Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of major cities with notable rivers


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The result was delete.  Kurykh  03:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

List of major cities with notable rivers

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Too broad a list, what makes a river "notable" in this criteria. Almost all major cities has a river on them, fails WP:NOT Delete Secret account 04:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I have to agree with that. When — or rather, if — the article is finally completed, it's going to be miles long. ― LADY GALAXY 04:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree is very broad and as you said what makes the city major or river notable? Hatmatbbat10, a proud Wiki ped ian  (Talk) 04:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, lady galaxy, and hatmat. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as kind of pointless. For one, all rivers (for the purposes of WP) are notable, so putting "notable" in the title is redundant. For another, I seem to recall a discussion about how putting "notable" in article titles is not really in line with our style rules, again being redundant, as if there's an article about it, it's assumed to be notable. Likewise, calling it notable when it's not doesn't make it so. This also seems to be an example of over-listification. I don't see how this could be at all useful. A category of cities on rivers might be, or even a list if it also provided additional information like what river, the population of the city, and perhaps other statistics that are potentially related to the city's location on the river. But again, such a category or list would be miles long, significantly impacting its usefulness. LaMenta3 (talk) 06:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, definition of "major city" and "notable river" far too subjective. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 06:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above. Mh29255 (talk) 14:17, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as redundant and pointless. Remember where the first civilizations were? The Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys, the Nile River Valley, the Indus River Valley, etc.? Since the dawn of civilization, major cities have been built near rivers, as they provide a steady source of freshwater (as opposed to oceans, which provide saltwater), which humans and livestock drink and which is needed for irrigation of crops. Hence, as the nomination says, most major cities have rivers. (Forgive me if I am stating the obvious here.) --Hnsampat (talk) 16:37, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, criteria for inclusion are way too fuzzy. Lankiveil (complaints 03:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC).


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