Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Austrian inventions and discoveries

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The result was keep. Sandstein 12:50, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of Austrian inventions and discoveries (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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WP:LISTN is definitely not satisfied ("Austrianess" [sic] as defined by "invented or discovered partially or entirely by a person born in Austria"??). Way too WP:INDISCRIMINATE. This is a test case. There are plenty more nationalities where this slunk from. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:04, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:07, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:11, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: I am apathetic right now. I will circle back after a few others give opinions. Wm335td (talk) 20:31, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Homeopathically weak keep Whilst I normally would suggest an even remotely WP:INDISCRIMINATE list should get in the bin, I think this risks having some encyclopaedic merit. I think I'd be veering keep if the list criteria were "inventions or discoveries that are notably Austrian", versus just "this has a vague wiff of the Alps about it". I don't know what criteria should be used to define a notably Austrian invention - something that includes Kaiserschmarrn, but excludes Psychoanalysis would fit the bill. I see this article has A sister, too. -- a ^{they/them | argue | contribs} 22:09, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Very Weak Keep Seems to have some educational merit in research for Austria. Dellwood546 (talk) 03:29, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• User:Dellwood546, can you clarify? Austria is not Australia. Perhaps a typo? IceFishing (talk) 11:00, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: User:Dellwood546, replying that "Australian" for "Austrian" was a typo, as you did here, was a good idea. Removing your reply and silently correcting the typo, as you did a minute later, was not so good. Please don't alter your comments after they have been replied to, because it wrongfoots the other person. See how strange IceFishing's question looks now? Bishonen | talk 17:19, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: IceFishing Oh sorry, I was unaware of what to do, thanks for the heads up on what to do. Dellwood546 (talk) 00:01, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Category:Lists of inventions or discoveries : includes lots of List of Japanese inventions and discoveries, List of Korean inventions and discoveries, even a List of Byzantine inventions. In case anyone else is wondering about this as a type.IceFishing (talk) 11:04, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I see no problem with hosting lists of inventions made in specific countries. IceFishing (talk) 01:17, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• How about the fact that there don't appear to be lists by country "in the wild"? Clarityfiend (talk) 08:31, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• I am not entirely certain that I understand your question, are you requesting article like "So, what have the Scots ever done for us? Just 101 of the innovations Caledonia gave the world" [1] The Independent? IceFishing (talk) 12:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep -- This is merely a list, which is harmless. It is tagged for a lack of references, but I regard that as misplaced criticism: what would need references is the articles linked to. Such lists are rather like categories, which cannot have references. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:24, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and WP:INDISCRIMINATE doesn't apply here. KartikeyaS343 (talk) 18:57, 23 January 2020 (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.