Talk:List of people from Utah

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What is the criteria for people on this list? People like Don Bluth have taken permenant residence in Utah for a time but were born and now live elsewhere, others like Mitt Romney went to school in Utah but otherwise never lived there.
 * I would be interested in any discussion around this topic. There is a similar discussion on Talk:List of people from Montana. Deejayk 19:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge?
Should List of Utahns be moved here?--Thelema12 (talk) 22:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

There are formatting differences between the two lists. Any suggestions? --Thelema12 (talk) 04:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

The easiest thing would be to alphabetize the whole thing; if I do that, I lose the categories from List of Utahns: Law and Government, Religion, Business, Athletics, Entertainment, Science and Engineering, Criminal, Authors, and Artists. Should I preserve these categories, and if so, how? Thanks! --Thelema12 (talk) 19:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I merged the people from the List of Utahns to this list. I still need to do some cleanup here, and I haven't got rid of the other article yet. Does anyone care if we lose the categories from the other article? --Thelema12 (talk) 16:39, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Have you performed the merge yet? The other page still exists as a seperate page. Tavatar (talk) 14:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I kind of messed up. I put everyone from List of Utahns into this list on October 30th, and then I left the other list up, so now new people have been added to that list. I should bring them over and then make that list a redirect. What's your opinion of the categories on the other page?--Thelema12 (talk) 17:56, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, did it. List of Utahns is now just a redirect.--Thelema12 (talk) 21:48, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Vanity edits
This list seems particularly vulnerable to additions that are not notable. Today I removed a band that was no more notable than a hundred other music groups in Utah that aren't on this list. I notice there are a couple of former low level wrestlers on here currently.

How about a general consensus that if the person or group doesn't have an existing, established Wikipedia article, then they are removed? In other words, no red links. Anyone have an opinion on this? Green Glass (talk) 23:30, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with this. This is the guideline I use when looking at "notable resident" sections of city articles. &mdash; Zaui (talk) 23:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree - otherwise these lists are too vulnerable to spam. Plazak (talk) 00:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay then, I'm removing all red links. Green Glass (talk) 02:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It might not be that simple. There are some entries on this list that only avoid the red link by linking to a disambiguation page.  These should probably be removed as well.  Should I go ahead?--Thelema12 (talk) 21:06, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I would say yes. Plazak (talk) 11:57, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree, please remove those too. Green Glass (talk) 23:38, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

removing people from the list
When you remove a person from the list, a brief statement of the reason for the removal would be helpful. For example, in the edit summary, you could say 'not from Utah,' or something, so that people would know why you removed somebody..--Thelema12 (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

wilbur soot
hes from utah he said it himself, has he every said exactly "I am from the United Kingdom"? no however he did say he is from Utah. 88.240.77.12 (talk) 14:34, 4 September 2022 (UTC)


 * He never said he was from or born in Utah before, plus his Wikipedia article says he's from Suffolk, England. Kgfhijbfdf??gfd (talk) 14:59, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The real-life Wilbur Soot is from the United Kingdom. Recently however, as part of his character lore ending on the Dream SMP, he states that he is from Utah and returns there. So, canonically, he is from Utah. 2001:8003:7864:7A00:16F:6090:DADA:E109 (talk) 07:59, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * "The real-life Wilbur Soot is from the United Kingdom."
 * Then stop adding Wilbur Soot to Utah. There, problem solved. Kgfhijbfdf??gfd (talk) 16:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Famous person from Utah
C!Wilbur Soot 69.18.240.148 (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 September 2022
hello. i would like you to add, under the list of people in 'w', in the people of Utah, "Wilbur Soot - Founder and former president of L'manberg" thank you, and have a wonderful day people at wiki. Gmorningzem0 (talk) 04:24, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 09:46, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * To be honest, people like this will most probably continue to do so because they think this makes them funny or cool. It's not though, this list is for REAL people. Not FICTIONAL people, but they can't wrap their heads around that apparently.. Kgfhijbfdf??gfd (talk) 15:25, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, technically he is a real person, Wilbur Soot, or William Gold is real, C!Wilbur is not, also it’s a joke man, calm down Ehmidkman (talk) 12:14, 26 September 2022 (UTC)