Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mugshot websites

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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 22:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of mugshot websites[edit]

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Nothing but a list of external links; almost speedyable via A3. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 12:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep: On the one hand this does fit the bill for Stand Alone List as a categorization of Mug shot publishing industry. On the other hand I feel that this isn't the level of effort that needs to be there to justify it's inclusion. I can see how having this data listed (especially who is the "owener") helps reveal some of the disturbing trends. Hasteur (talk) 12:49, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't think "being helpful" is a criteria for inclusion. That's an argument often invoked to justify spamming external link sections. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:39, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Great way to run off a well established user Hasteur (talk) 14:39, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That looked like a reasonable and polite response, to me. We're here to have a discussion, which may involve editors critiquing other editors' arguments. Pburka (talk) 15:00, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 12:54, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 12:54, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. No objections to replacing the content with an encyclopedic list of notable mugshot websites, but this is just a directory. Pburka (talk) 12:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per NOTDIRECTORY/WP:LINKFARM. A list of non-notable entries. Spam. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:15, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP per Lists_of_websites I vote to keep the page as the Mug_shot_publishing_industry article states, in regards to removal, these sites create a problem comparable to Whac-A-Mole. Mugshots 14:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment List of websites is a mainspace page, not a policy page. You'll find that most (nearly all) of those lists are to notable websites (i.e., websites that are notable enough to have a Wikipedia article), and contain links to the Wikipedia article rather than external links. The page as it stands now clearly violates several policies as other editors have mentioned ([[|Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directoryWP:NOTDIRECTORY]], WP:LINKFARM). OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:55, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per NOTDIRECTORY and WP:ADVERT, along with LINKFARM; most of them just seem to be owned by the same company under different names per locality Nate • (chatter) 08:20, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is pure advertisement, and for a particularly repugnant industry. Seriously, a comparison table listing which services they provide? valereee (talk) 13:30, 14 August 2015 (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.