Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timelines of modern history

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. (non-admin closure) MarioJump83! 10:07, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This doesn't seem to be necessary because many of the links at Timelines of world history such as Timeline of the Middle Ages show an actual timeline rather than this article which is a directory of timelines. Interstellarity (talk) 00:36, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please rewrite your reason for deletion. It makes no sense. The page Timelines of world history includes a link to Timelines of modern history. They do not overlap. Serendi^podous 09:38, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Serendipodous:  Fixed. Interstellarity (talk) 11:59, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Interstellarity:: OK, so what would you replace it with? Serendi^podous 10:27, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• @Serendipodous: Actually, after reading the comments in the discussion, I think nominating the article for deletion was a bad idea. I think this article should be restructured so that the major events that happened since 1500 occur in one page rather than separate pages. Interstellarity (talk) 12:31, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Interstellarity (talk) 00:36, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Not sure what to think about this one. Especially since the definition of "modern history" can be very subjective. Foxnpichu (talk) 15:40, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Unintelligible, similar occurred here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:01, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Since nobody has given any !votes since this AfD began, I'm gonna throw in a Weak Keep !vote, following inline with Interstellarity's idea above that states "[the] article should be restructured so that the major events that happened since 1500 occur in one page rather than separate pages". Foxnpichu (talk) 23:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename to List of modern history timelines. I am not a great fan of timelines, but this is a list not a timeline. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:23, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Peterkingiron: By this logic, we should rename Timelines of world history to List of world history timelines. Would you support such a move? Interstellarity (talk) 19:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'd be up for that. Foxnpichu (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and rename to List of modern history timelines per Peterkingiron's reasoning. Cf. WP:LISTOFLISTS. 24.151.121.140 (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, meets WP:NLIST as a wikireader navigational aid, also okay with a rename. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:52, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:54, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Not reason given to delete, no one saying they want to delete it. Why was this relisted twice? Just close it already. Discuss name changes on the talk page. Dream Focus 06:42, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep with regret There are many POVFORKs here and that will require a broader discussion than this mere AfD. Abhi88iisc (talk) 15:47, 3 January 2021 (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.