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The result of the debate was '''keep top page; delete sub pages'''. '''[[User:Kilo-Lima/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">K</span>]]'''[[User:Kilo-Lima|ilo-Lima]]|^{[[User talk:Kilo-Lima|(talk)]]} 13:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

===[[FIPS place code]] and its subpages===

This is just the ''tip'' of the iceberg: I look at [[Special:Newpages|New Pages]], and was startled to see entries like "[[FIPS place code/Minnesota]] ('''390,351 bytes''')" and "[[FIPS place code/Arkansas]] ('''311,887 bytes'''). These are HUGE subpages of lists of geographic codes. The creator is stacking 'em up, one by one. Wikipedia is NOT a primary source, and it's NOT a bunch of lists. [[User:Calton|Calton]] | [[User talk:Calton|Talk]] 07:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

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* '''Comment''' Wow, I really don't know what ot say. [[User:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''T'''</fontspan>]] [[User talk:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:gray;">'''K'''</fontspan>]] [[Special:Contributions/TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''E'''</fontspan>]] 08:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

:'''Keep''' It's a government report, relevant information, hell I paid for it. [[User:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''T'''</fontspan>]] [[User talk:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:gray;">'''K'''</fontspan>]] [[Special:Contributions/TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''E'''</fontspan>]] 08:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' How about: the top [[FIPS place code]] article is good info and the subpages are deletable as [[WP:NOT|not an indiscriminate collector of information]]. [[User:Weregerbil|Weregerbil]] 08:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Delete''': It's sad to see so much effort go to waste, but it's right in [[FIPS place code]] that the original list can be downloaded from an official (presumably up-to-date) source. An article ''about'' FIPS place codes, maybe keeping a manageable amount of place codes as examples, would be an excellent idea. [[User:Peter Grey|Peter Grey]]

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*'''Comment''' Wikisource is the place for primary sources, so if you want to put this on a wiki, put it up there and link it from here. [[User:Night Gyr|Night Gyr]] 17:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' an article on the FIPS place code system as such, if it is a notable reference system. '''Delete''' the codes themselves, which do not belong in an encyclopedia. &mdash; [[User:Haeleth|Haeleth]] <small>[[User_talk:Haeleth|Talk]]</small> 17:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

* '''Transwiki''' to Wikisource [[User:Swatjester|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;">&rArr;</fontspan>]] [[User_talk:Swatjester|<fontspan facestyle="font-family:Euclid Fraktur;"><fontspan colorstyle="color:black;">SWAT</fontspan><fontspan colorstyle="color:goldenrod;">Jester</fontspan></fontspan>]] [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|18px|]] [[Special:Contributions/Swatjester|<small>^Ready</small>]] [[RSTA|<small>Aim</small>]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Armed_Forces|<small>_Fire!</small>]] 18:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

* '''Delete:''' we add no value to the world by copying such an immense amount of numeric data; what we do is create a reference which will become out-of-date and therefore misleading. A reference to the primary source is the way to do this. '''Keep''' the top-level article. — [[User:Johantheghost|Johan&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ghost]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Johantheghost|_seance]] 18:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Keep top-level article,''' remove tables from its, '''delete subpages.''' FIPS place codes are important in the geographic and demographic industries (such as the Census Bureau, and Claritas where I work), and not otherwise noteworthy. A good two-paragraph article would be appropriate here; the raw tables are not. WP is not for primary sources, excess level of detail, etc. [[User:Barno|Barno]] 21:11, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Keep top-level article,''' remove tables from its, '''delete subpages.''' Per Barno and Johan the Ghost. —''[[User:R._Koot|Ruud]]'' 13:51, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

:'''Comment''' I'm with that. A bot for this would be nice, I didn't even know about government produced rankings. [[User:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''T'''</fontspan>]] [[User talk:TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:gray;">'''K'''</fontspan>]] [[Special:Contributions/TKE|<fontspan colorstyle="color:maroon;">'''E'''</fontspan>]] 19:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Argument in favor by the author''': As I am the person who has created this, I would like to make the case why it should stay as is.

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[[User:Rfc1394|Paul Robinson]] 22:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

*'''Delete''', Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, but Paul Robinson's contributions are appreciated. [[User:Stifle|Stifle]] ([[User talk:Stifle|talk]]) 00:13, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

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