Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia

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List of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia

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• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Museums and libraries and Pennsylvania. SWinxy (talk) 18:50, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:41, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge Seems clear enough I would have just merged myself. The Philadelphia libraries are not so distinct they can't be included in the main sortable table. Reywas92^Talk 19:42, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Question: SWinxy, can you elaborate on how this fails our list guideline? Thanks, --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:44, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Hey, AB. I don't think it passes NLIST because I haven't found any sources discussing Carnegie libraries in Philly. SWinxy (talk) 20:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. A search for "Andrew Carnegie"+philadelpia+library turned up multiple useful references. Here's a sample:
  • The City of Philadelphia has proposed creating a "Carnegie Library Thematic Historic District"[1].
  • The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia has an article about the libraries.[2]
  • The National Park Service has an article.[3]
  • PhillyHistory.org publishes a a so-called "blog" of history articles by professional historians; this includes an article about Carnegie and the Philadelphia libraries.[4]
    • This is not a "blog" in the sense of self-published opinions; reliability-wise, it's like the news blogs some news outlets have.
  • The library system has a long history article.[5]

There's more out there; this is a start.

I'll note that the sources all indicate the Philadelphia libraries are a special group. We lose that if we merge this list into the state-wide list.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 20:37, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per A.B. Basically, I have no problem with a merger, which can be discussed on the talk page and enacted if consensus forms there, but no stomach for forcing a merger through the AfD process--there's simply not a compelling enough reason to brute force this. Jclemens (talk) 20:53, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Should I withdraw the nom and do a RM? I completely forgot about that. SWinxy (talk) 21:50, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  AFD is for deleting articles, not for merge discussions, so it would be best to do that. Dream Focus 20:37, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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