Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fiction set in Geneva

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of fiction set in Geneva[edit]

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Delete' per the spirit of WP:NOT and WP:N. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:59, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Geneva is a major city. Other major cities have these useful lists. Deleting will make searching for information on this subject tedious. Kdammers (talk) 01:24, 10 March 2012 (UTC) [A vague "per the 'spirit' of WP:NOT doesn't say any-thing, since that category is very broad.][reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Switzerland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:33, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:34, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Lists are navigational devices, and usefulness is a valid criterion, both for research and browsing. Apparently the deletion request is based only on the "spirit" of the rules--which I i understand to mean a personal interpretation, rather than an actual policy-based reason. DGG ( talk ) 06:34, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Eh While I agree with DGG on a policy basis, unless there's something done other than simply grouping these together, a category might be a better tool to do so... except for the fact that categories don't track revisions like articles do. Pretty worthless list as-is, but there's no policy-based reason to delete it. Jclemens (talk) 07:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- And categories can't annotate with the publication date, author, or other notes. postdlf (talk) 15:19, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as useful navigational device, and more useful with the additional info as noted by Postdlf. Ma^t_chups 02:22, 16 March 2012 (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.