Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of sovereign-state flags (2nd nomination)

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. Not a snowball's chance of this being deleted. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:NOTGALLERY. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:36, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Keep The nominator has nominated this before and the result was a resounding Keep. Per WP:DEL, "It can be disruptive to repeatedly nominate a page in the hopes of getting a different outcome.". The claim that this is contrary to Wikipedia:NOTGALLERY is false because the images here have accompanying text which provide a coherent theme and explanation of them. If we should feel the need for more text then this will be done by further editing not by deletion. Presenting the flags of all nations in this way is standard material for an encyclopedia and it is vexatiously false to suggest otherwise. Warden (talk) 20:13, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as I pointed out in the last AFD, this kind of page does exist in the dead tree/old school encyclopedias. This is stuff that is still being used in those. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 21:39, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is getting ridiculous, and I find these repeated flurries of thoughtless nominations quite disruptive. I'm not sure nominator will agree, but I firmly believe that the consensus is that not all useful things on Wikipedia should be deleted. Also, not all galleries are bad. And in fact, Gallery of sovereign-state flags is good. It is even touted at Wikipedia:Gallery as an example of a good gallery. This gallery is indeed extremely useful as a navigational aid. Assisting navigation is one of the stated purposes of lists, and galleries can also serve that purpose, in particular for items whose primary representation is visual. As it is, for most people the primary representation of flags is visual, and Gallery of sovereign-state flags serves an obvious navigational purpose.  --Lambiam 23:02, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This is not the spirit of WP:NOTGALLERY, and every print encyclopedia I have ever seen has such a table of flags. To delete this would violate common sense. Inks.LWC (talk) 03:25, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. A gallery such as this is of encyclopaedic value. A misinterpretation of the guidelines. Nightw 15:08, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:20, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. No valid reason given for deletion. Sławomir Biały (talk) 18:30, 9 October 2011 (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.