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The result was delete – redundant. KrakatoaKatie 11:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lists of artists by nationality[edit]

Redundant to Category:Lists of artists by nationality. The usual reasons for keeping a list that duplicates a category don't apply here, as no redlinked lists can be added to a "list of lists", so this will only ever be a redundant copy of the category. Masaruemoto 04:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Agreed, obselete. Thedreamdied 07:12, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. WP:NOT#INFO. --Evb-wiki 12:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Ewulp 21:41, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a useful, well navigated list that should be kept. Modernist 11:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions. —Modernist 11:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. See also: WP:USEFUL. Burntsauce 18:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If something being useful means delete to you - hey, thats quite an argument, but it doesn't really address these lists of artists by nationality. Modernist 01:03, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Burntsauce was pointing out that "just saying something is useful or useless without providing context is not helpful in the discussion." --Evb-wiki 01:25, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment point taken, I think these lists are useful to Visual Arts editors who encounter many of these artists names, some who are new to the ear but the presence on the list occassionally helps verification, notability, especially the lists from far away places - which is relative of course - and why the international lists are important. Modernist 01:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Comment I think the proposal here is not to delete the various lists of artists by nationality, which are very useful, but just the single page Lists of artists by nationality, which serves as an index to those articles and which, as far as I can determine, is entirely redundant to the Category:Lists of artists by nationality. In seeking such an index, few users are likely to type the correct title "Lists of artists by nationality" into the box and hit go. For instance, a user looking for an article on a certain painter, who can't remember the name but thinks the painter was Icelandic, may type "Icelandic artist" into the box and hit search, in which case the first result that comes up is List of Icelandic artists. If the name isn't found there and the user begins to think the painter in question may be Finnish instead, a link leads to Category:Lists of artists by nationality. Everything can be accessed through the category, obviating any need for the article Lists of artists by nationality. Ewulp 04:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I went through the list the other day and made sure that all the listings are included in the category, and now they are, there were several that I had to include. I don't want to throw out information that isn't recoverable. Modernist 18:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Week Keep It's useful for us who care about pointless stuff like this. — EliasAlucard (talk · contribs) 00:08 02 Nov, 2007 (UTC)
Delete per nom. Doctorfluffy 05:09, 2 November 2007 (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.