Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional birds of prey

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The result was no consensus. Because of the expansion, KevinOKeeffe's comment no longer applies. With that said, there is no consensus between keeping and merging. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:22, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional birds of prey

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Sorry, but how many fictional birds of prey are there? This is far too specific a list to go anywhere, unless there's a bird of prey genre of fiction I'm not familiar with. Currently there are only two entries, both from the same comic book. I just don't see this going anywhere. Maybe there's another entry or two, but that still won't make it notable. Prod declined by an admin, to my amazement. Hairhorn (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete If this list included stuff from ancient mythologies, well maybe, but Condorito, and Son of Condorito? Do lists with only two items (especially non-Notable ones) really need to exist? I think not. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 14:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per KevinOKeeffe McMarcoP (talk) 15:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per KevinOKeeffe although I would argue there aren't really enough mythological birds of prey to make the list worthwhile. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Comment - I don't really think this list should be kept, but I disagree with Hairhorn's statement that this couldn't be made into a good list. There are already extensive lists at List of fictional birds (which would include birds of prey as a subset) and List of fictional owls (which would be a subset of birds of prey). Even just selecting the most notable entries on those lists, there would probably be enough fictional birds of prey for a good sized list. Also, many other lists of fictional animals have been kept at AfD in the past (see my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional deer and moose. ~~That being said, I think a list of fictional birds of prey would be redundant with the current lists for birds and owls, so I don't really think there is a need for it.~~ Calathan (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Now that someone has added many more entries to this list, I've realized that it does make some sense to have this as a separate list in addition to the main list for fictional birds. There are already several lists separated out from the main list, including List of fictional ducks and List of fictional penguins, and the List of fictional owls I mentioned above. I think the lists are more manageable and easy to read when broken up like this. I think the main bird list should link to the sub-lists more promenently, instead of just listing them at the bottom, but I think keeping several lists makes sense. Calathan (talk) 05:07, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of fictional birds and redirect. Obviously (I'd hope) a merge is preferable to a deletion. -- Quiddity (talk) 19:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Or Keep, per Calathan's comments. I just realized the list has drastically grown since it was nominated. -- Quiddity (talk) 06:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
merge as suggested just above. it will be more useful combined. This could have been discussed and done with AfD. DGG ( talk ) 00:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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