Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English flags

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. Closing discussion early per SNOW. With seven arguments for keep, some of them strong, and no votes for delete, outcome appears very clear and unlikely to change, so there is a net positive to closing the discussion early. If any editor disagrees with my close, please ping me on my talk page and I will undo and allow to run for the full time period/leave for an administrator. (non-admin closure) MaxnaCarta (talk) 11:49, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of English flags (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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As per WP:NOTGALLERY, WP:NOTDIRECTORY. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 13:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 August 15. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 14:19, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists and England. Shellwood (talk) 15:49, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Someone did transfer some flags to Wikimedia previously. Category:Lists and galleries of flags Lot of articles like this. Need to have them all decided at once, not drag things out. Dream Focus 16:53, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  If they had accompanying contextual information and were considered for deletion on grounds of WP:NOTGALLERY and WP:NOTDIRECTORY then these criteria were being completely wrongly applied. Thincat (talk) 08:23, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep WP:NOTDIRECTORY does not apply here as there is contextual information, and many of the entries are the subject of articles. WP:NOTGALLERY is for "Photographs or media files with no accompanying text". Peter James (talk) 20:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The nominator has not understood the deletion criteria cited. As Peter James says there is considerable contextual information, and significant information, accompanying each flag. Articles in the form of tables of images with associated text are not against WP:NOT. Thincat (talk) 08:23, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per above Dronebogus (talk) 09:28, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, the nominators concerns are unfounded. The article is an informative outline of the topic. SailingInABathTub ~~🛁~~ 20:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Enough links to articles to be a valid information and navigational list. Dream Focus 11:45, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Seems like a useful list. Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 15:27, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Provides sufficient contextual information RedBaron12 (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2022 (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.