Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of books by title


 * 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 procedural close of group nomination by consensus in order to list these unrelated pages separately. Requesting nominator to provide separate nominations. &#9679;DanMS • Talk 00:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

List of books by title

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Mmm... all these articles here:

Pure Listcruft, unmanageable if comprehensive. See similar AfDs at Articles for deletion/List of Portuguese books by title and Articles for deletion/List of black rock musicians David Fuchs( talk ) 12:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * These lists are not substantially identical in my opinion, other than being long lists of media, and I don't agree with grouping them together. But my opinions are: Delete List of books by title, Lists of films, List of magazines, and List of poems as articles that would be much better as categories (the former is especially unmaintainable). Delete List of book titles taken from literature as pointless cruft. Keep List of newspapers, as the newspapers available in a country is encyclopedic information. Propaniac 13:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment, yeah perhaps these articles should be taken separately rather than lumping them all together. Some could be categorized (especially List of books by title).  Useight 15:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * close too many articles in one bundle, in particular lists of films is an entirely different article from the others. It's not appropriate to throw things together, that just leads to too much confusion.  FrozenPurpleCube 16:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Close and seperate The grouping on this AfD is too broad. I think List of books by title, starting with List of books by title: 0-9 through List of books by title: Z should be one AfD, the lists of films by letter and number (starting with List of films: numbers through List of films: X-Y-Z should be one AfD, and then separate AfDs for List of magazines, List of newspapers, List of poems, List of book titles taken from literature.  My opinion if this doesn't close as separate AfDs is delete, this is what categories are for, Wikipedia is not a collection of links. --Phirazo 17:11, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment List of newspapers and List of magazines should be kept, as they are seperated by country, and thus a useful navigation aid. --Phirazo 17:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Useful doesn't make a list any less unwieldy or crufty, and is hardly a reason to keep any article at all. David Fuchs( talk ) 21:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * comment useful navigation is definitely one of the functions of lists. See WP:LISTS DGG (talk) 00:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Close and separate discussions. "List of books" and "List of Poems" should be deleted as impossible-to-maintain listcruft, but the others aren't so clear cut. Realkyhick 17:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that even they should be lumped together, since the poem list does specify that it's only a list for poems that have articles, while the books list apparently intends to list every single book ever. As said above, I think both should be deleted, but separately, since they have different criteria. Propaniac 18:31, 30 July 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.