Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of books by genre or type


 * 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 No consensus It is clear that all parties are thinking non-trivially about this article. It occurs to me that there are a number of other solutions than those that were expressed during this discussion. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

List of books by genre or type

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This is a mere list of links without any criteria for inclusion, and is not useful for navigation. This would be much better served with a category than an article. Phirazo 18:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I disagree with Phirazo on both counts: there are clear criteria for inclusion in the parent list (which is the one he nominated), namely that a list of books of a certain genre or type is linked within this article. Some of the child lists are poorly designed, but that's a separate problem.  I also think that a good system of lists can help with navigation.  One advantage of lists, evident in this collection, is that lists can include items which don't have Wikipedia articles, and can provide additional information not accessible in the category format.  For an example of a good "meta" list, see List of mathematics lists. Shalom Hello 19:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. This is far too indiscriminate for a list, and would be better served as a category. VanTucky  (talk) 20:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree with VanTucky, this is much better suited to being a category. Impossible to maintain as a list. Irishjp 11:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment this duplicates the category. 132.205.44.5 22:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Navigation aid, not intended to be enjoyable reading. Mandsford 00:21, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I dont know what can be meant by saying this is impossible to maintain--perhaps those saying that have not looked at the actual article--it does not contain all the books, it contains a short list of other articles. In practice, it supplements the category. The list system is an alternate means of navigation, and there has been no decision to abandon it in general; this remains necessary for organizing and navigating it. DGG (talk) 10:13, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - needed for navigation, - Peregrine Fisher 17:49, 4 August 2007 (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.