Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of short place names
The nomination does not have a leg to stand on:  "''unencyclopedic''" is just begging the question and the reference to  is inappropriate as lists of this sort are specifically exempted.  The topics are evidently notable - see the book http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=orVJS-KHMIiUyASeu5SJDg&cd=9&id=ovsbAQAAIAAJ&dq=short+place+names&q=short+place+names#search_anchor Limits of language, for example.  And there has been no attempt to engage with the topics by discussion at their talk pages which is contrary to our |deletion process
— User:Colonel, 11:17, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LINKFARM||WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)