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The result was delete. Barkeep49 ( talk) 02:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC) reply

List of nicknamed tropical cyclones

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This fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:GNG, as no sources report on the subject of a "list of nicknamed tropical cyclones". The inclusion criteria are inherently ill-defined since arguably all tropical cyclones with land impacts receive nicknames of some sort (also, what exactly is a nickname?). Jasper Deng (talk) 22:19, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Jasper Deng (talk) 22:19, 27 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• REDIRECT Why is it called "nicknamed"? These are the names it was called in the media, they naming it after the region it happened in. Atlantic_hurricane_season#1494–1850_(pre-HURDAT_era) shows where to find the information already. Dream Focus 03:24, 28 March 2020 (UTC) reply

OK. I am the account created by the IP address 2601:18e:c400:a020:a461:77f5:5848:7712, who first created List of nicknamed tropical cyclones. And I say: Do whatever you want with it. I put a userspace draft at User:Chicdat/List of nicknamed tropical cyclones so I can (finally) finish it in peace. 🐔Chicdat ( talk) 10:20, 29 March 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Chicdat: Chicdat, I appreciate your enthusiasm for this subject, but not everything can be included on Wikipedia. See the links in my initial comment above for why this particular case does not need an article– why not work on something else, like List of extremely severe cyclonic storms?-- Jasper Deng (talk) 10:34, 29 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep. non-duplicating coverage:The Atlantic hurricane season article does not include3 the nickname information--it links to places that do for any particular storm, but using that as a criterion for removing conten from WP would remove essentially all conten from our articles, because they all must link to the information. DGG ( talk ) 18:14, 4 April 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete — Fails GNG and a lot of these aren't "nicknames", they're just locations heavily impacted by an unnamed storm. For hurricanes that don't have widely used "nicknames", articles are just given a generic title highlighting the most impacted region. That amounts to self-citing Wikipedia which is a policy violation. ~ Cyclonebiskit ( chat) 19:06, 10 April 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per @ Cyclonebiskit:. Jason Rees ( talk) 19:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete as per the reasons given above. TropicalAnalystwx13 ( talk · contributions) 19:11, 10 April 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete – there may be some value in cataloging noteworthy names for tropical cyclones, but "nicknames" is a very ambiguous standard for a list to cover. In addition to the policies mentioned by Jasper, I would also point to point #7 of WP:DIRECTORY, specifically the need for context information. Essentially every impactful storm prior to the advent of official naming will have some moniker assigned by gov't/press to more easily discuss it. Well-defined lists exist at List of historical tropical cyclone names. — TheAustinMan^{( Talk ⬩ Edits)} 19:57, 10 April 2020 (UTC) reply

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