Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional towns and villages (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep.  Sandstein  09:48, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

List of fictional towns and villages
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Mostly WP:OR and unreferenced fictional cruft. There are a number of other satellite pages that are equally as crufty.



Their names are incorrect as well, as most of them also list cities. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 02:48, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Comment It could be better organized. --Foia req (talk) 04:57, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep List of fictional towns in literature especially, because the places depicted in literature are relevant, and most those listed have articles. It is only WP:OR as you say because it is not yet referenced. Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 08:05, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Usually I'm more of a deletionist kind of editor. I don't like seeing long, unsourced "list of..." articles. For this one however, I don't feel that way. There are plenty of fictional places that have been written extensively about, and there are already several sources there. I am in favor of trimming any OR/synth material in this article though. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 10:40, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. bd2412  T 12:58, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep with the recommendation to remove any entries that aren't blue-linked. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:26, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. List-items do not need to be individually notable so having no link is okay, or having a redlink is okay, as long as the item is supported by reliable sourcing.  As for the List of fictional counties (also at AFD), having a list-article actually helps to head off creation of separate articles about marginal topics.  This list-article seems like an excellent reference, a good use of Wikipedia. --Doncram (talk) 17:33, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Doncram. List items shouldn't need their own article provided they are reliably sourced. -- Whats new?(talk) 23:51, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep all valid topics for lists, the subjects are notable Atlantic306 (talk) 22:05, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Fictional places obviously satisfy LISTN. There is little or no original research: an extant work of fiction is a reliable source for its own contents. James500 (talk) 02:48, 5 July 2018 (UTC) I think an early close under WP:SNOW is in order, there being eight "keeps" and no opposition. James500 (talk) 23:39, 5 July 2018 (UTC)


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