Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of hotels

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 speedy keep. No valid deletion rationale, no delete !votes standing (non-admin closure) Pgallert (talk) 07:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of hotels[edit]

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Incomplete List of hotels in only some countries, could never be complete. Mtking (talk) 07:42, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I assume it's some sort of work-in-progress, listing a notable topic that would go hand-in-hand with the hotel's category (per WP:CLN). It can become a top-level page, and have say, a link to Lists of hotels in Africia, Lists of Hotels in Europe, etc. And where a country has lots of hotels, a link to the country's page instead. Lugnuts (talk) 08:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep No valid reason for deletion given, obviously a problem with content if anything. Bob House 884 (talk) 09:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment nom clearly hasn't viewed the page history or he would realise that User:Dr. Blofeld, who appears to be a subject expert or enthusiast has been working on a redraft of the old page which was simply a directory of redlinks to lower level lists. The intention of the page is to create a list of hotels which either have, or should have, coverage on wikipedia and, in doing so, to organise Wikipedia's coverage of hotels in some reasonable way. The primary concern for now is content, obviously once hes finished there will be some attempt to streamline things by perhaps arranging by continent, breaking off sub articles and grouping together smaller countries. Bob House 884 (talk) 09:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep Its not supposed to be a "complete" list. Its supposed to be a summary of the top hotels by country which are notable buildings and will gradually all be added to wikipedia. Try giving me a bloody week or two to complete it. I hid B-Z which I aim to complete. This article is searched for see the page view history. One could argue that we should delete all wikipedia articles and give up because "it will never be complete".♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:58, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep — this is not a valid reason for deletion, most of Wikipedia is "incomplete". — Jonathan Bowen (talk) 13:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I know "List of hotels" seems very open and vague but this is intended to be a fairly strict list of hotels by country which have multiple coverage in books and have enough information to constitute full articles, whether of historical importance or architecturally as prominent landmarks or luxury hotels. It is not intended to list every hotel in every country, only the top hotels. Every country has a few hotels which are very notable buildings, whether it is the Windsor Melbourne, Ritz Paris or The Savoy London, Raffles, Singapore or The Peninsula, Hong Kong. I think a ist like this when completed and fully sourced will be a comprehensive and very useful page. The page view history shows that multiple people search for this page on a daily basis. might not get the views that Justin Bieber or Jacko get but its still in demand. 894 views this month. An average 30 or so wikipedia users search for this on a daily basis.

This list cannot be fulfilled in one day. It will be built up gradually, much like the rest of wikipedia... I will try to get most of the countries with content, I can always hide the empty sections again until I can attend to them. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:14, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I would support allowing more time for this page to be edited and improved. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:12, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to rush it though. Lists such as this take a lot of time to build up.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:21, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Wikipedia has {{Dynamic list}}s (such as List of bus routes in London) and I see therefore no problems with that.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 19:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - being incomplete is not a valid reason to delete. Onthegogo (talk) 00:48, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Not a valid reason to delete. List do not have to be completed, ever. There are sources listing all the four star hotels, or whatever the rating is to indicate which are most notable. Also those with historical importance are surely notable. I'd think the number of notable hotels in some countries is long enough to warrant its own article of course. If this article gets too long, it can always split out into separate ones. Dream Focus 04:11, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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