Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National symbols of Italy


 * 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The result was speedy keep, nomination withdrawn. Non-admin closure — Frankie (talk) 20:54, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

National symbols of Italy

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Unsourced stereotypes (hand gestures?) and opinions gathered from blogs and crowdsourced sites. The fact that Italy has a flag with three colors is the only solid reason for this article to exist, and that's not enough. Dennis Bratland (talk) 14:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC) Keep It has improved sufficiently, not to mention WP:SNOW. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:48, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Wait, you can not delete the page, because if these exist:


 * National symbols of Scotland
 * National symbols of Australia
 * National symbols of England
 * National symbols of Wales
 * National symbols of Slovenia
 * National symbols of Hungary
 * National symbols of Cambodia
 * National symbols of Indonesia
 * National symbols of Serbia
 * National symbols of Iran


 * National symbols of Venezuela
 * National symbols of Burma
 * National symbols of Barbados
 * National symbols of Luxembourg
 * National symbols of India
 * National symbols of Canada
 * National symbols of Ecuador
 * National symbols of Peru
 * National symbols of Israel
 * National symbols of Somalia


 * And another 73 must exist National symbols of Italy. So now let's do this: I COUNTERPART at the others and you remove the warning. ;-) --Kasper2006 (talk) 15:01, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I approved the article like the others 93 articles in this Category:National symbols by nation. I think now we can remove the warning. --Kasper2006 (talk) 15:36, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * See WP:OSE. It's true that the words "national" and "symbol" are often used figuratively, but that is not a good reason for articles like this to exist. There are already appropriate articles about culture, cuisine, and sport for various countries, and so there is no need to abuse the word "symbol" in this way. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:41, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. I confess that I don't understand this nomination.  If there are items (like the aforementioned gesticulation, or espresso) that don't belong, by all means, we should delete them; but in general, I don't see that there's anything wrong with list articles that collect the notable national symbols of a country.  Many such articles have existed on Wikipedia for years. As for this particular article, the initial draft was certainly flawed, but it now looks like it's getting into shape. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:00, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Add the fact that the article is request by template. --Kasper2006 (talk) 05:39, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - a list article in effect, with a reasonably clear inclusion criteria. Sourced/sourceable, a national topic of widespread general interest, I expect. Too large to merge inobtrusively into another article, such as Culture of Italy, for example. Sionk (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I note only that I created the article just because there was a "red link" in this template Culture of Italy, only after I realized that I exist other 93-page "National symbol of". --Kasper2006 (talk) 21:49, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep the topic is sourceable, notable, easily expandable. Encyclopedic. Cavarrone (talk) 02:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The article on Italian Wikipedia has more info and refs, including links to articles on the individual symbols. There seems to be sufficient material for this to be a notable topic, as well as being a good list of links to notable topics. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.