Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of amateur radio repeaters


 * 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 Speedy Delete per G7 by Allen3. (non-admin closure) MrKIA11 (talk) 15:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

List of amateur radio repeaters

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Wikipedia is not a directory Wtshymanski (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2009 (UTC)


 * This page is not a directory but a list. Lists are allowed and the scope of this list is appropriate for Wikipedia. Please read the the guidelines here: Stand-alone lists. See also WikiProject Lists and Stand-alone lists. --kf4yfd (talk) 19:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Delete - As KF4YFD states, this is not a directory page. This is a legitimate list, well within the scope of Wikipedia. There is absolutely no reason to remove this from the site.  It clearly specifies the criteria for a repeater's inclusion, and it's a useful list. It needs to stay. Having seen what's underneath, I'm inclined to agree with Chromacity. This could become a potentially unmaintainable list. Sorry! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 21:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC) edited 11:51, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 *  Keep . Encyclopedic, if currently very incomplete list. As a lapsed radio amateur myself, I would say that this is certainly worth keeping and expanding.--Michig (talk) 21:51, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Having looked at the sites below, I'm inclined to agree that this will be unmaintainable and too big a job to be worthwhile, so Delete seems the best option.--Michig (talk) 08:34, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. Repeater lists are notoriously hard to maintain, are out-of-date the moment they're published, and change frequently.  There are already plenty of lists far better than this attempt at one on the web anyway; see for example this one (which is publicly updatable), this one, and this one, and this one (which aggregates several other sources).  K5EHX alone has nearly 25,000 entries in his database; importing all this data into Wikipedia and keeping abreast of the changes and updates just from K5EHX would be a full-time task.  And none of these databases receives regular updates from any of the frequency coordinator bodies.  Sadly, I think this effort cannot be maintained at an acceptable encyclopedic quality, and as such the list should be deleted.  Chromaticity (talk) 23:51, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per Chromaticity. Such information is unmaintainable here. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 07:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Well the votes are in and everyone have a point. This list would become overly large and complicated fast as the number of repeaters is stupendous worldwide. I will find some other way to post such data. Many thanks to all. Delete     --kf4yfd (talk) 13:18, 9 August 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.