Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boden (family)

Boden (family) was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was transwiki to Wiktionary. As of 16:30, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC), the article is still in the queue to be moved. Rossami (talk) 16:30, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

and similar pages - non-enc. jimfbleak 06:52, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Commenting on receipt of message -

"User talk:82.145.213.10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hi - I have been deleting some of your family name articles on the basis that they are not encyclopedic. I realise that they are posted in good faith, which is why I'm contacting you. If you are not happy with this, please discuss it on Votes for Deletion. jimfbleak 06:46, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)"

Reply - As the contributor to Boden, obviously a definition of encyclopedic would be helpful before I dedicate any more of my time to this Wiki project, (a definition I understand to mean broad in scope or content). Do you mean the project is not broad in scope or content, or do you require the entries to be broad in scope or content? The reason I ask is that my entry did not appear to be any different from a number of other pages I came across during browsing random pages, hence my decision to contribute (prompted by the major feature on BBC's "Click Online" on BBC World).I had considered adding the bullet point that it was also a family name to the Boden (place in Sweden page), but that appeared to be inappropriate. Perhaps Jim could also kindly clarify what he has deleted of my contributions as a guide? I have submitted new items and amended typos and other errors in some items I had browsed. Thanks - Mark Grace
 * Delete: On this entry, the author defines the name, which would make it a dictionary entry, rather than an encyclopedia entry. (I also think the derivations are off, but that's another matter.)  On family name entries in general, the problem is that these duplicate myriad genealogical sites on the Internet and serve a different set of interests from those of encyclopedia readers.  They list, rather than contextualize.  They set up a strictly hierarchical organization of human generations, rather than a taxonomic, lateral and vertical, organization of human knowledge.  Thus: Boden should be deleted for being an etymology/dictionary entry.  Genealogy in general should go to one of the sites that serve those interests. Geogre 19:55, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Try wiktionary where I believe they are looking into surname entires (though this wouldn't cut the mustard there either). -- Graham  &#9786; | Talk 02:06, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: The article's changes make it a better Wiktionary entry. I think it will be helpful there, but maintain my vote to move to Wiktionary (delete here). Geogre 02:01, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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