Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of airports in Canada

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List of airports in Canada

 * delete: this page is redundant with Category:Airports of Canada. There are over 1,200 registered airports in Canada, and probably a couple of thousand more unregistered ones, so it makes no sense to try to maintain a list by hand.  The category is updated automatically whenever a new airport is added.  I've also vfd'd the parent page, List of airports. David 13:21, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * keep: as the original nominator, I think there's a clear consensus here that people like maintaining a list, so there's no point dragging out this process. I'm going to suggest adding a pointer to Category:Airports of Canada at the top of the article (not as a see-also at the bottom), and also encourage the list to be broken down further into regions.  Is it proper wikipedia etiquette for me to remove my vfd, or should I wait until a moderate closes this discussion?  David 16:37, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)


 * Keep Manually maintained lists are very useful, especially in pointing out where articles are missing. They tell us what articles need to be added. There are all kinds of other lists that have an equivalent category, e.g. lists of communities in each province, lists of highways by province, etc. Are we going to delete them all? Luigizanasi 16:18, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If we keep, how should we divide it up? There are about 1,200 registered airports in Canada, and maybe twice as many unregistered ones.  That might be too long for a single Wikipedia article.  David 23:21, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * They could be split up by province/territory, like highways are. Take a look at List of Canadian highways by province Luigizanasi 04:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That's the way the category is divided up. Note that big provinces like Ontario still have hundreds of airports to list.  David 16:34, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)


 * Keep. Delete nominator. -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 22:06, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. List is notable. --YUL89YYZ 08:53, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)


 * AFAIK, "redundant with category" has never been a valid reason to delete a list; categories and lists serve related but distinct purposes. A list, for one thing, can contain redlinks that point a user to articles that still need to be written; a category can't. Keep. Bearcat 21:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --[[Image:Ottawa flag.png|20px]] Spinboy 00:36, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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