Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of city nicknames in the United States (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep, nomination withdrawn. WjBscribe 22:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

List of city nicknames in the United States (2nd nomination)

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Nominating this in line with a related AfD Articles for deletion/List of city nicknames. This article easily passed a previous deletion debate and as such I was reluctant to renominate it, but it seemed logical to do given the related AfD. I do have to say this article still suffers from having virtually NO sources or references whatsoever, and is still a list of trivial information.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 16:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete this one too -- see my comments in the previous AfD. Poorly sourced and vulnerable to people putting in their own comments about whatever city they want to promote or disparage.  Is there a source that says Minneapolis is "The Present Day Underground Hip Hop Capital Of The World"?  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 16:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Reply: I went through the first couple dozen cities as a sample, and virtually every one had a readily available source to document the name. A little group effort and there's no reason that this article couldn't have several hundred sources. Ready to chip in? Alansohn 03:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Useful article that would benefit greatly from more thorough sourcing. Apply fact tags, as needed, to obtain additional sources. There was a clear (and near unanimous) consensus that this article was notable at the previous AfD, and there is no reason that this has changed since. Alansohn 17:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - as a case in point, since nominating this article 5 more unsourced nicknames for NYC have been added. As Elkman points out it's prone to people coming by and plopping their favorite nicknames down on this article without any regard for sourcing and verification - it's just a trivia repository.  As for applying fact tags for this article, the veritable forest of fact tags that would be strewn across the article would overwhelm it, because the entire thing is sourceless.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 21:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ridiculously strong keep. probably some sourcing needed, but this is a very interesting article. M1ss1ontom a rs2k4 (T 23:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Worthwhile list. Needs a little pruning but worthwhile. Fg2 01:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Encyclopedic. source it don't delete it. Carlossuarez46 02:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I know this has already been said, but looking at this list it's obvious this is a magnet for passing contributors to add any made-up nicknames to it. Most of the recent edits are from IP users. Plasticbottle 02:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, but please require sourcing for each and every item in the list. --Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 12:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to withrdaw this nomination in light of the work on sourcing now being done by Alansohn to give adequate time for further sourcing and work to be done on this article. The article should be reexamined after a sufficient amount of time, and I will have to renominate if it fails to meet standards, but if this work is indicative of future work for this article then there's no further reason to delete it.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 21:47, 29 March 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.