Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesuits alumni

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. 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 keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 00:19, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Jesuits alumni
Usability and relevance, not entirely convinced that such a list is needed.--Boothy443 | comhrÚ 06:15, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * As the author of the page, my defense is that I wish to get some sense of the global impact of Jesuit Education, as possibly one of the most succesful education networks in the world. One way of doing that is to develop a comprehensive list of Jesuit alumni or students. Wikipedia seems perfect for this as it opens this list for contributions from areas of the world where this information is difficult to  encounter, eg Egypt, middle East, Russia, Japan, etc.....  SO clearlt my vote is to keep it... Hope that convinces you! Timsj 11:30, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, usable and relevant list. Kappa 11:46, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep but only if renamed. A major movement like Jesuits would deserve a page on famous members - but this page title implies that anyone who graduated as a Jesuit could be listed there, which is unencyclopedic. Radiant_* 12:41, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: A point of clarification... there is a already a page on the Jesuits which incorporates a list of famous Jesuits and link to pages about them. This is not a page of people who have graduated as Jesuits, but of famous and influential students who have graduated from educational institutions founded and run by the JEsuits. There is a a section on Jesuit Education in the original page on the Jesuits and this page is a link from it. I have changed the title as suggested to avoid this ambiguity.  Timsj 14:17, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. If this is kept, I believe to something like List of famous Jesuits alumni would be a more suitable name. vlad_mv 13:30, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename (I suggest List of alumni of Jesuit educational institutions). Jgm 22:10, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I moved it as per suggestion and then spotted that it says in the blurb that articles shouldn't be moved during discussion. Oh well, it's not a list of "freedom fighters" moved to "terrorists" or the like, and it can always be moved again if the new name is intensely unpopular. Wincoote 13:26, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (especially under the new name, which is clearer.) If there is insufficent support to keep it, at the very least, it should be merged into the main article on the Jesuits. It's an interesting and noteworthy demonstration of the influence of the Jesuit movement on the world. Note that it could be made even more keep-worthy if it contained information on the Jesuit educational philosophy, or quotes from members of the list on how their Jesuit education influenced them. (Note that I'm not proposing that the author engage in personal speculation as to the influence of a Jesuit education--that would be original research.) --Jacobw 15:29, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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