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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:29, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of archaeology and history books[edit]

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There must be thousands of archaeology and history books, so by definition this list is a subset of all possible books determined by interested editors. WP:NOTEVERYTHING and not needed - for navigation purposes there are relevant categories JMWt (talk) 11:25, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History and Archaeology. JMWt (talk) 11:25, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Lists. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 11:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to bibliography of archaeology or merge to Bibliography of anthropology#Archaeology per WP:ATD. Personally I agree that bibliographic lists tend to devolve into indiscriminate collections of information, but like it or not they are a thing. This a decent start on a bibliography for archaeology and absent a consensus against bibliographies as a whole, I don't think we can start selectively deleting them. I suggest renaming for consistency with other bibliographies and because the it only lists archaeology titles. – Joe (talk) 11:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/merge Overly broad topic, no need to merely name unrelated books on an expansive field like this. Respective subtopics could include biblographies, no need for one on archaeology and history as a whole. Reywas92^Talk 14:13, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: fails WP:SALAT as an overly broad list that can be either woefully incomplete or extensive to the point of uselessness. Owen× ☎ 23:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Youprayteas (talk to me? | contribs) 15:55, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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