Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of French coats of arms

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 was keep. Clear consensus, the article seems to be enough "encyclopediatic". (non-admin closure) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 14:26, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery of French coats of arms

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Wikipedia:NOTGALLERY —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:43, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep WP:NOTGALLERY refers to articles "with no text". This article contains text and, if we should want more, this is best done by further editing in accordance with our editing policy, not by deletion. The topic has a clear and coherent theme and so is quite proper. Warden (talk) 20:21, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Not all useful things on Wikipedia should be deleted, and not all galleries are bad. For example, Gallery of sovereign-state flags is good. ~~It is even touted at Wikipedia:Gallery as an example of a good gallery (although that did not keep nominator for also nominating that gallery for deletion).~~ That gallery is indeed extremely useful as a navigational aid. Assisting navigation is one of the stated purposes of lists, and galleries can also serve that purpose, in particular for items whose primary representation is visual. As it is, for many people the primary representation of the topic of this gallery is also visual, and it serves a navigational purpose. --Lambiam 23:09, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WP:NOTGALLERY does not fit. User:Lambiam's reasons for keep are relevant.Buster Seven Talk 05:50, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Someone please find some WP:TROUT. Sławomir Biały (talk) 12:40, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - List, not a gallery. WP:ALLCAPS-only nom. Very encyclopediatic and notable subject. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:03, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:44, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Easily passes WP:GNG. This is precisely the sort of list one would expect to find in a print encyclopedia, were it to have a detailed discussion of French heraldry. Sławomir Biały (talk) 11:10, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to meet WP:NOTGALLERY or merge into an article about French coats of arms with more text. Dzlife (talk) 18:55, 12 October 2011 (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.