Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of specialist photographic suppliers


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The result was Delete. Randykitty (talk) 13:20, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

List of specialist photographic suppliers

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Wikipedia is not a directory. The list consists of four businesses, of which only one has an article. That business seems a bit dicey as far as notability is concerned. But in any case, the list a directory. That's a no no on here. Ad Orientem (talk) 19:25, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Even the opening paragraph (well, sentence actually) makes it clear that the purpose of the article is as a directory so it obviously violates that policy. Keresaspa (talk) 19:33, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - AO, I'm not taking it personally. I just figure it's useful. - Denimadept (talk) 19:46, 18 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR. See also WP:USEFUL -- the answer to the question, "Why is this useful?" is that it will tell someone where they can find current purveyors of a service they need. It's a shopping guide. You could somehow rethink this so that it includes photographic businesses that are notable for providing unusual services, and don't limit the scope to exclude defunct companies, it might become encyclopedic. But I'm not exactly sure what that solution would look like. Could be moved to user space for more work. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Already copied to a sandbox space. - Denimadept (talk) 07:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
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