Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people who have walked across the United States


 * 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   speedy keep. I can see how WP:NOTESAL and WP:LSC indeed apply, my mistake for not considering them when actually creating the nomination. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 09:46, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

List of people who have walked across the United States

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Disclaimer: I removed nearly the entire list recently due to various concerns.

I believe this list has a variety of problems, aside from being a magnet for autobiographic and promotional editing:
 * People added to the list usually walk across the United States, feature in one or two news reports and are never heard of again afterwards. Adding them to the list amounts to covering the news in my opinion.
 * If we would only list notable people (People who have lasting notability / people who have their own article) the list itself would be structurally incomplete and thus of limited encyclopedic value.

I don't see a way to ensure this list is both comprehensive and encyclopedic - either we cover every news report in this list, or we artificially limit it to a select few people which renders it incomplete. I would suggest migrating the lists content to the individual biographies where applicable, or creating a category to add to these article's. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 00:36, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:16, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:16, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep: one of the common reasons for lists is that they allow for entries which are not notable enough for their own page. Also, per AFD articles that can be fixed through normal editing are not candidates for AfD, even if the normal editing must be done frequently and tediously in order to maintain the article. However, per WP:NOTESAL:
 * editors may, at their discretion, choose to limit large lists by only including entries for independently notable items or those with Wikipedia articles.
 * I believe if you went ahead and did that then the article would be manageable.AioftheStorm (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 03:53, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. It's a notable topic per the references and further reading list. As WP:NOTESAL says "Because the group or set is notable, the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable." It is then down to editorial discretion to determine what is included in the list and that is a not a matter for AfD. Philg88 ♦talk 04:57, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - This passes WP:LISTN as a topic that has "been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources". Source examples:
 * "Walking across America: The people who do it, at a glance". The Oregonian.
 * "Walking America, for a cause, or not". MSN News.
 * – NorthAmerica1000 06:13, 15 June 2014 (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.