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. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:09, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Outline of ancient China

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This article is so hopelessly incomplete that it's probably better just to delete it. Another thing is that the article doesn't give a definite time period for "ancient China". Mucube (talk • contribs) 05:22, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Missing time period –

Fixed

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Mucube (talk • contribs) 05:22, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - it looks like historical outlines of this nature for different countries are a thing and there are many of them. Here is an outline article for ancient Egypt and one for ancient Rome. There's more on outlines at WP:OUTLINE, and they aren't meant to be articles full of writing. Thus I'm going to say keep - but it looks like it could do with a lead and a little cleaning up down at the bottom. Meszzy² (talk) 06:14, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Missing lead –

Fixed

Clean up –

Done

Keep - The argument to delete is that the article is a stub? That's not a valid deletion argument. The standard procedure for stubs is to expand them. Outlines are one of Wikipedia's navigation systems, to help WP's readers see what articles WP has on a subject. The purpose of the Outline of ancient China is to present the topics on this subject that Wikipedia covers, by providing links to the articles in Wikipedia that are about ancient China. Like the rest of the navigation systems, each outline is designed to expand as Wikipedia's coverage of its subject grows — and like all articles on Wikipedia, each outline is also a work-in-progress. So, if any article links are missing, it's because they haven't been added yet. What article links are missing? — The Transhumanist 16:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@The Transhumanist thanks for fixing the lead and cleanup - cheers Meszzy² (talk) 19:33, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Meszzy2: You are most welcome. If you have any other suggestions on how to improve the outline, please let me know. — The Transhumanist 07:41, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep – This Outline has existed for seven years plus it is viewed over 1000 times per month, so it is obviously useful and needed. If you feel it has weaknesses, lift it up! Cheers! ((u|WikiWikiWayne)) {Talk} 19:28, 24 January 2023 (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.