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The result was keep. Tone 16:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Index of Belgium-related articles

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This is a massive list of articles "related to Belgium." Isn't this what we have categories for? No one will randomly type in the article title, so the categorization method should suffice for easy of navigation Qwyrxian (talk) 07:28, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Angola-related topics. This article is very usefull to the Belgium-interested editors and cannot be replaced by the Belgium Category. 07:37, 14 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.69.237 (talk)

Keep Lists and categories work hand-in-hand, per WP:CLN. This is an obvious aid to navigation and is part of the larger scheme Category:Indexes of articles by country Lugnuts (talk) 09:07, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:31, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:31, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Looking at WhatLinksHere suggests to me that although the nom is correct that probably nobody would type this article's title in, it is being put to good use in links. I believe Lugnuts is correct that this has a place in ease of navigation of an obviously expansive group of topics. - OldManNeptune ⚓ 04:03, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The precedent for this article was established with the resolution of a mass deletion request associated with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Angola-related topics. While that decision may be reasonably be revisited with another mass deletion request and debate, it seems like this is now a settled matter and there is no rationale for singling out this particular country-specific navigation tool. My own view is that it is of limited worth, outside of helping to prevent automatic orphan tags. But the ruling standing on such articles is "KEEP ALL" and we should respect that here. Carrite (talk) 15:21, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:OUTCOMES and Carrite. We must respect settled precedent, or ~~courts~~ WP:AfD will get overwhelmed time and time again. Bearian'sBooties 01:41, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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.