230:- The reason given for deleting is invalid - that is, we don't delete pages just because efforts to move them didn't acquire consensus - which means the consensus was to keep them in place. The nominator seems hell-bent upon moving this page and is admittedly using the deletion process as a tool or forum to override the current
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This is pretty much a list of articles on random topics sorted by various categories, like a table of contents of sorts. However, something in this format certainly does not belong in the mainspace. I am listing it here because discussions on moving it elsewhere have
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171:- Could you expand a bit on why it doesn't belong in the mainspace? I'm thinking that if it doesn't belong in the mainspace, then it doesn't belong anywhere. Is it duplicative of other pages in the mainspace?
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which the discussions he referenced failed to change -- this is an abuse of the AfD process, and therefore is grounds for speedy keep. Move discussions belong on talk pages or on the village pump,
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It doesn't belong in mainspace because it resembles a portal or a page in the portal namespace. However, it's not exactly a portal. It's basically a flashy "list of everything". --
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