Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Norwegian photographers (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. John254 00:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of Norwegian photographers

As per the previous AFD, this dead-end list consisting mostly of redlinks would be better as a self-maintaining category. Stifle (talk) 14:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As red-links can't be kept in the category. From the time between the first and second nomination, the blue links have gone up from one to eleven. Lugnuts (talk) 14:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, ill-fitted for main namespace. Lists of redlinks can go in WikiProject space. Punkmorten (talk) 16:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The list provides information that cannot be put into a category (redlinks, dates, location). If there is a concensus it shouldn't be in the mainspace, then just move it to a relevant wikiproject until it's fully bluelinked. I see no reason to delete this. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:49, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - and unless you can refer me to a policy or guideline that says lists are not notable unless there are enough bluelinks, this is a frivolous nomination. Not sure what is "dead end" about a list of Norwegian photographers unless you have something against Norway or photographers. --Leifern (talk) 10:23, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 06:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
comment If the result is keep maybe the red links should be included on some norway related project page and someone might create articles and make the list more relevant. Jenafalt (talk) 08:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but delete the redlinked entries The sortable birth/death info. makes this complimentary to the category. However, the redlinks should be deleted; the WP:SAL guideline states "Don't use a list as a "creation guide" containing a large number of redlinked unwritten articles; instead consider listing them in the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Requested articles or in the appropriate Wikiproject." UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:04, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Please see the article you're linking to, it says quite clearly: "In general, red links should not be removed if they link to something that could plausibly sustain an article." - by definition, the photographers in this list are supposed to be notable. If you don't think they are notable (which is entirely possible), delete the entry. --Leifern (talk) 21:06, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Available for national and international assignments"?? Who's looking after this? Pulsaro (talk) 18:00, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Feel free to edit. --Leifern (talk) 21:04, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per WP:Lists: "Redundancy between lists and categories is beneficial because they are synergistic" and WP:Categories, lists, and navigation templates: "Lists can include items that are not linked...or items for which there are yet no articles (red links)" and "Categories do not support other forms of tracking, such as adding red links. (Red links are useful as gap indicators and as task reminders to create those articles)" Scapler (talk) 23:31, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.