Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of hotels in Istanbul


 * 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The result was Nomination withdrawn. -- Longhair\talk 11:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

List of hotels in Istanbul

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Basicly Wikipedia is not a directory, this seems more like a catagory. If any Istanbul htoel that can verify its existance should be mentioned the page could possibly grow out of control. Guest9999 12:31, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

The article List of hotels in Istanbul has been moved to Hotels in Istanbul.


 * Delete per WP:DIR. STORMTRACKER   94  12:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reasons it has been nominated --Amxitsa 12:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a directory, and if any of the hotels have articles (which doesn't seem likely), then turn it into a category. Right now, it's a list of apparently non-notable hotels.  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 12:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - I shrank the article to comprise 5 and 4 star hotels only. Then the article contains the notable ones, and of course having not a specific article does not prove the unnotability of a hotel. While there is no chance to create a category for the moment, I suggest to keep the page. Any comments welcome! --Chapultepec 13:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * CommentInformation within an articles does not have to be notable (per WP:NN) only the topic of the article. I don't think that 4 and 5 star hotels have any more inherent notability than 3 and below - if anything removing the others just makes the article less complete as a list. Guest9999 14:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)]]
 * Comment Of course the stars do not necessarily determine the notability of a hotel. But it generally counts. I removed the 3 stars since I did not want the article to become solely a list as you also stated. So, let's wait and see. It is becoming more than a list. Thanks. --Chapultepec 14:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - we are not a directory. /Blaxthos 15:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I moved the article to Hotels in Istanbul, just like Hotels in London. --Chapultepec 15:56, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOT#DIR  Jonathan  letters to the editor — my work  16:22, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I would like to remind you that this article is on the way to be reminiscent of the article Hotels in London rather than just a directory. I would much appreciate your considering this before you assess. Thanks. --Chapultepec 16:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: because WP is not a directory. For what its worth, I think that Hotels in London should be deleted as well. — DIEGO  talk 17:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Believe me, the problem doesn't end with the articles Hotels in London and Hotels in Istanbul. If you enter hotel in the textbox and press search button, you can find numerous articles with the same situation within the search results. The problem is what we're gonna do with the articles containing such lists. I can think of the following:


 * We can leave them as they are (my preference)
 * We can remove the lists and keep the remaining articles
 * We can delete them thoroughly


 * But this doesn't go only for the hotel lists which of course are not the only lists in Wikipedia. There are lots of articles containing bibliography, filmography or musical album lists. Take Tony Curtis, Jean Paul Sartre or The Rolling Stones discography for instance. Aren't they lists or directories? Or you can review List of playwrights which is exactly a directory.


 * I'm not an obstinate person, I have always paid attention to comply with the rules. What I try to find out is the precise limits of adding lists in the articles which seems to me very ambiguous for the moment. Thanks. --Chapultepec 17:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep for what it's worth. Lists are far more informative than articles. Jcuk 20:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Certainly they are useful. But I feel the necessity of stating that the article Hotels in Istanbul is not a directory listing anymore. It has been a straight article containing a list, just like myriad articles in Wikipedia. So we should take this into consideration. --Chapultepec 23:33, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The article as it now is much changed in both name and nature since I first nominated it. As editors have not just changed/improved the page but fundamentally changed it I feel that my original nomination is no longer appropriate. Guest9999 04:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)]]
 * Comment - Thank you. --Chapultepec 05:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I see the nomination is withdrawn. DGG (talk) 16:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletions.   -- Gavin Collins 10:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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.