Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of historical maps

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. RL0919 (talk) 18:47, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Topic is not specific enough. We don't have List of historical books or List of historical coins for the same reason. All the maps shown are already included in existing list articles (along with a huge number of highly notable maps missing from this list), which themselves are included in the template Cartography topics or the article History of cartography. Onceinawhile (talk) 11:49, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per WP:LISTN, specifically "Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept"; it serves as a navigation aid. The nom's comparison to books and coins is spurious; there are far fewer significant maps. Incompleteness is also not a valid argument. The title, however, could be shortened to List of maps. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:48, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The corresponding category is Category:Historic maps, FWIW. postdlf (talk) 20:17, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This aids in navigation for similar things. Perfect list article. Dream Focus 12:25, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:23, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, meets WP:LISTN as above, re "along with a huge number of highly notable maps missing from this list": WP:NOTFINISHED, and these "missing maps" can be included along with appropriate sources. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:43, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- It is a harmless list. If it is incomplete, more can be added. In my view, list articles are better without too many references: the reference is having a blue-linked article, which will provide detail and references. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:LISTN, specifically "Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept". Lightburst (talk) 23:58, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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