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The result was keep. Sr13 (T|C) ^ER 06:15, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of apologetic works[edit]

List of apologetic works (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Bibliographies are acceptable as lists, but most of the books should have their own articles (see Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists)#Selection criteria and compare, e.g., List of Oz books and List of books by P. G. Wodehouse) or be deserving of such under WP:BK (most here are not). If we were to redact the list to those which are notable under WP:BK, the list would be relatively short and should probably just be merged into Apologetics, Christian apologetics, etc. Flex (talk|contribs) 01:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Listcruft article that could never be completed nor could entry criteria ever be agreed upon. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. A1octopus 12:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 23:25, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep because Apologetics is a big field, so that there is nothing worthless or non-notable about having a well-organized list like this. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 02:19, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There is no intrinsic reason why the list is unsuitable; except for the Christian works, the different religions do not warrant their separate list at this point, so there is a real reason to keep this combination one. DGG 03:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep. Basically as DGG says, there's a lack of places to put everything but the Christian stuff, which has developed articles. Keep this as a bridge to those eventual articles. (This is my third try to say why I feel don't delete yet - DGG helped me focus - the other areas aren't ready yet.) Shenme 04:20, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I think the main problem I see here is that there's already the copious List of Christian Apologetic Works. The Christian section of the list under discussion here seems to be a duplicate of the "Widely Read" section in the larger article. Wouldn't a link to the existing material be sufficient? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wysdom (talk • contribs) 04:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

• Oops Sorry for not signing >.< Wysdom 04:55, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and Cleanup - Ditto others. --Remi 05:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak abstain I'll show you edits. 71.228.242.245 07:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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