The result was Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-04-28 07:51Z
On April 3, 2007, User:Piotrus initiated a mass AfD against hundreds of "list of topics" articles. The discussion was closed as a "procedural keep" ... there were simply too many articles to process. So, I am nominating for deletion a smaller subset of articles, grouped together due to a number of similarities; in this case, all articles in this nomination are:
I propose that the articles be deleted for the following reasons:
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I assure you, my feathers are unruffled and I can certainly understand the frustration at having one's efforts undermined by someone who just stumbled in on the issue (see below). I would not have suggested these lists for deletion had I thought anyone actually used them ... I (mistakenly) thought that they had been abandoned. Had I known that people still used them, I would have raised any concerns on the articles' talk pages before even considering a nomination for deletion. In fact, the only reason I encountered these lists was because I stumbled across a number of them at Category:Proposed deletion. I did not feel that deletion was entirely uncontroversial and it is readily apparent that deletion via WP:PROD would have been inappropriate. Given the use of these lists in keeping track of related changes, deleting makes no sense at all. I think an argument can still be made for projectifying, but completely deleting pages that serve a useful maintenance function is, to put it mildly, illogical. I cannot speedy close this AfD due to the fact that at least one editor has approved deletion, but I hope the admin that closes this discussion will take everything into account and close the debate as keep. Black Falcon (Talk) 23:54, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]