Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of statistically superlative objects by country

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The result was delete. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of statistically superlative objects by country[edit]

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Does not meet WP:LISTN. Random collection, including some really weird stuff. If this is to be kept it'll need a proper inclusion criteria. Bazonka (talk) 21:32, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strongest, most powerful delete. Potentially a very, very long list of just about anything extreme - the criterion is much too broad. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:11, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, a list that includes the largest mangrove forest in the world along with the longest beard, the largest collection of jewelry, the largest frying pan, and the largest waterfall known to have ever existed (no longer existing) is truly indiscriminate. There is no rhyme or reason to what should or shouldn't be included here other than it has to be the Nth something of something, past or present, natural or manmade, fixed or moveable. (Though it's too bad we don't maintain WP:BJAODN any longer...the randomness of this list makes it a fun read.) postdlf (talk) 03:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per all above. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:30, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Too indiscriminate. Needs better evidence that it passed WP:LISTN. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:55, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I am having trouble getting my head around exactly what this article is supposed to be. The biggest frying pan, the strongest man, the oldest tree (debatable), the highest railway tunnel, the biggest natural logarithm, the largest tin soldier. It just seems to be an exercise in willy waving, and the list is potentially endless. With loose criteria we could include things like Mouse Boulder or the largest chocolate teapot. Martin451 21:08, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, although my evil twin brother maintains this should be kept as the Silliest Wikipedia Article Ever. I'm just going to add the World's Tallest Dwarf to the article.TheLongTone (talk) 18:15, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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