Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fairfield University - Notable Alumni


 * 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The result was withdrawn. I think it just needs a lot of work. --Wafulz 04:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Fairfield University - Notable Alumni

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This is an enormous list of people from Fairfield University with relatively vague criteria. I would assume when "notable" is in the title, the creator meant people who have met criteria in WP:BIO. However, the vast, vast majority of these people don't have a Wikipedia articles. I'd suggest a redirect, but the title is unlikely to be searched at any point. I suggest listing the few here with articles in the main article (there are only 20ish roughly). Wafulz 04:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename for harmonization. See: List of Rutgers University people and List of Harvard University people. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 04:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep lists of "notable" people are prone to bloat, but the list there seems okay. Metao 04:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment What do you all think about the people actually in the list? As I pointed out earlier, there are roughly 20 actual articles linked, which I think could fit into the original article (I counted 15). If it were a much larger list, I would just opt for renaming. --Wafulz 04:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This seems to be from some uni website. Larry Bossidy is undoubtedly notable but isn't wikilinked. I'd say cut the promo lingo from the intro, wikilink all names, move redlinked ones to the talk page and depending on length merge back into main article or keep as stand-alone. There is certainly no reason to delete this, unless it's word-for-word copyvio. ~ trialsanderrors 04:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow! I spent an enormous amount of time researching and creating this list. This is entirely my work.   Please do not delete.  Renaming to List of Fairfield University people is an acceptable solution. If you wish to reduce the size, then I can go through and ween out some of the name. --Stagophile 23:48, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Eh I'm withdrawing seeing as my decision might've been a bit hasty. I'll post on the talk page of the article. --Wafulz 04:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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