Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of United States wireless communications service providers


 * 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 KEEP. postdlf (talk) 14:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

List of United States wireless communications service providers

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 * Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY and is sort of spamish. Also, it is pretty far removed from what is expected in an encyclopaedia. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:07, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Per WP:AFDFORMAT, nomination already implies that the nominator recommends deletion (unless indicated otherwise), and nominators should refrain from repeating this recommendation on a separate bulleted line. It's a little confusing the way you wrote your rationale, I had to go into the page history to see that you were the nom. - SudoGhost 23:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Which of the seven forbidden types of directory is this list an example of? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 23:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)


 * It is the "spirit" of WP:NOTDIRECTORY and the "spirit of what WP is. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:23, 20 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - "Sort of spamish" is easily solved through editing, that's not a reason for deletion. This article is "pretty far removed from what is expected in an encyclopaedia", per what?  WP:NOTDIRECTORY doesn't apply here; this is not a product directory, changelog, or sales catalog.  There is sometimes a fine line between what someone considers a "list" and a "directory", but this article does not cross that line anymore than other lists would. - SudoGhost 23:30, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per WP:LISTPURP, a useful article for navigating Wikipedia. See also: Wiki is not paper. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - an essential topic. Savidan 03:57, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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