Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of works by heads of state or government


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The result was   delete. Tan     39  05:19, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

List of works by heads of state or government

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WP:NOT - a non-encyclopedic and potentially enormous list on a rather random subject. `'Míkka>t 16:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - what a strange concept for an article. Brilliantine (talk) 17:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Reorganize I can see this existing on a per-country basis, but even for just the USA this would be a long long list. Jimmy has 14+ books right?  I think the list as a concept is fine, just too darn big.  I'd also be happy with a category. Hobit (talk) 18:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Humm, looking at the category discussion linked to by Dzied Bulbash (thanks!), I very much disagree with the notation that this is a trivial intersection. Heads of states tend to write policy books about being heads of state or other major political issues.  It is a pretty clear genre of book at so a catagory makes sense.  If that doesn't work, I'll go keep but suggest the list be broken up geographically. Hobit (talk) 00:09, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, a cat(egory) is fine too. Brilliantine (talk) 19:21, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * delete. I agree with Hobit: category is more than OK. Dzied Bulbash (talk) 18:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * per "Categories_for_discussion" cited below; indeed, this collection makes no sense in any way. Dzied Bulbash (talk) 21:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see: Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_January_21
 * Keep The deletion of a category doesnt mean deletion of a list--given the individual nature of the works, a list is more informative. That a list might be long is a good reason to have it, not a reason to delete it--we can easily organizes it. I've seen too many recent nominations where "too long" has been given as a reason for deletion--I consider that the exact equivalent of "too notable" And if that clearly doesn't apply, we then see "too short" which does apply for lists permanently limited to  2 or 3 items, but is being used for anything up to the too-long crossover. DGG (talk) 07:27, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't this argument lead us to having pages like "List of notable things that happened"? I think the idea of the page is fine, but having just one list of what I strongly suspect is 1000s of books is perhaps not the right organization. Hobit (talk) 01:14, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR and WP:NOTCASE. This is a list of based on cross-categorization, with no sources to show the importance of the connection. Sebwite (talk) 18:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no evident logical connection between being head of government and writing some works. The information is unmaintainable in this place. It is maintainable into each separate bio article, where the interested editors work. And it must be logically maintained there (or in its sub-article, kind of List of works by Bill Clinton, if someone ever writes it), since it is where it clearly belongs. And to put it here will be a pointless content fork. Laudak (talk) 20:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment this is a genre of books. See  for example.  It's a darn hard term to search for, but I strongly suspect that book houses treat this as a genre.  But the Tower link is the best I can find. Hobit (talk) 14:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as notable genre of literature well served by listification. Ford MF (talk) 19:02, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - it is not a genre of literature. It is a collection of "works" of arbitrary character. Mao Zedong's works belong to page Mao Zedong. No one will be looking them here. Mukadderat (talk) 15:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:INDISCRIMINATE Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  21:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


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