The result was no consensus. The reason I'm not relisting is there isn't a chance of a consensus emerging for 42 articles with split, valid opinions. If folks think a merger into a decade is more useful to the reader, that's a conversation that can happen editorially. Star Mississippi 01:42, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Per the precedent set at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1964 in Nagaland, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1963 in Nagaland and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 in New York City, I nominate this article, along with 41 other articles for deletion.
Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. There are no secondary reliable sources asserting the "[X year] in Macau" is a topic for scholarly research. The articles fail WP:GNG, and thus should be deleted. All of these lists are also stubs, with very little information presented.
The complete list of pages nominated for deletion are:
33ABGirl (talk) 09:10, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept regardless of any demonstrated notability."This clearly fulfills a recognized informational purpose, even though I do admit it could be organised better. SportingFlyer T·C 11:02, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Guidelines
Wikipedia:Notability#Stand-alone lists says: "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."
Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists#Specialized list articles says: "Timelines, using a standardized layout to present a chronological summary of a topic; examples include Timeline of architectural styles and Graphical timeline of the Big Bang. There is a special MediaWiki timeline syntax, but most Wikipedia timeline list articles do not presently use this recently introduced feature. For more information, see timeline."
Analysis of the guidelines and sources
The concept "timeline of Macau" has been discussed in independent reliable sources. Both Reuters and Macau Daily Times published articles with timelines of Macau. The information in these articles could be structured differently. SportingFlyer wrote, "I think you could make a very comprehensive argument that we could have say 2000s in Macau instead of individual years based on the amount of information available in each article". I think there is more than enough information in sources about Macau for there to be an article for each year in Macau. But as the individual year articles do not have much content yet, I think combining the articles is fine until enough information has been added to justify spinoffs. Per Wikipedia:Editing policy#Wikipedia is a work in progress: perfection is not required and Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion, the articles should be kept with no prejudice against consolidation.
Sources
The timeline lists events in 1999, 2002 (two), 2004, 2006 (two), 2007, 2008 (four), and 2009 (four).
The timeline lists multiple events for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
