Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Androscoggin River

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: Delete. — xaosflux  Talk 00:58, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Androscoggin River


Built off a template that includes everything in the watershed, this portal has no category and therefore no subcats which means it fails portal guidelines. Selected articles are all small towns near the river. Only three images, two that show nothing interesting and a decent map. Legacypac (talk) 21:22, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. No opinion on whether we need this portal but renaming it "Androscoggin River Watershed" might fix the scope problem. Not aware that subcategories are required. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:50, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * We've had a few MfDs where lack of a category was argued successfully as a reason it failed scope Legacypac (talk) 23:54, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Top-level category yes, subcategories no, afaik. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:03, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This one has neither. Legacypac (talk) 00:37, 26 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Leaning Keep – Template:Androscoggin River covers the Androscoggin River watershed, and has ample articles. While the portal presently has no categories listed, this could be changed via the process of copy editing along the way. Rename to Portal:Androscoggin River watershed as well. North America1000 18:19, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename Portal:Androscoggin River watershed. This portal needs a ton of work, but per its template size, it could be useful in the long run. AmericanAir88(talk) 02:55, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete – Yet another narrow-focus portal created recently when creating portals has been fun and too easy. No reason to think that this one is needed.  How many rivers of comparable size, either in terms of length or in terms of watershed area or in terms of volume outflow, are there in the world?  By the way, Oppose any "merge" or Rename.  Robert McClenon (talk) 20:02, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete – If we have a portal on every river like this, we'll end up with like a hundred thousand of them (and every river has a watershed, so it'll still be the same unmanageable number). Everything we have to link to regarding this river can be done in the article and/or a navbox. Leviv&thinsp;ich 05:25, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The only page in Category:River portals but I know Portal:Nile is also up for deletion but then who knows what that is about exactly. Legacypac (talk)
 * Delete, per Levivich. Most rivers/their watersheds are not a sufficiently broad subject that a portal would be necessary (or even useful) for readers when the main article, navbox, and categories already provide this utility. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 22:46, 7 April 2019 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.