Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional witches


 * 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. - Mailer Diablo 17:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

List of fictional witches

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I am completing an incomplete afd nomination. Abstain Iamunknown 20:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep, a common theme in literature and art. This list contains notable examples. Tarinth 21:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as nominator - originally part of mass nom at Articles for deletion/List of fictional actors. These are indiscriminate lists drawing largely unrelated articles from a wide variety of genres, difficult if not impossible to maintain and will never aproach completeness. Otto4711 23:32, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Witches in fiction are widely present, and a category wouldn't cover all possible witches. FrozenPurpleCube 23:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy close. This is a relisting and lacks an explanation for deletion. Keep as per extensive discussion at Articles for deletion/List of fictional actors. -- User:Docu
 * The only reason this is a "relisting" is because someone took it upon him/herself to break up an existing nomination. It is disingenuous in the extreme to suggest closure on that basis and quite frankly your cherry-picking the listings you want speedily closed does not speak well of your motivation. The reason for the nomination is right there in my comments as nominator and stating that there is no explanation is just flat out not true. As for the discussion at the previous nom, a number of those voicing opinions called for keep/close only because of the mass nature of the nomination. It's ridiculous to claim that those procedural !votes constitute consensus on every article individually. Otto4711 05:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It may not be a relisting. See this subpage for an explanation &mdash; Iamunknown 05:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. Nothing arbitary or unmaintainable about this list. The suggestion that a list is only appropriate if it can become complete is bizarre. (Disagree with a speedy close, though. Lots of us at the mass nomination objected to the fact that it was a mass nomination so this separate listing is procedurally correct.) AndyJones 08:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy close without prejudice. Nominator gives no rationale for this proposal. —Psychonaut 12:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The nom does give a rationale; see Otto's first post &mdash; Iamunknown 05:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Convert to category, that's what categories are for. A conversion is no loss of information.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  16:10, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The work the witch appears in would be lost. Amazing how often categories and lists are confused. -- User:Docu


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.