Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italian inventions and scientific discoveries
I just don't see the reason for maintaining lists that provides little in the way of additional information, while acting as a kind of |content fork that allows people of nationality 'X' to make claims to the discovery of a particular invention in a place where it is insulated from the article itself. If there is clear knowledge of the location where something was invented, it can be noted in the specific article; if there is a dispute (with reliable sources on both sides rendering it arguable) then that can be noted. Making a special article to extol the virtues of a particular region (in the form of "look what it gave to the world") has none of the benefits of technology specific timelines (e.g. Communications, Transportation) and significant costs (people don't edit war over the order in which technologies were introduced, they will over which country lays claim to an invention). &mdash
— User:ShadowRangerRIT, 22:44, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:CFORK (Wikipedia:Content forking)