Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Russia

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. postdlf (talk) 14:15, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of cultural icons of Russia

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The discussion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Poland says it all. In addition , this article is next to unreferenced, unlike the Polish one. Staszek Lem (talk) 00:43, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:12, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Such lists by country are highly encyclopedic, if reliable sources exist which say "X, Y, and Z" are cultural icons of Country A". If you see a dubious or unreferenced entry tag it as needing a citation, or just be bold and delete it if you search and cannot find reliable sourcing for it. Look for "cultural icon" refs for some of the music, literature, science, political history and military history. Edison (talk) 01:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – I left remarks at the initial discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural icons of Poland which I would like to fully apply here as well. I note that this particular list promises "encyclopedic" connections among dressed herring, Ivan Shishkin, and Hedgehog in the Fog. SteveStrummer (talk) 05:46, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
CommentSome entries should probably be removed. That's because this is the "encyclopedia anyone can edit" and some such editors add fluff. Deletion is not a substitute for editing. Edison (talk) 02:30, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not seeing how this is not encyclopedic. Yes, this article has many issues, but listings of cultural icons is easily verified and encyclopedic. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 01:00, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I think reasonable Wikipedians would agree that such articles or lists for larger nation-states probably are notable, so such articles on France, Poland, and Russia would be notable. I'm not sure about smaller states. Bearian (talk) 17:41, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Davey2010 • (talk) 12:48, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The prior AFD for all these articles resulted in them being kept, no need to go on a cultural icon crusade. This issue of the notability of these articles (or the need for a rewrite) can be discussed in a more productive way than AFD. Marcusmax(speak) 00:10, 19 July 2014 (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.