Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of abbreviations in the CIA World Factbook


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The result was   delete. Aervanath (talk) 17:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

List of abbreviations in the CIA World Factbook

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Wikipedia is WP:NOT a WP:DIRECTORY, or WP:NOTMANUAL of another organization's abbreviations. Most on the list are simply copied from. Reywas92 Talk 18:27, 19 January 2009 (UTC) *Question Maybe a silly question, but if this is what's available online, I'm not seeing a list of abbreviations easily accessible. I'm asking, because accessibility to such a list might be useful for those interested in CIA terminology (in which abbreviations, or, probably more accurately, acronyms, figure prominently). J L G 4 1 0 4 23:45, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree - the page is pointless for an encyclopedia. Delete (or perhaps remove everything but the redlinks and move to somebody's user/project space as a list of potential encyclopedic articles). - Mike Rosoft (talk) 18:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete--that is one long list, and reads like a directory. Drmies (talk) 19:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Know why the authors of the CIA World Factbook put this list online? So nobody else would have to.  Mandsford (talk) 21:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oops, didn't see the link above, to the appendix, which features the acronyms/abbreviations. J L G 4 1 0 4  23:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:05, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Selectively merge the list contents into List of acronyms and initialisms, then delete the page. A document-specific list of abbreviations belongs in the document, not in an encyclopedia. However, the abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms may themselves be worthy of doucmentation here. Most of the acronyms and initialisms appearing on this list are already on the suggested merge target list, but some of the entries might be useful additions to add to the larger list of acronyms and initialisms. --Orlady (talk) 20:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  Aitias   // discussion 00:00, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not the CIA Factbook's appendix. -Atmoz (talk) 00:10, 25 January 2009 (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.