Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of Amsterdam history

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The result was keep. --BDD (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Timeline of Amsterdam history[edit]

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Completely redundant with History of Amsterdam; timeline page not necessary. -- Wikipedical (talk) 21:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm not sure in what sense the article is claimed to be "completely redundant". One would think it means all events mentioned on the timeline are already dealt with in the History of Amsterdam article. I have not systematically checked all of these events, but I have checked a fairly large subset, and in doing so in fact didn't find a single one already treated in the history article. So while perhaps there might be a valid claim that there is something wrong with the selection criterion, I don't think the rationale for deletion of complete redundancy is valid. --Lambiam 02:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- It might be described as a list of events in Amsterdam. This can deal with single events (such as the construction of buildings) that were not sufficiently notable to be included in a general hiostry of the city. Peterkingiron (talk) 11:20, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 15:01, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. Timelines, though often redundant, are used to some extent in Wikipedia. See Timeline of New Zealand history and History of New Zealand and the various timelines of Quebec's history and History of Quebec, among numerous other examples. dci | TALK 19:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Timelines are used on Wikipedia and can be helpful. This particular timeline appears to very focused on new buildings, companies etc, and is lacking in political/social events. It ought to be expanded to cover a wider range of Amsterdam´s history. Iselilja (talk) 17:56, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Useful article on a great city. I also think that the article could be expanded to give more information with references on Amsterdam's historical and political background.--Zananiri (talk) 14:30, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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