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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 12:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cities of Turkey on the river (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Unlikely concatenation of subjects. Woogee (talk) 05:06, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I am SURE I remember a policy that explicitly states "unlikely concatenation of subjects" as a reason to delete lists, but I'll be darned if I can find it. Could the nominator or someone else please refer me to it so I can register a firm policy-based Delete vote? - DustFormsWords (talk) 05:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:NOT#DIR, paragraph 6. Woogee (talk) 05:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, WP:NOT#DIR paragraph 6 is a reference to WP:OVERCAT, which is specifically referring to misuse of the category namespace, not the article namespace. I still stand to be convinced but that policy isn't doing it for me. - DustFormsWords (talk) 05:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, that paragraph is for articles consisting of lists. Wikipedia:Overcategorization is for categories. They're separate things. Woogee (talk) 05:53, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Ah hah, you're quite correct, it is. Right, then, delete per that policy, thanks. - DustFormsWords (talk) 05:55, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or merge to Cities of Turkey. The fact that they are on rivers is not so remarkable. I imagine that in that part of the world a good supply of fresh water would be vital for a city to exist. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete', per Woogee. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 18:18, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as this list has no verifiable definition in accordance with WP:Source list, without which it is just a collection of loosely assoicated of topics without any externally validated rationale for inclusion in Wikipedia. A verifable definition is also needed to demonstrate that it is not the product of original research. --Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 11:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This article is just a list of towns. It can be improved. But I don't think it can be merged to Cities of Turkey. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 08:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete it's a strange category. AbbaIkea2010 (talk) 22:44, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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