Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of countries by electricity price

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The result was a snowstorm of delete. In addition this list is probably a copyright violation as a straight reproduction of a published list of statistics with a non-obvious methodology. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 22:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of countries by electricity price (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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The electricity price constantly fluctuates (and isn't necessarily the same for a whole country either). A list of the price in countries at a random date is not a notable subject, and a list which is restricted to just 34 countries isn't really optimal either. Fram (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:52, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. In any case, a gross over-simplification of the hugely complex array of different prices available to different people at different times etc., most of numbers in this table are likely to be wrong most of the time, and what sources are we going to use? And why electricity? We might as well have a list of the prices of potatoes, flour, milk, underpants or roofing insulation in different countries. Elemimele (talk) 15:56, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Elemimele, impossible to maintain, non-notable and useless. Dronebogus (talk) 16:06, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Unless they used one standard source, from the OECD or something, this chart isn't much help to anyone. Oaktree b (talk) 16:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. In addition to what has been said (with which I agree) the war in Ukraine is going to make the information go out of date even faster than it otherwise would. Athel cb (talk) 18:03, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete A German chart with American pricing in a frozen (and pandemic-influenced) moment of time doesn't help anybody and is better covered by day-to-day surveys from multiple sources. Nate • (chatter) 21:42, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Arbitrary statistic using one single source to present a particular point of view. Ajf773 (talk) 09:20, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete At least in the US the price varies by location among other factors and I suspect the same holds true elsewhere. What next List of countries by gas price? Something that is hugely unstable, is at least in a place like the US priced per station, with state and I believe in a few cases even more local taxes playing a part among several other factors.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:04, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I just thought of something else. With exchange rates changing all the time, any comparison of electricity prices in countries with different currencies is going to fluctuate based on both local demand issues and the exchange rate.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment clearly this is a case of WP:SNOW close. Dronebogus (talk) 20:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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