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The result was delete. There's only one valid "keep" opinion (the other making no argument). Rough consensus is that in the absence of sources discussing this category of counties as such, making a list of them is indiscriminately collecting information, as well as original research. Sandstein 10:23, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of island counties of the United States[edit]

List of island counties of the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Pure trivia with no meaning, significance, or sources establishing the notability of island counties as a group. Unnecessary original research that combines some counties that are actually entirely on islands with other that are composed of both islands and mainland. While of course the islands of the United States may have their own unique transportation and maritime issues, there's no indication what these have to do with county government or borders. Reywas92^Talk 17:16, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 17:16, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 17:16, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Entirely original research. Cannot find anything in a WP:BEFORE or using the links above that discusses these as a group (per WP:NLIST) and there is not even a clear selection criterion (as counties like Monroe that are mostly land are counted). eviolite (talk) 17:55, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: I don't see any need to delete this list.  Buaidh  talk e-mail 18:14, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep this is not a trivial cross-categorization, nor is it easily derived from another list, although I will note that Alaska is missing Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. All list entries are themselves notable, so notability is not an issue, just whether this is a defective list, which it does not appear to be. Jclemens (talk) 18:30, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Please read WP:NLIST, which says Notability of lists (whether titled as "List of Xs" or "Xs") is based on the group. One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources, per the above guidelines; notable list topics are appropriate for a stand-alone list. (emphasis mine). This is not demonstrated. eviolite (talk) 22:42, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Please read NLIST more carefully. "One accepted reason" strongly implies that there are others. Unlike, say, "mace wielding Anime characters voiced by Black actors," this is not a non-encyclopedic cross categorization, in that it passes a common sense test: would a reasonable encyclopedia cover island counties? Sure. Do you disagree? Jclemens (talk) 08:11, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islands-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails WP:LISTN; WP:OR with questionable scope. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:51, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• delete or at the very least, apply some WP:TNT and start over. If I follow the article correctly, there is no US county that consists of a single island and maybe some smaller ones about it (except maybe the big island in Hawaii), and only a couple-three that consist only of land on islands. Most of the entries in the list are counties which have enough islands to somehow justify their inclusion, which is plainly someone's or some people's arbitrary decisions. So even if there is a reason to have an article whose contents are what the title promises, nothing in it is usable. And given the actual answer, it looks to me as though it at best should redirect to some article on US geography. Mangoe (talk) 21:53, 19 February 2022 (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.