Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of buildings and structures in Metro Moncton


 * 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. After three weeks it's time to close this AfD, but there's nothing stopping editors from continuing the merge discussion on the talk page. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 16:10, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

List of buildings and structures in Metro Moncton

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Essentially useless page, as there is no practical way of listing "every building in Moncton" and the ones listed are unremarkable anyway. Ultimograph5 (talk) 22:59, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, but rename List of buildings and structures in Moncton, remove the unnotable entries and add entries from List of tallest buildings in Moncton. Also, Magnetic Hill is a geographical feature, not a structure. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:08, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:LISTCRUFT and WP:NOTGUIDE Acnetj (talk) 23:39, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 10:26, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nova Scotia-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 10:26, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per Clarityfiend, clearly viable as an index of articles complementary to Category:Buildings and structures in Moncton. The nominator is incorrect in believing the list has to include "every building in Moncton", and the sole delete !voter's comment has no substance to respond to. postdlf (talk) 13:29, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Merging into a parent article or combining with other lists as some of the below commenters have proposed would certainly be acceptable, but that's a question for normal editing and discussion to resolve. postdlf (talk) 15:39, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete; I was going to say "without prejudice against recreation of a narrower List of historic places in Moncton", but it turns out that list already exists. We do not routinely create lists of all buildings in all cities, or even all buildings that have Wikipedia articles — for one thing, categories do not always have to be directly paired with a corresponding list of the same contents, and for another, nominator is essentially correct that if we don't put a defined scope on the list's contents, then anybody can just come along and indiscriminately add any building to the list that exists at all. This list already includes at least one thing, Magnetic Hill, that is neither a building nor a structure at all, and numerous things that are very, very unlikely to ever qualify for Wikipedia articles. Lists of building need to be scoped to defined criteria, such as registered historic status — but again, that list already exists, so there's no need to repurpose this into it. Bearcat (talk) 20:10, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It's routine to limit lists to only notable examples, that's certainly a fixable issue. Beyond that, your argument seems to boil down to WP:SUSCEPTIBLE and WP:WEDONTNEEDIT. No one is ever compelled to create content of any kind, but once an editor does create permissible content, you do need a valid and compelling reason to go out of your way to have it deleted, and there has to be a demonstrated consensus for that result. postdlf (talk) 15:39, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:21, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:21, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment so let me get this straight, we presently have List of buildings and structures in Metro Moncton, List of tallest buildings in Moncton, and List of historic places in Moncton, too many for a metro area of around 150,000 people, suggest a Merge of all 3 articles into 1, say "List of Moncton Places". Coolabahapple (talk) 11:11, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge selectively into Greater Moncton. Clearly whoever has an interest in the area likes lists, but this one in particular seems indiscriminate. It's common for articles on towns and cities to list churches, schools and attractions (maybe in prose form) and most of the places on this list would be best mentioned in another way. Sionk (talk) 11:36, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 16:23, 13 July 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:59, 21 July 2018 (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.