Talk:List of entomology journals

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 1 July 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.
To-do list for List of entomology journals: edit · history · watch · refresh
  • Change bold text headings into wikiformatted section headings
  • Add references for all current list entries
  • Create articles for all redlinked entries
  • Resolve the issue highlighted by Shyamal in the deletion discussion related to non-country-specific journals
  • Rename article "List of entomology journals by country" (suggestion)
  • Add Dates of publication for all journals
  • Change raw text to tables

This list was proposed for deletion with the following reasoning:

"Useless list of links to largely non-existent articles. Not a single external link. Article has been in existence for over two years but still has almost no usable content - it's impossible to learn anything from it or use it for further research."

I disagree with this proposed deletion. To deal with the concerns above:

"Useless list of links to largely non-existent articles."

Not quite sure why it's "useless" ... or any more useless than similar lists elsewhere in Wikipedia. The fact that the articles don't (yet) exist shouldn't be a reason to delete the list, it should instead be a reason to create those articles, where they are appropriate. If some entries do not deserve an article, then they should be trimmed from the list.

"Not a single external link."

I don't understand this reason. Why does the list need external links?

"Article has been in existence for over two years but still has almost no usable content"

What usable content you would expect a list like this to contain that it does not contain? Addition of that info would be an alternative to deletion, but we need to know what you have in mind.

"It's impossible to learn anything from it or use it for further research."

To say something is impossible requires an enormously high standard of proof ... is that really what you meant to say?

SP-KP 18:43, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classification

Is the country indicated the country of publication or the country covered. I cannot decide where to add Oriental Insects [1], Tropical Lepidoptera [2] etc. The list of additions is really huge. I think it should be reclassified with columns giving subject scope (applied, systematics, genetics etc.), region scope and taxa scope. Shyamal 04:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree - scope info would help Goldfinger820 05:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)