivia", which might grow into something interesting/encyclopedic. Niteowlneils 17:51, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Trivia--encyclopaedic--how, exactly? Delete. -- Cymydog Naakka 07:51, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

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