Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of records of the United Kingdom


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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 19:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

List of records of the United Kingdom

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A rather ridiculous selection of "records". At hear this is an indiscriminate list, with an apparently random selection of "records". I suppose it is accidental that the biggest meat and potato pie ended up in the music section, but the real problem lies in the very term "record": what does the section "world record" mean? These are world records but they were set in the UK? But the rest of the article appears to list records for the UK. I think. It's hard to tell. Delete as an indiscriminate list whose topic, if it can be defined at all, is much too broad to be useful. Drmies (talk) 15:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  16:13, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  16:13, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per nom.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 10:09, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:03, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as an WP:INDISCRIMINATE list of "records". —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:21, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Determining what is a legitimate "record" is often difficult outside Guinness and reliable sources documenting sports records. Pay for play operators certify almost anything. The topic "records of the United Kingdom" is not clearly defined, these factoids are bandied about carelessly in the media, and this list is almost entirely unreferenced (except for the Queen stuff). An original research magnet. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:35, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SALAT and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. I think this list could potentially pass relevant guidelines if selection criteria were limited to something like "Guinness World Records held by citizens of the UK," but this list includes all kinds of achievements. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


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