Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bibliography of Tirana

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The result was merge to Tirana. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 12:58, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography of Tirana

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Though the article claims to be a list, it constitutes a violation of WP:NOTBIBLIOGRAPHY. Since most entries in the article contain external links, it also violates WP:LINKFARM, which states that Wikipedia must not host link repositories. Modussiccandi (talk) 11:55, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 15:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 15:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Confused. WP:NOTBIBLIOGRAPHY doesn’t actually say anything about bibliographies. Meanwhile, we have an entire category for bibliographies. Mccapra (talk) 15:50, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, this is confusing. Although WP:NOTBIBLIOGRAPHY doesn't specifically discuss bibliographies, the spirit of the rule appears to be that Wikipedia must not host collection of items unless they are intrinsically notable. It is interesting indeed that there exists a category for bibliographies but I would say that a large share of the entries in there aren't actually bibliographies: Brian Moore (novelist), 100 Books by August Derleth and Das deutsche Schrifttum über den Völkerbund are regular articles. I share your confusion, Mccapra, but I think pages like this ought be deleted if we want to stick to WP:NOT. Modussiccandi (talk) 16:35, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Bibliographies is really for articles about bibliographies, but naturally some actual bibliographies have snuck past. However, I would say that is not relevant simply per WP:WAX. --Paul Carpenter (talk) 12:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge back into article on Tirana. This list was part of "further reading" until it was pulled out just a few days ago. Glendoremus (talk) 20:05, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Partial merge back to the main article, but the further reading should not be a link farm either. No indication that this is anything other than indiscriminate collection of articles that makes it an improvement for the reader. Reywas92^Talk 20:59, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge back into the article it came from seems the best solution, in my opinion.TH1980 (talk) 00:00, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge back into Tirana. I have no idea where WP:NOTBIBLIOGRAPHY came from, Wikipedia is filled with Bibliographies // Timothy :: talk 16:47, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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