Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of prehistoric insects


 * 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 Delete per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Bruxton (talk) 19:56, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

List of prehistoric insects

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This is an overly broad list per WP:SALAT. According to Labandeira, 2005 as of 2005, approximately 25,000 fossil insect species had been described. Doubtless thousands more species have been described since then, as documented at 2022_in_paleoentomology and prior 20XX in paleoentomology pages, which shows in this year alone around 500 new fossil insect species have been described. This is simply too large to be maintainable. My nomination follows the nomination of the similar Articles for deletion/List of extinct plants, which also closed as delete. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:45, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Animal, Science, Lists and Organisms. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:45, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Aside from the extremely broad scope — Insecta is one of the largest taxa — it also lumps together around 300 million years in the geological record. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 23:04, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Unmanageably vast ambit. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 09:42, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SALAT, Looking at the taxa lists for geologic formations such as the Florissant Formation or Eocene Okanagan Highlands, ambers such as Baltic, Burmese, or Dominican amber, and at the Year in Paleoentomology lists (eg 2021 in paleoentomology) shows just how extensive the paleoentomological record is. This list is simply a wp:Coatrack of random insects, which is why I stopped contributing to it a number of years ago.-- Kev min  § 16:02, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete most life is extinct, theoretically living insects are more novel. Either way an impossibly huge topic for a list. Dronebogus (talk) 19:10, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete If we can say something substantive about the insects in the list article, it can be done there. There is no justification for this list article. Heraldrybranding (talk) 04:18, 19 November 2022 (UTC)