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The result was redirect to List of lakes of Alaska. Missvain ( talk) 21:25, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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There are nearly 3,200 named lakes in Alaska, about 0.1% of all lakes statewide. So, lots and lots of lakes that aren't really notable, and I don't see anything about this one that makes it notable. The article basically says "it exists, some guy named it, it's near this other stuff with no article." Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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Weak keepPer WP:GEOLAND and "dull+ax+lake"&hl=hr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlh7HApLDtAhUNXsAKHcPDD8MQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q="dull%20ax%20lake"&f=false - since Wikipedia functions as a gazetteer, and we can say just a little bit more than just statistics that's not sourced to the GNIS, I'd support a keep here - though I also note if notability is on a scale of -100 to 100, where negative numbers are non-notable, I consider this around a 0.5. SportingFlyer T· C 21:58, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect is perfect per Reywas, below. SportingFlyer T· C 23:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of lakes of Alaska which lists the same basic data and links GNIS with name origin. This is a pretty darn small, generic, and remote lake, not too far from scores and scores of similar sized or larger bodies of water. Reywas92 Talk 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Slight issue with that idea: If you look at the talk page of that list, you will see a discussion of weather that list should include lakes with no article at all, as, again, there are over 3,000 named lakes out of the 3,000,000 total lakes in Alaska. If we list all the named lakes that list would get quite ridiculous, yet that is what one user is attempting, a 3000-item list. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:20, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Per WP:LISTN, that's not a problem. This shouldn't be removed completely. SportingFlyer T· C 00:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, but further down that same page WP:CSC states "if a complete list would include hundreds or thousands of entries, then you should use the notability standard to provide focus to the list" so it's not as cut-and-dried as all that. I've just opened an RFC over there to discuss this matter further. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of lakes of Alaska per Reywas and SportingFlyer. That's a good list, regardless of what CSC says.-- Concertmusic ( talk) 19:19, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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The result was redirect to List of lakes of Alaska. Missvain ( talk) 21:25, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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There are nearly 3,200 named lakes in Alaska, about 0.1% of all lakes statewide. So, lots and lots of lakes that aren't really notable, and I don't see anything about this one that makes it notable. The article basically says "it exists, some guy named it, it's near this other stuff with no article." Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Weak keepPer WP:GEOLAND and "dull+ax+lake"&hl=hr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlh7HApLDtAhUNXsAKHcPDD8MQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q="dull%20ax%20lake"&f=false - since Wikipedia functions as a gazetteer, and we can say just a little bit more than just statistics that's not sourced to the GNIS, I'd support a keep here - though I also note if notability is on a scale of -100 to 100, where negative numbers are non-notable, I consider this around a 0.5. SportingFlyer T· C 21:58, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect is perfect per Reywas, below. SportingFlyer T· C 23:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of lakes of Alaska which lists the same basic data and links GNIS with name origin. This is a pretty darn small, generic, and remote lake, not too far from scores and scores of similar sized or larger bodies of water. Reywas92 Talk 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
- Slight issue with that idea: If you look at the talk page of that list, you will see a discussion of weather that list should include lakes with no article at all, as, again, there are over 3,000 named lakes out of the 3,000,000 total lakes in Alaska. If we list all the named lakes that list would get quite ridiculous, yet that is what one user is attempting, a 3000-item list. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:20, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Per WP:LISTN, that's not a problem. This shouldn't be removed completely. SportingFlyer T· C 00:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, but further down that same page WP:CSC states "if a complete list would include hundreds or thousands of entries, then you should use the notability standard to provide focus to the list" so it's not as cut-and-dried as all that. I've just opened an RFC over there to discuss this matter further. Beeblebrox ( talk) 00:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of lakes of Alaska per Reywas and SportingFlyer. That's a good list, regardless of what CSC says.-- Concertmusic ( talk) 19:19, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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