Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abraham Busset


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 23:50, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Abraham Busset

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Well-sourced but Wikipedia is not a directory of genealogical entries. Fails notability guidelines. Propose userifying in case original user wants to continue to develop and find notability. tedder (talk) 05:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and transwiki. Ottre 06:46, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Hold your horses, while I get someone to answer my question on |What Wikipedia is not about genealogical entries. I.e. why not allow genealogical entries? One of you could even make a stab at answering it. Sanpitch (talk) 15:50, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * In the most practical terms, it's because there are six billion people out there, most of whom have never done anything to catch the attention of anyone outside their immediate social circle. There are countless billions more who are deceased and of little note to those outside their social circle.  Having information on any of these billions of people, even if it's verifiable, wouldn't do a whole lot to improve the encyclopedia, except to an extremely narrow audience for each article, and would make it more difficult to maintain and navigate the encyclopedia as a whole.  Genealogy information is ultimately of greater utility to those who care about it (and those who don't) if placed in a more specialized resource such as Wikipeople.--Father Goose (talk) 07:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete, Wikipedia isn't a directory of dead people :-) Nyttend (talk) 00:05, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions.  —94.196.158.212 (talk) 10:10, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.