Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of non-fiction environmental writers

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of non-fiction environmental writers

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List of all non-fiction environmental writers from across the world - except the USA. Really weird. I don't see a need for this list, and these writers write on very different topics, 'environmental' is a very umbrella term here and semi-indiscriminate. Possible ATD is merge with List of American non-fiction environmental writers.

This has been in CAT:NN for 8 years. Previous AfD at previous title: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of non-American non-fiction environmental writers. Boleyn (talk) 13:24, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 13:29, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 13:29, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 13:29, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious keep per WP:LISTPURP and WP:CLN. @Boleyn: You really need to stop creating these meritless list AFDs without any consideration of their navigational function; cleaning out a drive-by maintenance tagging category is no excuse. There's clearly a corresponding category for this list at Category:Non-fiction environmental writers. That category only has two nationality-specific subcategories, Category:American non-fiction environmental writers and Category:Indian non-fiction environmental writers. Separate sublists as well as separate subcategories are dependent on the number of entries, which is why Americans are listed separately. How that leads to deleting the list of everyone else in the world is a mystery. postdlf (talk) 14:21, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Having a list for all nations in the world except the USA is bizarre to say the least. Having a category is great, and doesn't mean there is or isn't the need for a list - I don't see here that there is. Where is the notability of the topic? Boleyn (talk) 14:33, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - ”I don’t see the need for a list”. This has been answered ad nauseum over and over in many of your AFDs, do you read the discussions in response to your nominations if you’re not pinged? Please just stop with these, they are a waste of everyone’s time. postdlf (talk) 14:39, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
keep as above. Sometimes people from one country are so numerous they dominate a list so get spun out and linked to. The boldtext wording of "non-American" is awkward, but can just be edited. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:51, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It needs some clean up, but it's a notable topic. I don't understand why nom keeps highlighting the age of articles: it's completely irrelevant. Please stick to policy and guideline based rationales. pburka (talk) 15:22, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
keep. The list is worth keeping per WP:LISTPURP. It offers valuable and easy access to the writers listed. more should be added in due course.MissiYasında&& (talk) 19:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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