Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fiction books about Montana


 * 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 delete. Liz Read! Talk! 23:30, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

List of fiction books about Montana

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A completely unsourced list, with vague inclusion criteria. While there may be sources out there discussing the depiction of Montana in fiction, the specific topic of "fiction books related to the state of Montana" fails WP:LISTN. Almost every book listed here is non-notable itself, with only a few of them actually having their own articles on Wikipedia, and the list has not been maintained since its creation in 2009. I initially WP:PRODed it, before realizing that it had already had a contested PROD shortly after its creation, so I am bringing it to AFD. Rorshacma (talk) 22:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature, Lists,  and Montana. Rorshacma (talk) 22:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Other than the authors' names, it doesn't do anything better than Category:Novels set in Montana, which is also much more complete. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:16, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment The list could have a use but right now it does not meet our WP:LISTN guideline. Lightburst (talk) 01:41, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Category:Novels set in Montana includes books which are clearly fictional such as Jurassic Park (novel). But the list article doesn't have any of these 42 books in it.  It instead list books without their own Wikipedia articles.  Unless someone wants to redo the article properly, it has no reason to exist.  Having everything in that category in a list format with columns to list additional information about each book would make a valid list if anyone wanted to do it.   D r e a m Focus  06:33, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete It is time to rid ourselves of unsourced lists. I think there also needs to be a realization that "set in" and "about" are not the same thing.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:20, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe not, but there's a large overlap. Few novels about Montana wouldn't also be set there. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:27, 16 July 2022 (UTC)


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