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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 00:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of postcodes in Queensland (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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per WP:Directory- see comments on Victoria list Crusoe8181 (talk) 11:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. sats 11:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Note The following related articles have all been nominated as well.

List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in New South Wales (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in the Northern Territory (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in South Australia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in Tasmania (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in Western Australia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

List of postcodes in Victoria (Australia) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

It appears that the nominator was unaware of how to bundle these requests. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: The ACT one survived two previous AfD attempts. Useful information. Lists of this kind are allowed on Wikipedia. This information appears in many places in this form. Article could use better contextualization, but as a topic appears notable and useful. --LauraHale (talk) 20:32, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect all to Postcodes in Australia#External links, where a link to Australia Post's postcode tool may be found. Australia Post's official tool is regularly updated (monthly apparently), unlike the lists here. That link also provides access to an iPhone and iPad app. These lists are completely redundant to the link. It simply doesn't make sense to keep these lists. Maybe it did back in 2004, but not now. --AussieLegend (✉) 21:12, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect all to Postcodes in Australia#External links, as per AussieLegend's suggestion. Even if they aren't that out-of-date it seems the most logical way forward. - Shiftchange (talk) 11:47, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 12:32, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Delete: It flat out contravenes the WP:NOTDIR policy, and I will add that the lists as construed are not very useful anyway in this format. If you look at the official postcode directory they print it's very large because there are thousands of localities and hamlets not included in these lists that nonetheless fall into a postcode, and not always that of the nearest town/suburb. I think any list Wikipedia generates of postcodes is going to be inferior to that maintained by the postal service - at best incomplete and at worst inaccurate or misleading. Unus Multorum (talk) 20:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong delete all WP has come a long way since the original AfDs. this is clearly WP:NOTDIR. there are 100s of thousands if not millions of postcodes worldwide, we are not in the business of creating directories for these. AussieLegend correctly points out there is an official postcode finder at Australia Post website, we don't need to be a postcode finding service. LibStar (talk) 01:14, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• keep. for one thing, it's a guide to what locations might need WP articles. The relevant principle is NOT PAPER. That the fundamental resource is even more detailed shows we;re not violating not directory,. 20:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (NYPL) (talk • contribs)

Please see my response at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of postcodes in Victoria (Australia) --AussieLegend (✉) 23:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I see no reason whatsoever for us listing ZIP codes. I sure hope we don't list area codes, but I'm almost afraid to look. Drmies (talk) 01:49, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Australia only has Telephone numbers in Australia but the US has Category:Lists of United States area codes - Be afraid, be very afraid. --AussieLegend (✉) 10:02, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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