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The result was Speedy Keep: Snowball Keep. Non-admin closure. Nha Trang ^Allons! 22:38, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of flags by color combination[edit]

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This is a silly list. Unlike List of flags by color, this list is not well-defined because it gives superiority of one color of the flag to another. In the well-defined List of flags by color, all flags that have red in any spot go in the red section, and all flags that have white in any spot go in the white section; if a flag has both red and white, it goes in both sections. In this absurd list, there's a section labelled "blue" with many subsections, and a lower section labelled "blue and green". What's special about the "blue and green" combination that separates it from "blue" but "blue and red" doesn't?? This list is ridiculous. Georgia guy (talk) 20:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The argument for deletion hasn't got anything to do with what flags are included in what section, but just with the organization of the sections. Obviously, the possible color combinations cannot be arranged in a complete branched hierarchical structure; e.g. the "Red and green" section cannot be a subsection of both "Red" and "Green" unless it is duplicated. I agree the current section structure is not the most logical, but why is that a reason to delete the whole article? SiBr₄ (talk) 21:28, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also, how did you manage to add this AfD to the 22 November 2006 log instead of today's? SiBr₄ (talk) 22:58, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
A mistake. I was focused on learning the fact that the article was created in 2006. This brings to my attention something I'll soon add to the village pump. Georgia guy (talk) 23:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Actually one of the better lists in Wikipedia. Not over-explained, just organized nicely, visually, really super in fact. Seriously. --do ncr am 00:49, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep/merge As a child, I enjoyed looking at the colour plates of flags in the Children's Encyclopedia. This page seems better than the nomination's suggested alternative because this page contains pictures of the flags while the alternative doesn't. Arriving at the best way of organising this information seems to be a matter of ordinary editing rather than deletion, per WP:REDUNDANTFORK. Andrew D. (talk) 13:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:56, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Serves a useful encyclopedic purpose, as noted by doncram and Andrew Davidson. Perhaps it's not perfect, but it doesn't have to be. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 19:08, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Doncraml Prelogger (talk) 01:26, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I used this just now because I was looking up what flags are red, white and blue. It would have been incredibly tedious to cross reference flags that appear in a list of red, a list of white, and a list of blue. WeHaveTwelveFeet (talk) 05:19, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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