Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of foreign consulates in Edinburgh


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The result was Delete--Tone 11:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

List of foreign consulates in Edinburgh
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Trivial list per the precedent established here.  Merry  Christmas  from Sasha 05:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * As the creator of this article I'm not especially bothered whether it stays or not, it was created to remove a lot of the flab on the Edinburgh article. On the toss of a coin, I'd say keep Globaltraveller (talk) 13:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Consulates are very encyclopedic topics and are notable. Diplomatic missions in Edinburgh are particularly important as the new Scottish Parliament is located there and it is the government center of Scotland.  As for the previous AfD on consulates in different cities, see WP:ALLORNOTHING. --Oakshade (talk) 16:16, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you demonstrate why Edinburgh's list is less trivial than the list for state capitlas like Boston or provincial capitals like Quebec City, both of which were deleted in the Oklahoma City AFD.
 * I think that gigantic batch AfD was closed incorrectly (it looked like a "no consensus" actually) and some of the city listings, like Boston for example, should have been kept. --Oakshade (talk) 17:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Consulates are not embassies; they deal with commercial matters and the welfare of their citizens. Accordingly the existcne of the Scottish Parliament is totally irrelevant: Scotland is a nation, but not a sovereign nation.  Its foreign affairs are dealt with by the UK government, despite what the present Scottish executive would wish.  This is why there are no embasisies in Edinburgh, or in Oklaholma.  Consulates are all not particularly notable.  A list like this is a mere directory; it does not link to articles on indiviual consulates, articles that might not exist, which is the primary reason for having lists.  The Oklahoma precedent indicates deletion.  If Oakshade is unhappy with the precedent, he shoudl request a deletion review, not try have it reviewed here.  His unfamiliarity with the subject of Edinburgh is probably indicated by his choice of the speeling "center" not "centre".  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:13, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The usage of "center" was not as a proper noun, ie, Edinburgh International Conference Centre. If a British person wrote "The United Nations is a diplomatic centre of New York," I wouldn't be all immature and accuse that person of knowing nothing about New York because of their own cultural spelling of the word "center."  You're not helping your argument by frivolous, not to mention incorrect, attacks on editors who disagree with you. One improperly closed AfD does not set a precedent.  Wikipedia doesn't even do precedents; See the talk history of WP:OUTCOMES which used to be called Articles for deletion/Precedents but now redirects to the former as Wikipedia doesn't do precedents, not to mention doesn't do WP:ALLORNOTHING  --Oakshade (talk) 20:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - not a directory. Addhoc (talk) 21:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:NOT does not apply as this list does not fit any of the 5 criterion of WP:NOT#DIR. --Oakshade (talk) 21:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Looks like a list of addresses and names, thats a telephone book to me. Mbisanz (talk) 08:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


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