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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 02:56, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of people on the postage stamps of the Faroe Islands[edit]

List of people on the postage stamps of the Faroe Islands (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Deprodded without comment. Yet another "List of people on the postage stamps of X" article with zero encyclopedic content or sources. Expanding the list is doing nothing to improve its lack of value, its lack of sources, its lack of anything. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:58, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people and Denmark. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:58, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. A source was added before the deletion proposal, and I was about to post a comment at Talk:List of people on the postage stamps of the Faroe Islands when this new message was posted to me.
  If the concept of List of people on the postage stamps of X is at all legitimate on en:wp, this list is among the better half on them. It is sourced and it is complete. Bw, Orland (talk) 20:13, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Sourcing is far from the only issue here. A lot of these "List of people on the postage stamps of X" articles are being deleted or nominated because it's difficult to WP:V every single one of them, and no one has expressed any reason why they should be kept. What encyclopedic value do they contribute? Wikipedia is not a list of everything that ever existed. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:15, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @TenPoundHammer: I recognize your method in this matter, having used it myself to remove abandoned portals at no:wp. However; if your aim is to erase the whole concept of these list articles, you can only achieve some of your goal by removing the weakest ones. In the end, erasing the whole concept should be treated in another forum that individual deletion proposals for all 171 lists. Bw Orland (talk) 20:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I've added a danish language academic source discussing the national symbols of Denmark and its realms. This book comfirms that the stamp policy of the Faroese Islands is to reflect the Islands' history and culture. Thus, that would be the answer to the encyclopedic value: these people are carefully selected as important people in Faroese history. Bw Orland (talk) 21:41, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. This is not an indiscriminate list, but has encyclopedic value as a reference work of the most notable people of the islands.

Unlike a category, this has the added benefit of beautiful artwork, so it can also include some documentation about the artists. This makes the list a biographical, philatelic, and artistic treasure useful to biographical, philatelic, and art historians. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 22:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"It looks beautiful" is not a reason to keep. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:49, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

LOL! Nice cherry picking. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 00:49, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: a sourced list of people that the Faroese themselves consider important enough to be on their stamps: just as valid as the many "Hall of Fame" lists we see. These are notable people - I've added ((ill)) links to a few who are in no.wiki or da.wiki but not yet in en.wiki. The no.wiki equivalent appears to be a Featured List - yes, I know that every wiki is different, but it seems worth mentioning! PamD 10:28, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Since the Faroese government took charge of the postal service in th 1970's, the stamps have had a role in shaping the Faroese national identity. The people depicted on the stamps, have played noteworthy roles in the Faroese society. Of course it is both appropriate and useful to others to compile a list of these people, as to recipients of honors and awards, and even those who declined to recieve them. Efloean (talk) 18:36, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The topic is clearly notable and of importance. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 23:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.