The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. If anyone's got the overwhelming urge to merge something that hasn't already, contact me & I'll get you a copy of the page. — Scientizzle 15:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of places beginning with Costa[edit]

WP:NOT a directory of loosely associated topics and indiscriminate information. And before anyone says keep, this is a disambiguation page, see WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created and Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Lists, which both specify that these examples shouldn't be listed together on any type of disambiguation page. Saikokira 00:26, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with "Costa". I see it as a good example of a well needed disambiguation page, despite the vague rule cited. I can see not creating a page for "John" or "Dave" but "Costa" will help when you are looking for that island called Costa ... --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Lists of articles of which the disambiguated term forms only a part of the article title don't belong here. Nothing "vague" about that, though you seem to be having trouble understanding it. Fortunately for Wikipedia, most editors do understand it. Saikokira 02:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly a list of loosely associated topics. Nothing different than a list of towns/cities that start with "St" or any other prefix. Corpx 04:25, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as page creator. I started this page when I cleaned up the Costa disambiguation page per MOS:DAB, but wasn't sure if some of the places on the new page were just called "Costa" (which would qualify them to be merged back), and I also thought it might be helpful for someone who can't remember the correct spelling and capitalization of a place or is looking for a redlinked place. Thinking back, I should have just dropped them on the talk page of Costa, but I thought if something is wrong with the new page, someone would just ((prod)) it and I wouldn't have disagreed. Under no circumstances merge back in full (per nom). – sgeureka ^t•c 06:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This serves the same purpose as a disambiguation page or, more to the point, an index, particularly in those cases where you have similar sounding places. Wikipedia doesn't have a feature like Google where your typo is met with "Did you mean ____?". There should be some way to disambiguate between articles about places with similar prefixes, the "San _____", or "Fort ______" or "St. _______" You can go to a category called "Rivers" and find all the articles about "_____ River" or the "Rio ______", but there's no disambiguation for coastal locations, nor beachfront communities. If this isn't the solution, there ought to be another one. Mandsford 22:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- There is ((lookfrom)), which would produce All pages with titles beginning with Costa. The problem is that is doesn't include redlinks and additional info about the country for example (which were also among the reasons why I created the page.) – sgeureka ^t•c 22:48, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of places on a coast On second thought, just delete it. ObiterDicta ( pleadings • errata • appeals ) 23:48, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete what's next List of places beginning with Port, List of places beginning with San, and ultimately 26 others of the type List of places beginning with A. Carlossuarez46 17:47, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep per mandsford. Or alternatively merge and redirect into costa. Mathmo ^Talk 21:56, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into disambiguation page Costa. --musicpvm 08:37, 9 August 2007 (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.