Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of breweries in Oklahoma

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. Per results of related AfDs and the fact that if these are deletable they need to be discussed as an entire group The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:16, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of breweries in Oklahoma[edit]

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Disputed WP:PROD. This is basically a linkspam farm. There are almost no notable entries in this list. Wikipedia is not a directory. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:13, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep ~~and rename/merge to Beer in Oklahoma~~ per WP:PRESERVE. Prose sections in the article contain information worth preserving, and the topic Beer in Oklahoma is certainly expandable. However, the directory style within the article needs to go per WP:LINKFARM, and list entries should be limited to entries that already have Wikipedia articles or at least that are verified. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Normally I would think that merging/renaming would be fine. The problem in this case is that there is no worthwhile content to merge. The list is a bunch of linkspam and the opening paragraph is only cited to unreliable sources. IronGargoyle (talk) 15:28, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've struck part of my !vote above. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:05, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Valid navigational function. Encyclopedic topic. The green links need to disappear from the body of the piece. Carrite (talk) 21:15, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete most definitely linkspam; no way to merge to Beer in OK either BlueSalix (talk) 22:13, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete definitely linkspam.--Dcheagle • talk • contribs 23:16, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - But remove the external links and add references from reliable sources other than the company's website. With a little work references can be found; those with no references can be removed, the remaining should notable enough to leave (with a red-link for the eventual creation of individual articles). -- Zyxw (talk)

Comment: Also see the related AFD discussions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of breweries in Connecticut (which also includes AFDs for Idaho, Iowa, New Mexico, and Tennessee), plus the individual state AFDs listed below. -- Zyxw (talk) 05:43, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per WP:CSC, lists do not need to contain only notable entries. These lists are valid for navigation, although consensus may end up renaming or shaping them differently at some point in the future, it is not hard to add links to them now. There are a plethora of books and articles about beers. I updated parts of several of these lists including List of breweries in California. It was not hard and I learned that beer brewing is one of the largest non-durable industries in the U.S. and growing at a rate of up to 20% per year. Therefore I think the entire topic is relevant. Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:52, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep. This is a sub-article of List of breweries in the United States. If we wish it deleted it is that article that should be nominated with a centralised discussion. Having 50 separate discussions is hopeless and risks contradictory decisions. Lists with non-notable entries are permitted per WP:CSC. Spinning Spark 19:07, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:CSC. Also, I agree with Zyxw that the external links should be removed and the list need to be updated with references. The problems with this list are fixable through cleanup and development. - tucoxn\^talk 21:06, 21 January 2014 (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.