Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cities in Greater China

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 15:21, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of cities in Greater China[edit]

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Short and outdated list(s), everything in the list(s) is already covered by this and this. WdS | Talk 15:28, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:33, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:33, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:34, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Leaving the nonexistent, red-linked Geography delsort in place. Perhaps a new delsort category could be created. Geography is important. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:36, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The short and outdated are not an issue, but there is no need for this to exist as a list. It is not even a single list but two, or two and a bit, of things that are not really comparable; cities in the People’s Republic are more regions than traditional cities. Hong Kong and Macau are not cities but contain them. As it is the list is OR and fails WP:LISTN, as can be seen from the sources which do not discuss the list as a whole but the separate sub-lists.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 15:39, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@JohnBlackburne: Exactly! I thought of mentioning Hong Kong and Macau, but this notion of them being cities is so widespread, you still see them listed as cities in many places on and off Wikipedia. Examples on WP include this and this, and just to mention, the latter also largely duplicated this which I mentioned above. WdS | Talk 16:43, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Dane2007 ^talk 01:59, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. These are two separate countries, no matter what the People's Republic thinks/lusts for, and there are already lists for both. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:17, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The page duplicates two other lists. Some other users have wanted the article to be deleted in the past. Gulumeemee (talk) 03:49, 16 August 2016 (UTC) The only link to it in the article namespace is in a hatnote at List of cities in China. Gulumeemee (talk) 11:13, 16 August 2016 (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.