Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U.S. state bats


 * 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   keep. Sourcing issues addressed. Whether the article should be made into a list can continue at the article's discussion page. (non-admin closure) I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 03:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

U.S. state bats

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Non-notable list. The only source cited is a self-published source. Algorerhythms (talk) 17:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 19:45, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * keep I see your concern, but I think possibly that I've fixed it. I eliminated the blog as a reference and found real life references for each bat.  also, this list is parallel to numerous other lists of state symbols, most of which can be found in this search. (sorry for not constructing something more refined, but this seems to get the job done).  the formatting isn't quite in line with what seems to be the convention, but i will fix that up when i get some time if the article survives this afd. &mdash; Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 20:02, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * comment oh, one more thing, if the article is kept, i think that it ought to be moved to "list of u.s. state bats" so that it's parallel to all the other lists of state symbols. &mdash; Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 20:06, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * comment again i just went ahead and reformatted the thing so that it's consistent with all the other ones. Alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 22:14, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Sure. Why not have an article about U.S. State Bats. I don't think that it needs to be a list. Is three enough for a list?  Nipson anomhmata   (Talk) 23:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I also think its fine to have the information but I wonder if three lonely little bats (one bat is used twice for different states) is enough to constitute a list. --Kumioko (talk) 03:15, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Now that each bat has been sourced to an official government publication, I think the nomination rationale has been eliminated. While it may be a tiny list, it's verifiable and notable. Jclemens (talk) 04:15, 19 August 2011 (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.