Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of firearms

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 speedy keep‎. I see a consensus to Keep this article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:42, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The article List of firearms along with a half dozen extracted out of it (List of firearms (A), List of firearms (B), List of firearms (C), List of firearms (M), List of firearms (R), List of firearms (S)) are pretty much unsourced, and a mess (I did some case fixing on a few). Dicklyon (talk) 03:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Firearms and Lists. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:11, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep No valid reason given for deletion. AFD is not cleanup. Having things listed in a sortable table would be more useful. This is a valid navigational list, and allows more information than a category would so is more useful. You do not need sources for a navigation list, only an article for them to link to that confirms they should be on the list. Dream Focus 06:54, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: This discussion needs a lot more participation.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:53, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Valid navigational list. Kind of a disaster but a useful one IMO. PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:40, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep per DreamFocus. It is a mess, but that isn't a rationale for deletion. Various other lists such as List of machine guns and List of pistols (or a new List of firearm manufacturers) might (eventually) make the main body removable, but the article would still need to be kept as Lists of firearms. Walsh90210 (talk) 22:48, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Surely this could just be a category? The list does nothing that categorization doesn't do. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 23:40, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete An already cumbersome mess which, if ever completed, would be so bloated as to have no use at all. What's next, a list of automobiles by VIN? Qwirkle (talk) 07:03, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. It is a valid navigational list. There is improvement potential so should be edited rather than deleted. Priscilladfb16 (talk) 10:28, 27 August 2024 (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.