Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of forms of government


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

List of forms of government

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This article offers a less comprehensive and more confused list than the relevant template and less background information than the main article. I don't see that it serves any purpose? ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 14:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't think there's reason to delete a topic that should have an article because the current article isn't very good. It should be improved. --Oldak Quill 14:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's redundant to the template, though. What else would you suggest putting in there to improve it? ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 14:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Having a template listing forms of government is not a good reason to not have an article listing forms of government. It is an important topic. Ideally, the list should follow each entry with a short description. --Oldak Quill 17:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - This list is not redundant to the template, because it contains different (more) information. I would be OK with a merge with Forms of government, if that is appropriate, but I prefer to keep the list separate as a supporting article to Forms of government. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  15:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  15:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with forms of government, no need for a separate article. Nerfari (talk) 18:56, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You have a point, although I would suggest they should be separate. Forms of government should be about different categories of government, why they are categorised that way, and how they differ, listing important examples of each. List of forms of government should be a more exhaustive list of forms of government, naming more obscure forms of government that the main article wouldn't have space to touch upon. --Oldak Quill 17:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * True, I was judging the list at the time, now it's been restored to its former glory I can see why it needs its own space. Nerfari (talk) 20:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The list seems to have been butchered and so I have restored it.  In any case, templates and list articles serve different purposes and so the grounds for deletion are flawed. Colonel Warden (talk)
 * Ah, I hadn't even thought to check that - well done, it looks good now! I'm still not entirely opposed to a merge, even so - surely the template-list and the main article would be enough, together? ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 07:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep It is convenient to have a list without discussion of each item. However, it needs to be matched to the Forms of government Category which only contains WP articles rather than also Wiktionary items. There probably need to be at least redirects to WP articles that discuss them, which could be sections of articles. Bracton (talk) 23:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


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