Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Spain


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  19:55, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

List of cultural icons of Spain

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The discussion in Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Poland says it all. In addition, this article is next to unreferenced, unlike the Polish one. Staszek Lem (talk) 00:43, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 01:09, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:12, 10 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep Such lists by country are highly encyclopedic, if reliable sources exist which say "X, Y, and Z" are cultural icons of Country A". If you see a dubious or unreferenced entry tag it as needing a citation, or just be bold and delete it if you search and cannot find reliable sourcing for it. Edison (talk) 02:02, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete – I left remarks at the initial discussion Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Poland which I would like to fully apply here as well. I note that this particular list promises "encyclopedic" connections among the tuna pot, the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, and Penelope Cruz. SteveStrummer (talk) 05:46, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment So we should delete all articles which need editing? Edison (talk) 02:28, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep I still fail to see how these lists are unencyclopedic. Sources exist and the topic certainly makes for a good, high quality list. To address concerns mentioned above about how the list promises to make connections between "the tuna pot, the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, and Penelope Cruz", the connection is that they are claimed cultural icons of Spain. So long as they actually are cultural icons of Spain, their inclusion on the list is appropriate. (And if they are not cultural icons, then deleting those specific items makes more sense than deleting the entire article). Spirit of Eagle (talk) 01:28, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * So true, SoE, and thanks for the laugh. The "these things don't go together" argument is more than usually obtuse to the entirety of the process. Anarchangel (talk) 21:46, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  12:48, 18 July 2014 (UTC)


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