Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of water parks in the Americas

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:48, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of water parks in the Americas

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Articles aren’t categories. Just an indiscriminate list of water parks, most of which aren’t even notable. Dronebogus (talk) 19:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Amusement parks-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, and categorize: right now this is synonymous with a category. If this was a list within an article, or if water parks had difficulty becoming legalized or something like that, it may be worth keeping at that point. But right now there is nothing notable about this list. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 12:06, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Category:Water parks in the United States by state Got water park by nation categories already. Valid navigational list, just eliminate any entry that doesn't have its own Wikipedia article. Dream Focus 02:14, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There are enough entries for the United States of America to have its own separate article. Dream Focus 02:37, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- And the point of that separate, purely redundant article is what exactly, besides existing for the sake of being “interesting” and “improving Wikipedia”. Dronebogus (talk) 04:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - The information would be removed from here with a link to the other article obviously. I did not make a claim it was interesting. If something is valid for a category, then its valid for a list article. List articles are more useful than categories since they can contain additional information. Dream Focus 10:15, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Of which this list has none. Dronebogus (talk) 20:55, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment could somebody bundle-nominate all the similar “list of [tourist parks] by [region]” pages? They’re all seemingly identical and just as pointless, but I suck at multi-page nominations. Dronebogus (talk) 04:48, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think this is a good example of where lists can be complimentary to categories. This is more useful than dozens of categories split by state or country. Reywas92^Talk 15:19, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You could make a list article for literally any category based on the logic that it’s WP:USEFUL. I’m not sure liking the formatting better is a good argument to keep something. Dronebogus (talk) 20:58, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a trivial intersection contrary to WP:INDISCRIMINATE. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 03:04, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Kalahari, Dollywood’s Splash Country and Water Country USA receive coverage on the following sites as a group of North American water parks: [1], [2] and [3]. Hot Park, Thermas dos Laranjais and Beach Park receive coverage on the following sites as a group of South American water parks: [4], [5] and [6]. Per WP: NLIST, discussion of any group or set within a list by reliable sources is appropriate for a stand-alone list. This passes WP:NLIST. Heartmusic678 (talk) 13:23, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Looking at List of waterparks, List of water parks in the Americas is a WP:SPINOFF to reduce the size of the main list. I think it's self evident that List of waterparks meets WP:NLIST provided that it stays within the scope of "notable water parks." That means all the redlink entries should be removed, but that's outside the scope of this AfD. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:29, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Qwaiiplayer.4meter4 (talk) 14:37, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep a valid split for navigational purposes. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 15:05, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep fulfills our LISTPURPOSE. Lightburst (talk) 19:22, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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