Talk:1700s in literature

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1700s in literature was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made below the archived discussion rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP

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This page (to which I contributed substantially) has now been superseded by the articles on individual years in literature within the decade, and is effectively redundant. However, I wouldn't like to delete it (nor would I dream of breaking the rules in this way) without being sure that no one else is likely to cross-refer to it or want to access it. Deb 20:40, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Keep

An article like this helps people find stuff if they don't know the particular year. I'd keep it. It's both helpful and valid. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 21:09, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
Keep - ~~serves a similar purpose as a disambig page.~~ Rename to 18th century in literature and make it a "disambig" type page for the year articles, noting the major works of each year, or at least keep as a redirect to List of years in literature. This page has editorial history which we don't need to delete, and it may be linked from external sources. Someone may want to expand it someday as a summary of the achievements. -- Netoholic @ 18:05, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)
Keep —siro χ o 22:51, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Because it'd be nice to have a page which summed up the general trends and motions of literature over that century. Looking over at 100 individual yearly pages it's easy to lose sense of the big picture. So keep, and rewrite it less as a listing and more as a short criticism. - Lifefeed 21:19, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
- I think I should have explained better. This isn't a page for the whole of the 18th century in literature. It's just for the decade from 1700 to 1710. Deb 17:42, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Delete

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Abstain: I know Deb's point. No one actually links to this page. If you go to add something to it, you find that it's 500 miles long, because the 18th c. was huge in literature and there are a few people around here (ok, but it's not just me, alright?) who write articles on 18th c. literature. I don't think the page does any harm, but I hope no one wants to link to it much. We have articles and cats for years now. Geogre 01:27, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

End archived discussion -- Graham ☺ | Talk 23:38, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)