Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of documents relating to the News International phone hacking scandal


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Lourdes  17:11, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

List of documents relating to the News International phone hacking scandal

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This appears to be an outstanding example of what Wikipedia is not, mostly as an indiscriminate collection of information. I certainly see why chose to split it out from News media phone hacking scandal reference lists, but I can't see why it (or, for that matter, the parent agglomeration) needs to be kept. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:38, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:53, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The New York Times and The Guardian refs are everywhere, a clear example of what is RS.--Biografer (talk) 21:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Merge into News International phone hacking scandal. Possibly delete if that article is too large for a merge to be feasible; it needs significant copy-editing by someone familiar with the matter. Power~enwiki (talk) 21:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep - important supporting article, merge would probably be unwieldy. Artw (talk) 00:23, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Nominator has apparently confused discriminate and indiscriminate. Jclemens (talk) 03:46, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * keep - chronological dating lists are very helpful. Lotje (talk) 14:05, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * keep This article is very helpful.--連綿 (talk) 06:26, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes this format is a little unusual, but is notable and verifiable.  It was a reasonable idea to calve this from the larger article, which is quite large.  --Lockley (talk) 00:18, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails LISTN, no indication that this list of documents as such has received coverage and is notable. The scandal is what's notable, and if this content is relevant it should be covered in that article.  Sandstein   05:00, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep – A valid WP:SPINOUT article that directly relates to the News International phone hacking scandal. The main article is at 226,970 bytes, and per WP:SIZERULE, articles over 100 kB "almost certainly should be divided". The main article is over double the recommended size for spinouts to occur. North America1000 06:22, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep, ordinarily I'd think this cruft, but it's a useful spinout from News International phone hacking scandal, which is an enormous article that would warrant inclusion of this if it weren't so long already. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:28, 15 June 2017 (UTC).


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