Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of postal codes in Sri Lanka


 * 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 delete as copyvio (CSD G12). Sorry, policy trumps consensus. — Kurykh  22:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

List of postal codes in Sri Lanka

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I created this list from Articles for creation, and someone placed a PROD tag, invoking Wikipedia is not a directory. Normally I would agree, but precedent has made Category:Lists of postal codes an exception to this rule. For a previous deletion debate on a similar article, see Articles for deletion/List of postal codes in Nepal. Shalom Hello 18:46, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. While what goes on with other lists should not be a factor here, we should certainly not be keeping lists of post codes for developed countries where lots of editors live to defend them and delete such lists for developing countries where there might be less editors. The Napal list was kept recently. This one should be. If you do not accept his argument submit a combined AFD for every list of post codes on WP and let us see how that might fly. --Bduke 00:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. But I'm confused as to why this discussion is even here, if you do not wish it to be deleted. Why not discuss the matter with the PRODding editor on the article talk page or his talk page? As I understand it, it's the burden of that editor to open an AfD, not of the editor who wants to defend it. :) --Moonriddengirl 16:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep This is what we call "reference material". One does not read lists of postal codes from start to finish, one refers to them, hence the name reference.  I believe that the Nepal list was deleted, not because we hate postal codes, but  because it had only a few locations on it, making it useless as a reference.  This one, so I gather, is a list of every place on the island from Adampan to Yudaganawa.  Mandsford 00:05, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Since Wikipedia is not a directory, and this is merely a directory listing of what are claimed to be postal codes. It lacks sourcing to satisfy WP:RS and WP:V since this list is referenced only to "Computing Center, Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya. " It is not a published listing and is something short of a checkable reference. I could add one and no one could prove it was fake.WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is also not a good "keep" argument. It is right up there with including the telephone book for Sri Lanka as an article. Edison 00:10, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:DIR, this is a pure sstatistical list that has no potential for expansion into an encyclopedic article. Transwiki to Wikisource is another option. hbdragon88 06:04, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - this article is a copyvio, it's someone else's list (details on the talk page). I've tagged it for speedy deletion. Delete anyway per WP:NOT. andy 07:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. --Storm Rider (talk) 08:21, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if not copyvio. Precedent would say to delete this, but I think we should re-examine that precedent and undo it. Populated places (which these are) are inherently notable. That does not mean that lists of them are.  However, typically lists of populated places of a defined geographic region are keepers (whether or not they contain postal codes), just so long as their title and content give a little more than "yep, it's there" (e.g., List of cities in California, Comuni of the Province of Naples, and hundreds or perhaps thousands of others). Here there is some information about political subdivision along with post code. Putting the allegation of copyvio to the side, a List of towns and cities of Sri Lanka that also gives their post codes should be kept and this needs only slight reworking to fit that mold. Carlossuarez46 18:41, 3 August 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.