Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bombs


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) sst ✈(conjugate) 13:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

List of bombs

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No coherent classification; mixing types of bombs, individual bombs, and ingredients. The list of different weights is particularly bizarre and dates to 2009. I made an attempt to clean it up but reverted those changes as I'm not even sure what a "bomb" is anymore. Looking at the talk page comment from over six years ago, it seems like there's little chance of improvement here. Qzd (talk) 06:50, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:TNT. A list could be created, but this definitely isn't it. Yikes! Herbicide, atomic and logic bombs all lumped together? Why not throw in Howard the Duck too? Clarityfiend (talk) 09:54, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep It is our policy that pages may be imperfect and WP:TNT is not policy. For a demonstration that the topic passes WP:LISTN, see British standard bombs in the Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Andrew D. (talk) 12:29, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * That list has a much narrower scope than just "bombs". This article suffers inherently from WP:OVERCAT. Rather deletion, perhaps it should redirect to Lists of weapons (which incidentally does not include this list). For example, List of cars redirects to a more reasonable list of automobile articles. Qzd (talk) 00:01, 8 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  14:14, 7 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Reluctant keep: I can envision a list of "bombs", defined as "exploding weapon", as being notable, sourced and generally within the scope of WP:SAL. It would actually be a list of the types of bombs rather than the bombs themselves, though (unlike List of nuclear weapons which can aim at exhaustivity).
 * It would be a nightmare to maintain, and it is quite far from the current article, but that means standard editorial process and talk page discussion, not deletion. WP:TNT is only an essay, and I would apply it only to case where the article to be created is on a different subject despite sharing the same title (say, if the current articles was a list of occurences of a football move). Tigraan (talk) 16:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Weak keep It needs a lot of work, but if done properly could be quite encyclopedic and useful reference article, but poor quality as it stands.  Aoziwe (talk) 13:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:37, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:37, 12 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment. Pretty useless as it is. Best approach might be to move to List of explosive devices and limit to entries that fit that description. At present it's just a list of bombs, explosive materials, and things with 'bomb' in the name, which is not coherent enough for a list. --Michig (talk) 08:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC)


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