Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of droughts


 * 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. Withdrawn by the nominator with no outstanding delete !votes (non-admin closure). Anupmehra - Let's talk!  23:14, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

List of droughts

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This is a very unusual "disambiguation" page and I can't see how it's useful. DexDor (talk) 20:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to withdraw this AFD now that the page is a list. DexDor (talk) 18:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean. There are two different types of drought, one in sport and the other having to do with water. There are two different places to get information on either of those, so I made a disambugiation page.  The alternative is to make a redirect and put a hatnote on the target for the meaning which is less commonly used. -- Beland (talk) 20:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * There aren't AFAIK pages titled anything like List of droughts (hydrology) or List of droughts (sport) so why would a dab page be needed ? DexDor (talk) 20:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Keep it, and make a few edits to turn it into a proper list of actual hydrological-type droughts for now.  There are lots of specifically notable droughts in history, including ones in ancient Egypt.  It is a notable list-topic, there are many notable droughts that have articles (see Category:Droughts) and having an explicit list will complement the categories.  See wp:CLT about how Lists and Categories and navigation Templates are complementary.  If there is a category, there can be a list.  There is no need for disambiguation, however, as there are not multiple pages titled "List of droughts".  I am not sure if sports droughts are notable topics, but if there is a category of them, then possibly a list of such droughts could also be created.  If and when that happens, then add a hatnote to link to it.  But just because the current version of "List of droughts" is not useful, doesn't mean it is not a valid topic.  It is an obviously valid topic. -- do  ncr  am  21:34, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep as a disambiguation page though definitely needs a bit of polish. Looks clunky as is. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:45, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, unless those voting to keep actually expend some elbow grease to improve this. But in any case, this is not a legitimate disambiguation page. older ≠ wiser 22:16, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 01:21, 9 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment. Okay, per my comment above and others' comments, I have gone ahead and edited the article to make it into a proper list-article of droughts, meaning the no-water kind.  It is no longer a disambiguation page;  there is a hatnote pointing to athletic game series lists.  There is a Wikiproject subproject for Droughts!  I added that to the Talk page.  There are currently no sources included in the list-article but it is legit;  linked articles do have sources.  People can mark the current list-article to call for sources or whatever, but it is a legit as a list-article corresponding to categories of droughts, per wp:CLT.  I think this AFD could be closed now as Keep. -- do  ncr  am  01:41, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. The page as originally nominated was not a valid disambiguation page, and would have been eligible for deletion, in my view.  However, doncram's substantive work has converted this to a list that appears wholly deserving of retention (and further development). Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 02:38, 9 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per the changes to the article by User:Doncram, the article is no longer a disambiguation page and is now acceptable per WP:NOTDUP relative to Category:Droughts. NorthAmerica1000 04:16, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:24, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:26, 9 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep As it stands now, it is a perfectly reasonable, policy-compliant list of notable droughts. -- cyclopia speak! 17:04, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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