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 keep. Significant discussion, with particular focus on WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:LISTN. There does not seem to be significant disagreement that the subject of list itself is notable. There also seems to be consensus that not all lists of deaths are non-notable memorials. TigerShark (talk) 13:34, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of victims of the September 11 attacks[edit]

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Wikipedia simply isn't a memorial. I can't think of any other case where we've had an article dedicated to listing every individual in a mass casualty event - terrorism or otherwise and i don't see any reason why we should. Notable victims, yes, but other than that, absolutely not. PRAXIDICAE🌈 00:32, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • There's nowhere under WP:NOTMEMORIAL that explicitly and exclusively says the policy does not apply to lists of people. Ajf773 (talk) 09:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's nowhere in my reply that I said WP:NOTMEMORIAL does not apply to lists of people, but rather that it explicitly applies to subjects of encyclopaedia articles (including lists, of course), not to content within articles or lists.— Guarapiranga  09:42, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not even sure you know what you are trying to say, because it looks like you've contradicted yourself. WP:NOTMEMORIAL can apply to both subjects of articles and content. Ajf773 (talk) 10:11, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh goodie, you must have so much time to burn. You've created re-directs for pretty much every single person on the list, with this list as the target: [13]. Ajf773 (talk) 09:36, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the article is deleted then all the redirects go as well. Ajf773 (talk) 18:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Dronebogus: With respect, reliance on WP:UNDUE is misplaced because that is concerned on maintaining balance within the content of articles, not the topics covered by Wikipedia. There is no policy that says Wikipedia must have a balance of articles from different areas around the world and we most certainly do not. I'm not convinced by reliance on WP:INDISCRIMINATE either, it is a clearly defined list. It's generally best to try and explain how the criteria apply to the particular article rather than simply listing them. See WP:JUSTAPOLICY. Local Variable (talk) 16:35, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with your objection to the title, Cameron Dewe. Fortunately that's easily remedied by changing it. How about List of fatal victims of the September 11 attacks? — Guarapiranga  21:19, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Casualties of the September 11 attacks is an overview article about victims in general.
  • List of emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks is a subset of this topic. Thus, if the "List of 9/11 victims" article is deleted, then the "List of emergency workers killed in 9/11" may have similar issues.
  • Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks, Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks, Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, - These only talk tangentially about victims insofar as they talk about the aftermath and effects of the attacks.
  • List of tenants in One World Trade Center - Perhaps you mean List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971–2001) and List of tenants in 2 World Trade Center, but not all tenants were victims (or were even in the buildings at the time of the attacks). Again, these are tangential.
  • American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 93, and United Airlines Flight 175 - These articles do talk about the victims of the respective flights. However, the victims are not the main focus of the article.
Of the articles mentioned above, only two of these pages actually talk about victims in depth. One of them is a subtopic article and the other is an overview article. Neither page really talks about the victims themselves, which is definitely a valid topic - at least, judging by the sources in @Mhawk10's comment and in the current list article. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:58, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Levivich: I would propose this list be an index, perhaps something like a disambiguation page. A name-sorted bulleted list of wiki-links to pre-existing Wikipedia articles, perhaps with a brief description of their notability and a sentence or two explaining what the list is and it's inclusion criteria. Something really basic and minimal, to avoid the article being any larger than necessary. The problem with Casualties of the September 11 attacks, and many other similar articles, is that they are verbose descriptions, with names scattered throughout the article in no particular name order or inclusion criteria. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 08:06, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Similarly, there's nothing that says notability for "the topic" means you have to create a list several thousand entries long for it, when it's already covered in other article proportionate to coverage. - Aoidh (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think that's exactly what they mean: we don't have lists of dead people even if reliable sources cover the topic. Levivich[block] 02:01, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Do they? Here is what WP:NOTMEMORIAL says (emphasis mine):

Subjects of encyclopedia articles must satisfy Wikipedia's notability requirements. Wikipedia is not the place to memorialize deceased friends, relatives, acquaintances, or others who do not meet such requirements. (WP:RIP is excluded from this rule.)

Guarapiranga  02:08, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Similarly, the following also are lists of victims; should they be also be deleted on the basis of WP:NOTMEMORIAL? I don't think so.
Guarapiranga  02:45, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
He has a point N1TH Music (talk) 04:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've only checked the first two, but those lists aren't exhaustive. BilledMammal (talk) 06:15, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Ajf773 (talk) 10:21, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Agree fully. I just glanced at one of the above and saw many blue-linked names and names with individual citations. This list has almost no blue-links and probably no coverage for any of these people individually. Dronebogus (talk) 08:32, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I think this is actually a supplementary list to page Casualties of the September 11 attacks; we have such lists for many pages. The context ("911") seems to be obvious. My very best wishes (talk) 02:34, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with My very best wishes. It makes sense for a listing of those killed (which passes WP:NLIST) to be made into a WP:SPINOFF of the casualties page with its given size. There is contextual information showing encyclopedic merit in the very first sentence. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 14:49, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • See WP:BLUDGEON. You've more than expressed your viewpoint. Let others do the same. - Aoidh (talk) 23:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Aren't we here to discuss whether the article should be deleted (WP:AFD), whether it is able to meet Wikipedia's article guidelines and policies, and which are valid arguments that should be given more weight than unsupported statements (WP:DISCUSSAFD)? Remember that while AfD may look like a voting process, it does not operate like one (WP:AFDEQ). — Guarapiranga  01:58, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your response makes it sound like you did not read the actual text of WP:BLUDGEON. Specifically WP:SATISFY. - Aoidh (talk) 02:28, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I did. It doesn't apply. I'm not asking anyone to satisfy me; nowhere did I say I was not convinced by anyone's arguments. In this instance, I simply questioned the validity of the argument that information exists on other websites and therfore there is no reason to host it here. That's what we are here to do. — Guarapiranga  04:23, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Usefulness or encyclopedic purpose tends to be a highly subjective judgment. As said over at WP:WEDONTNEEDIT: A list of all the phone numbers in New York City would be useful, but is not included because Wikipedia is not a directory. This project's notability criteria imply that knowledge about a subject that meets them is useful. If this list had significant coverage in reliable sources and is notable, then this seems to be beside the point. Local Variable (talk) 00:12, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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