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The result was keep. The consensus here is to Keep and Split this article. I can close this discussion as Keep but in terms of reorganization of the article content on to different pages, interested editors should start a discussion about this on the article talk page. Good luck! Liz Read! Talk! 06:43, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
List of battles by geographic location
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Objectionable on two counts. First, it is far too broad: to be complete, this would have to include every single significant land battle in history. Second, it is organized by current country, even if the battle took place before the country existed. Clarityfiend ( talk) 21:50, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Keep "too broad" -> broad articles exist on wikipedia, see "Lists of songs". Moreover, similar articles exist such as List of battles which is sorted by era (see "Lists of battles")"organized by current country" -> That is the point of this article yes.If the lenght of the article become too important then splitting it by country is possible.
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talk) 22:19, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Comment. Let's assume, just for argument's sake, there are five significant battles a year (a ludicrously low number for the entire world). Since the year 0 AD, that would be over 10K battles. That broad enough for ya? Clarityfiend ( talk) 08:02, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- Reply. There is already Lists of battles. Like songs, there is no List of songs. Also, who in the world is going to look for the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) in the Israel section? Clarityfiend ( talk) 22:46, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Split - While I agree with @ Maxime12346 that broad articles exist, Lists of Songs is very well organized and is not painful to navigate. It should not be deleted completely, but split into several articles to make it easier to read and edit. Idevjoe ( talk) 22:54, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and Lists. Shellwood ( talk) 23:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
- Split by continent or country. The article should be also be renamed to List of battles by continent or country. Onetwothreeip ( talk) 01:27, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:36, 18 December 2022 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Keep and possibly split by continent. Lists are not required to be complete/exhaustive. My very best wishes ( talk) 01:45, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
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