Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of television shows set in London


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The result was   keep. WP:SNOW. postdlf (talk) 19:23, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

List of television shows set in London

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Redundant – this list provides no additional useful information that cannot be found at Category:Television shows set in London. I would nominate all the articles in Category:Lists of television series by setting citing similar rationale of redundancy. Such listcruft will forever lag behind the categories, and be a maintenance burden  Ohc  ¡digame! 03:11, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The lists have details that mere categories can't contain. -User:DanTD (talk) 03:52, 5 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep all - per WP:NOTDUP, "It is neither improper nor uncommon to simultaneously have a category, a list, and a navigation template which all cover the same topic. These redundant systems of organizing information are considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative." These list articles are also expandable. NorthAmerica1000 05:51, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. While these could do with additional details and sources, the existence of categories isn't a good reason to delete them. --Michig (talk) 06:01, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Clearly defined lists with inclusion criteria. And per WP:CLN.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:35, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, categorization is something different. --Soman (talk) 11:57, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep The claim that lists must necessarily lag behind categories is false. For example, consider the TV show W1A, which is named after a London postcode.  It's not in either currently and so it's a matter of luck which gets done first. Andrew (talk) 13:24, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:06, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - I admit some need tidying up and sourcing but that alone isn't necessarily grounds for deletion, All encyclopedic info that needs some TLC really. – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  16:16, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
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