Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling, Alberta


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The result was no consensus. Please consider alternatives to deletion such as merging or renaming/refocusing. postdlf (talk) 15:22, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling, Alberta

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This list is largely filled with attractions, landmarks and events that are not notable, lacking significant coverage beyond the local area, and therefore not notable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. It appears to be a vehicle for promoting tourism in this very small community. WP:NOTDIR applies. Also, though there is no minimum population requirement, a list of this nature for a village of barely 1,000 residents is unprecedented on Wikipedia. Compare it with the others in Category:Lists of tourist attractions by city. There are over 100 urban communities in Alberta that are more populous than this one without similar sub-articles. Only Alberta's two largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton, have equivalents. Entries that truly do meet WP:GNG can be merged into Stirling, Alberta. Perhaps lists like this are more appropriate for the sister project, WikiVoyage. Hwy43 (talk) 02:16, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: Above amended by nominator (in italics) on Oct-8. Hwy43 (talk) 13:09, 8 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Hwy43 (talk) 02:46, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * A List of historic places in Stirling, Alberta could potentially be a legitimate thing, if the individual buildings listed have any specific and properly sourceable historic designation — there's no minimum population size criterion on that type of list, but merely a "there are enough things to list" criterion. But if you're adding random and subjectively-chosen and not especially historic entries like miniputt courses and information kiosks and fish ponds and restaurants and community BBQ festivals, then indeed you're crossing the line that separates an appropriately encyclopedic list of notable things from an indiscriminate tourism directory. The fact that the town has a heritage designation does not mean that we need to maintain a list of every single individual thing that exists in that town, if some or most of those things have nothing to do with why the town has that status. If there are enough buildings or sites in the town with actual designated historic status in their own right, then move this to List of historic places in Stirling, Alberta, retaining only the designated entries and stripping anything else — but if there's only a low-single-digits number of such sites, then just list them in List of historic places in Alberta and Stirling, Alberta and delete this. Bearcat (talk) 15:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America1000 22:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:29, 16 October 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor Talk! 02:28, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep This locality is recognised as a National Historic Site and so its features are of special interest. Consideration of particular entries and the structuring of the information are matters for ordinary editing, not deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 16:00, 23 October 2015 (UTC)


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