Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Libraries (collection)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect‎ to Internet Archive#Media collections. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 04:31, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Libraries (collection)

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How is this list notable (WP:NLIST)? Sourced just to Internat Archive. IA is a great initiative, but not all aspects of it are notable. I fear this is true for most if not all entries in Category:Internet Archive collections. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:14, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Museums and libraries, Internet, Lists, and Canada. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:14, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The sources are primary, no evidence anyone is writing about this collection as a thing in itself and Wikipedia is not a catalogue. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:39, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I can't find any sourcing, but I'd admit it's a very hard term to search for. If sourcing can be found, it could be handled better as a subheading in Internet_Archive#Media collections. We certainly aren't here to list projects' sponsors. Elemimele (talk) 09:20, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Wikipedia should retain this somewhere but not as an article. It's not notable but it is a research resource akin to the Wikipedia Library. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 14:03, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Previous AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Libraries. It was kept. Pinging previous participants: @Margin1522, @SuperHamster, @Northamerica1000, @Fgnievinski. DGG, the primary advocate for keeping the article, has since died. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 14:15, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also pinging @Joe Decker, the closing admin. Unfortunately, some of these editors, such as Joe, are no longer active. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 14:27, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Internet_Archive#Media collections, as the title has survived for so long. fgnievinski (talk) 14:22, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have left notes about this AfD at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Libraries and Wikipedia talk:The Wikipedia Library. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 14:44, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
yes, that redirect target is a good alternative. I'm sympathetic to the thinking behind the last AfD, but we have to remember Wikipedia is not a campaign platform, even for principles of open access information that are close to our hearts. Redirecting would allow readers to find what they need. Elemimele (talk) 12:13, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't realize that AfD was me, ten years ago! =) fgnievinski (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect The Internet Archive has many notable collections and the information there is interesting but does not merit its own article, this should somehow be incorporated into the main article, perhaps even as an external link?. Jessamyn (my talk page) 15:35, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.