Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of firearm brands


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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. Non-admin closure. § FreeRangeFrog croak 18:30, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

List of firearm brands

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A short and incomplete list of firearm brands that is better covered by Category:Firearm brands and some actual prose in the firearm article. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 06:44, 22 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NOTDUP. Having a list article for the same topic as a category is (per WP:NOTDUP) "...considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative." Furthermore, per WP:NOTDUP, "...arguing that a category duplicates a list (or vice versa) at a deletion discussion is not a valid reason for deletion and should be avoided." Makes sense, because categories cannot be sourced or elaborated upon, while articles can. Since the Firearm article is rather lengthy, this is a reasonable WP:SPINOFF of it. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:47, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Northamerica1000. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 13:02, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Northamerica1000. G_PViB (talk) 13:13, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak delete: Would have been worth keeping if the individual brands were classified in a somewhat logical way -RoseL2P (talk) 13:46, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep in agreement with Northamerica1000 -- No unique  names  16:02, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * keep Well defined list, no conflict between having a category and a list, as not all companies may be notable enough for a stand alone article, but could be members of the list. Gaijin42 (talk) 16:11, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. This list doesn't duplicate a category because it contains more information about each brand than a category would have. As such, it's a good list. The fact that the list could be improved by having some logical classification scheme isn't a reason to delete. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:28, 22 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Withdraw as nominator. It is substantially changed from when I nominated it for deletion. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 17:46, 22 December 2012 (UTC)


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