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The result of the debate was delete. Graestan(Talk) 00:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

List of -aan planets (talk - history - links - logs)

Per my reasoning on List of -ooine planets's TC. It's a list, and furthermore, one that borders on OR. It's not an important list either. Mildly interesting, yes, but not important. Chack Jadson (Talk) 19:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Delete

  1. Per my reasoning above. Chack Jadson (Talk) 19:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  2. Deletaan. MauserComlink 19:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  3. Even shakier than -ooine. OR city. IU articles = IU categories, people. Graestan(Talk) 19:21, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  4. Pranay Sobusk ~ Talk 19:24, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  5. —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 19:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  6. Per above. Grand Moff Tranner Imperial Department of Military Research (Comlink) 20:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  7. Better off as a category, IMO. - Esjs(Talk) 20:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  8. OK, I can agree that maybe this isn't OR, as Silly Dan pointed out, however, I fail to see any reason why this list should be kept. It serves absolutely no purpose. I suppose that I could agree to the creation of a category, as suggested by Esjs. Cylka-talk- 21:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  9. Destroy these planets! — Fiolli {Alpheridies University ComNet} 21:45, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  10. Maybe not exactly OR, but pointlessly trivial. Show me some sort of legitimate IU connection between all of these planets having the same suffix and then we can talk. Toprawa and Ralltiir 22:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
    • An example of this would be planets that begin with "Ord," like Ord Mantell, Ord Pardron, which are all established to be Ordnance/Regional Depot planets. This is a legitimate naming connection. -ooine and -aan planets have no such connection. Toprawa and Ralltiir 22:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  11. Per Toprawa. Unless there is a verified IU connection this is trivial. Grunny (Talk) 06:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  12. Per Tope. Jonjedigrandmaster (Jedi Beacon) 00:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
  13. Deleteooine. -- Darth Culator (Talk) 01:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
  14. Meh Enochf 07:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
  15. Ord Deleteaanooine. IFYLOFD (You will pay the price for your lack of vision!) 03:51, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
  16. Same as -ooine planets, they shouldn't be listed. Tope had suggested the use of a category on IRC, which seems much more organized than having to list them in separate lists. JangFett Talk 23:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Keep

  1. I wouldn't call this original research: original research would creep in if the article explicitly assumed there was some sort of connection beyond the name. Maybe some of you think the very existence of the list does that implicitly, but I don't. —Silly Dan (talk) 19:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
  2. I stand by my original opinion: "I think this and its sister list have merit. There are a lot of planets ending in this suffix, enough that it appears to be more than mere coincidence. While it's fanwankery to suggest WHY such a large number of planets with this ending exist, it's not fanwankery to collect them all in one place, and such information is useful for the curious. Since I suspect a category would be going to far, we ought to keep the list." jSarek 00:15, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
  3. NOT original research, but merely a harmless list of those planets that happen to share this common suffix. I would also wait until The Essential Atlas releases before assuming anything. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
  4. Not really seeing a valid reason for deletion. -LtNOWIS 00:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
  5. Per LtNOWIS. - JMAS Hey, it's me! 00:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Comments

  • Previous discussion. Chack Jadson (Talk) 19:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
    • As I said, it borders on OR, but yes, I can see how it's not really that close even. Still, it's pointless, and as Cylka says, that's the main reason for the TC. Chack Jadson (Talk) 22:17, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
      • I don't think it's pointless. While there is currently no explicit in-universe connection between these worlds, the repeated use of this ending certainly implies one, and anyone running across Taloraan and Endoraan after already knowing Alderaan is likely to wonder what other planets follow this convention. Having their names all in one place also lets our users engage in comparative research: How many are known to be in the Slice? Do they share any geological or climatological characteristics? I see these lists as no less useful than many of our articles (I can much more easily see a user asking "How many -aan planets are there?" than asking "what is bread, anyway?"; and the user would certainly learn more reading the former than the latter). jSarek 00:38, 27 June 2009 (UTC)