Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the Government Warehouse's contents

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The result of the debate was DELETE. JamesTeterenko 06:52, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of the Government Warehouse's contents

Non-encyclopedic, non-verifiable speculation bordering on fan fiction, and possibly copyvio from the cited websites. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Government Warehouse, and note that that particular VfD was withdrawn (with consensus to keep) precisely because this exact list was removed from the article. The list, by itself, should be deleted. -Sean Curtin 02:31, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Data lists (this is akin to phone books names) in a different presentation cannot be a copyvio. The Items are verifiable plot elements and/or part of conspiracy theories in a supposed secret warehouse. JDR 10:19, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the comments on the government warehouse VfD. Or retitle as list of fictional items by country, then delete it. Tonywalton 14:07, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Abstain. This could be useful, and should at all costs be kep seperate from Government Warehouse, but currently it's too crufty. Needs some cleanup.--Scimitar ^parley 14:13, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm only here, because (apparently, and according to User:Uncle G) I'm the fool who put his head over the parapet saying the list oughtn't be recreated. That was in the context of the main article -- in my humble, without the list that article is fine. This, however is a VfD on the list and, as an Englishman, and therefore possessed of the inalienable right to eccentricity, I feel that the list itself does not belong on Wiki

It may be copyvio
It is elsewhere accessible, and an external link can be left

It is accessible elsewhere, in multiple and inconsistent versions -- whatever goes here will/would be inconsistent with all but one of those
It is something which will continue to grow (or shrink, if things are found in reality)

It is fictive, and I keep reading that Wiki is not for fictives.

My suggestion, and it is no more than that, is that the list be groomed, spritzed and pedigreed, and than released into another bit of Wiki-space, with a link to it from the original article. Then those who want to feed and tend it can do so, those who want to observe it but not interfere can also do so, and those who want nothing of it won't be offended. Were it so dealt with, I would probably drop in every now and again to add an item or two (the skelton of Oil-Fired Stanley Price, for one).

Respectfully, Simon Cursitor 14:47, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I now note that User:Skysmith has suggested (I would say "proposed" but I think suggested is more accurate) (on Talk:Government Warehouse) that the list become a Wiki of its own. This is, I think, what I was trying to say, and should someone volunteer to matriculate the Wiki, I suspect it could rapidly become very popular among the BJAODN afficionados. --Simon Cursitor 07:05, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, but I would have no problem with a list in Government Warehouse that is cited either to fictional works or published allegations. Gazpacho 16:26, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless distinction between fiction and allegation is sorted out (and stupid stuff like "Loch Ness Monster" removed) DJ Clayworth 16:51, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete basically the entire list is unsourced semirandom speculation. Utterly unencyclopedic. CDC (talk) 17:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. Just redirect to Government Warehouse. If anyone comes up with a serious case for copyright violation, list on WP:CP, not here. --Tony Sidaway ^Talk 17:35, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Evidence that this community may need more random drug testing than is presently in place...Preczewski 18:52, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Original research. --Carnildo 22:42, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - potentially infinite list. For long listing of reasons, see Talk:Government Warehouse - Skysmith 23:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - A common enough motif in both conspiracy theories and fiction, and it's also pretty obvious that it's not potentially infinite. Just require sources if entries are in doubt. It should be reorganized and split into fiction and alleged fact, though. I'm not entirely sure why this should be a separate article, see for instance Motif of harmful sensation, which includes a list of examples. It might also be better to make the list of fictional contents be chronological by publication date. The alleged factual entries might not be encyclopedic, but the list of the use of this motif in fiction is definitely worthy of inclusion. JZ 22:39, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not encyclopedic. A few examples of the sorts of things usually associated with secret government warehouses would be appropriate, on that page. No one will ever say "gee, I wonder if there is a list of every object ever alleged to be in a secret government warehouse." Jacob1207 22:21, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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