Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries with no lakes

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The result was delete. Tone 14:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of countries with no lakes[edit]

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Indiscriminate list consisting of non-notable, original research RadioFan (talk) 12:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This is a contested prod.
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 12:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge. Obviously its author must have some reason for thinking it is useful but I really can't see any reason to compile or want such a stand alone list. If it can be properly referenced then I guess it could be mentioned in passing in the article about lakes, more in order to demonstrate the near ubiquity of lakes than for the interest of the list itself. --DanielRigal (talk) 13:27, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as trivial assembly of two points of data. I am, however, perfectly prepared to change my mind to "Keep" if anyone can demonstrate the encyclopedic utility of such a list. I sure can't think of any. Ford MF (talk) 14:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is an interesting bit of information that should be mentioned in the article lake, which would provide some context, specifically the definition of what constitutes a lake. A short definition of what separates a lake from a pond is that a lake is fed by a river. In some cases (Monaco and Vatican City) it's a case of a small nation surrounded by a much larger one. In the case of the various islands, I'm guessing that they're on here based on the assumption that their sources of fresh water empty into the sea rather than into a natural lake. Even at that, water is generally diverted into a reservoir. I'd support a merge of the information into the lake article, which would afford some protection against it being edited back out. Mandsford (talk) 15:41, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for the reasons above. Although I agree that the information is vaguely interesting, I can't support a merge to Lake (or elsewhere), since it seems to be completely OR, as the citation to "Google Maps" indicates. Glenfarclas (talk) 18:40, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per WP:OR and the list lacks any sources or general notability per WP:LISTS. Mkdw ^talk 21:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - Interesting article, but; The only source is Google Maps,it's a list of trivial infromation,and all the info could easily be added into the Lake article, I'm almost certain we can find other sources for this info. Dinosaur Dan1 (talk) 21:29, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I disagree. Information about which countries have lakes and which don't, does not seem all that useful. Each individual country article usually does note any major lakes or at least in its regional sub articles. Mkdw ^talk 21:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that there would be more support for an article about the largest lake in each nation (similar to a list of the highest point in each nation), in which case there would be a notation for these places with no lakes. If there ain't, there oughta be. Mandsford (talk) 22:15, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete countries which are extremely small, or are coral atoll island nations, are not normally expected to have lakes, thus this fact is not really notable. if this fact is notable for any of these nations, it can easily be added to the nations article. these are abnormally small nations, considering what most people think of as a nation. most are smaller than many cities.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:53, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTCASE. This is not a notable combination of factors. Dew Kane (talk) 03:51, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - Add something to the countries page that are listed like "This country has no lakes or ponds" Whenaxis (talk) 11:46, 30 March 2010 (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.