Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of environment-theme lists of topics

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The result was delete Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 20:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of environment-theme lists of topics[edit]

This is the root page to a series of "List of environment-theme lists of topics". According to WP:NOT#LINK WP is not a "mere collections of internal links". Also the pages are redundant since there is a categorisation system and a search function. The pages do not add any extra functionality to WP since they cover vast numbers of topics over a broad range making it difficult to arrive at a particular article of interest. Alan Liefting 10:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because they all have the same problems:

Alan Liefting 10:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, per nom. The function of this list is better achieved using a category. --soum ^talk 10:46, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all per nom and above. Categories good, lists bad. Groupthink 11:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete You went to a lot of trouble to make an index... but it's way too broad, with everything from a list of 17th century hurricanes to zoos in India. There are already lists of zoos, lists of hurricanes, etc.; Technically, everything in our environment has an "environment-theme" (a terrible title, by the way), but this needs to be pared way down. As an index, because it's too inclusive, it's not very useful. I think you'll find that most of these topics are on other lists already; a "list of environment-themed lists" would have been easier and more useful, although your definition of environment themes is still way too broad. My suggestion to the author-- SAVE IT on your computer it before it vanishes (and it will), don't get discouraged by the delete, consider something different. Mandsford 12:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, such lists are better off as categories and will be easier to maintain. Its very difficult to list all the articles of the same topic in lists by alphabetical order. I would not say this is listcruft but rather redundant these days. Terence 13:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I find the list containing zoos a bit weird. As defined by the wikiproject environment, it analyzes "the effects of humans on the natural environment". OhanaUnited ^{Talk page} 15:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is precisely the thing categories are suppoed to do. Arkyan  ^(talk)
Keep the parent list until the appropriate contents have been categorized, then delete. There doesn't seem to be a category for Lists of environment-related lists. Since this will take some effort to accomplish, perhaps the Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment should take this on. Delete the subsidairy lists, since they seem to be redundant.--Hjal 16:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The number of articles that do pertain to Category:Environment are quite likely to have already been categorised. The articles that are not yet included in the Environment category would be quite small. Therefore the task would be best done by other means such as using the search function. Alan Liefting 20:18, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete all per above. If anybody needs to search, Wikipedia has it, plus there are many categories to help.--Svetovid 23:41, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all per above. Articles should not be as lists of lists and categories have this purpose anyway + anybody can search them. MarkBA ^t/c/@ 23:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The list of environment-theme lists of topics was categorized [1] into Category:Wikipedia core topics on 8 September 2006 by Pegship. -- Wavelength 14:57, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge all pages into List of environment-theme lists of topics, per example of other Lists of topics such as List of ecology topics, List of environmental issues, and List of conservation topics. If that is insufficient then also move the resulting page into projectspace (under Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment). --Quiddity 19:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the main page and merge the rest into a more manageable number of pages, if too large for one. Few of these subpages are so large as to warrant separate pages for each letter of the alphabet, and each page unnecessarily duplicates a large opening section. Other than that it serves as a "structured list to assist with the organisation of articles", which WP:NOT#LINK explicitly allows. See also WP:LIST. DHowell 05:04, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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