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 of the debate was Keep. Deathphoenix ʕ 14:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Los Angeles television stations[edit]

I originally prodded this back in May, but it got removed with the reason "carries info. not available in category". In addition to being redundent with Template:LA TV and Category:Television stations in Los Angeles, it may also be classified as listcruft, as no other television market has their own article with a list of stations in that respective market. —Whomp [T] [C] 21:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, abstain for now. —Whomp [T] [C] 22:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Contents is WP:V, NPOV and notable. List is useful for those who are interesting in learning more about the subject. Having similar lists for other top-40 markets would be a good idea actually. The list does have more information then the category has, and it is OK that the info is partly redundant to the template. However... All those logos pose a problem with Fair-Use guidelines. I'm not sure if they qualify for fair use. ---J.S (t|c) 21:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Sickening as it is, this list does not violate any Wikipedia standards or policies. It is neither better nor worse than lists usually are. But please loose the logos. --Ezeu 22:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I have removed the logos as a violation of fair use policy. —Whomp [T] [C] 13:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and comment/inquiry. Lots of lists get nominated for deletion. Today, on the discussion about railway lists I suggested the use of categories rather than lists. However, I notice that this list seems to get a less hostile reception than others (raiways, cemeteries, Disney characters' names in other languages, Harry Potter characters' names in other languages). Could someone explain to an AfD-newbie (me) why this is? I am a list-maker and list-user and generally have an approach to lists that is more inclusionist, "Wikipedia is not paper" than that of many other Wiki-editors. But what can editors do to make lists that are less likely to be deleted? Interlingua ^talk 21:37, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete. The material is also included in ((LA TV)). If kept, then replace the content with the template. Why maintain two copies of the same material? Vegaswikian 05:21, 21 June 2006 (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.