Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of communities in British Columbia

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The result was speedy keep. I withdraw this nomination, thanks for the clarification. (non-admin closure) TBr and ley ^{(what's up)} 18:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of communities in British Columbia[edit]

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Duplicate of List of municipalities in British Columbia, a featured list. The only difference with the list itself is that this, unlike the other, contains unincorporated communities and localities, but this could easily be merged into the featured list. Text and structure may also be different. TBr and ley ^{(what's up)} 11:56, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Hwy43 (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – List of communities in British Columbia is part of the {{Canada topic|List of communities in}} series of articles. Except for PE, there is an article for every province and territory in Canada (PE redirects to List of municipalities in Prince Edward Island at present). The intent of the {{Canada topic|List of communities in}} series is to have a location that lists all communities within a province/territory – both those that are incorporated and unincorporated. List of municipalities in British Columbia lists only incorporated communities. Deleting this article would effectively mean blowing away all the unincorporated community list content, and merging the "communities" article to the "municipalities" article would also mean effectively blowing the same content away as they have no rightful place at the "municipalities" article.
Meanwhile, there are only five articles in the {{Canada topic|List of communities in}} series (BC, NB, ON, PE, QC) and two redirects to their {{Canada topic|List of communities in}} counterparts (AB, SK).
I don't support deletion of List of municipalities in British Columbia either, nor merging it to this "communities" article, but merging it specifically to the Municipalities section of the "communities" article is a much better solution than deleting this or the suggested "Plan B" of merging it with the "municipalities" article. Hwy43 (talk) 19:58, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I came across this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject British Columbia. I question whether the information about unincorporated communities can be merged considering the target title is 'municipalities'. Also, there are quite a few communities and I worry that the length would be unsuitable. It could jeopardize the featured list (not that this is ground for delete/keep but something I'd like to point out nonetheless) when it could be considered a sub-article. Mkdw ^talk 21:06, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It should be better organized (by Regional District to make it useful) with details of the municipalities moved (to the "municipalities" article which should be a sub-article of this). Each community should be referenced to BCGNIS. maclean (talk) 22:37, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The featured list refers to incorporated municipalities, while this list is intended for incorporated and unincorporated communities, so it is not a duplicate. Merging would not be an option for me because these two groups (incorporated and unincorporated) are distinct and have no overlap. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 23:26, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Articles have separate scope - one covers munis only, one covers all inhabited places. Some duplication of data between two list articles is not a problem, per WP:NOTPAPER. The Interior (Talk) 04:16, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Inclusion parameters between "List of communities" and "List of municipalities" strike me as sufficiently different not to constitute a content fork. Carrite (talk) 18:39, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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