Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benn family


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The result was keep. There is a consensus that the article should be kept because it is a notable political family. (non-admin closure) &mdash; Music1201  talk  17:37, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Benn family

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List of five politicians who happen to be related to each other, with no reliably sourced indication that the group has any inherent notability as a group. Everybody here is already listed in the surname page at Benn anyway, so there's no need for this as a separate standalone article -- as constituted, the only discernible purpose to this is genealogical rather than encyclopedic. Bearcat (talk) 17:03, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep tentatively - if it can be sourced well - it seems to have been a political dynasty of sorts. Bearian (talk) 22:16, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:05, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect I think Emily Benn should be deleted due to not meeting WP:NPOL, but other notable relatives such as Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate aren't listed on this page. Merging this to the family's title of nobility, Viscount Stansgate, seems like the best option here, redirecting to Benn is also a possibility if there are other notable families with this surname. Power~enwiki (talk) 03:45, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I see why you argue for a redirect to Viscount Stansgate but my worry is that if people are looking for information on the family, which is not impossible, they may be puzzled by the title they are redirected to and wonder why they ended up there (and they might give up without bothering to read the article, which does explain). --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:53, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:39, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep "The Benns are now one of Britain's most notable political dynasties". We have numerous similar pages about other political families.  AFD is not cleanup. Andrew D. (talk) 23:14, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep As a notable political family. – Philosopher Let us reason together. 15:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTGENEALOGY: Family histories should be presented only where appropriate to support the reader's understanding of a notable topic. - GretLomborg (talk) 22:38, 16 June 2017 (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.