Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of genera by name: A

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was delete all. - Mailer Diablo 3 July 2005 10:31 (UTC)

List of genera by name: A to Z
22 pages only containing a template, 4 with some content. Hypothetically these lists would attempt to chronicle the hundreds of thousands of genera, they are unmaintainable for numerous reasons including taxonomic changes and a lack of skilled taxonomists on Wikipeida (working out the correct name for an organism can be very difficult especially without access to the relevant literature, the information on the internet is patchy at best). The lists also don't specify a particular type of organism which means that they potentially would only be useful to someone that knew what they were looking for, which then raises the question as to why they didn't just search for the genra in the first place. These lists should be deleted--nixie 03:31, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete Agree Jaberwocky6669 03:46, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can't even get most of the taxonomies consistent in the articles, much lest a list of genus. This would just be a source of confusion while adding no value. Wikibofh 04:43, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Please please take them away. I see that I've been trying to swallow a train.  I surrender.  -- M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 05:34, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per M e r o v i n g i a n 's wise realization of the impossibility of the task.
 * D'oh!!! Forgot to sign the above. 'Tis I. -- BD2412 talk|undefined June 28, 2005 15:22 (UTC)
 * Delete, would be just confusing and pointless. -- Natalinasmpf 28 June 2005 03:31 (UTC)
 * Comment: Isn't this redundant with Wikispecies? &mdash; Phil Welch 28 June 2005 19:25 (UTC)
 * Holy cow!... er, Wikispecies can handle it, and their interface is a whole lot more user-friendly. I think a simple Wikispecies link will do the job. Delete.  But thanks anyway to Merovingian for all of his great work. --Idont Havaname 28 June 2005 21:28 (UTC)
 * (sorry, signature had extra tilde. Fixed now.) --Idont Havaname 28 June 2005 21:28 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Wikispecies (if that's possible - seems to be the same umbrella group though). I must say, given the "eventual value" of the article, I am a bit surprised at the number of self-proclaimed "inclusionists" voting for straight deletion here.--eleuthero 29 June 2005 05:24 (UTC)
 * Wikispecies seems to be working taxonomically from the top down, the contents of the lists would probably be of little use.--nixie 29 June 2005 05:26 (UTC)
 * Delete or put on wikispecies. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; June 29, 2005 07:44 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be placed on a related article talk page, if one exists; in an undeletion request, if it does not; or below this section.