Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The World Factbook list of developed countries


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The result was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 00:55, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

The World Factbook list of developed countries

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The article subject is a book paragraph (!) that contains a list of countries based on artbitrary criteria not widely supported in economics, and unchanged since 2001. Therefore, of low informational value in 2019 (and potentially misleading). The entire topic of developed contries/economies has been described in more detail and nuance at Developed country and linked articles (e.g., List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita). I suggest this article goes in order not to confuse the reader. — kashmīrī  TALK  19:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is an odd article and the talk page shows quite a few problems with it. I can’t see any reason to have an article about a single take on what constitutes a developed country unless that take is notable in its own right for some reason, which this isn’t. Mccapra (talk) 03:53, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - per WP:NOT. This is a mere restatement of what's in a publically available source, now long out of date. Bearian (talk) 18:29, 22 April 2019 (UTC)


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