Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Afro-Caucasians


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The result was delete. Sr13 03:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

List of Afro-Caucasians

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Listcruft. There are so many people of mixed race in the world that this won't come close to being complete. Blueboy96 22:26, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete This is just begging for WP:OR issues, not to mention the old standby of WP:NOT. Trusilver 22:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete listcruft, looks like original research and will likely never be completed. Oysterguitarist 23:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:BLP, WP:OR, WP:THISGIVESMEAHEADACHE, and WP:NEO - does "Afro-Caucasian" mean mixed race or does it mean white people living in Africa? Or black people living in the Caucasus? Oh, I forgot: everyone's American. -- Charlene 00:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and above, probably the bio articles should be categorizes instead to Afro-Caucasians cat. --JForget 00:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep To be sure, the title sucks, and I've never heard of an "Afro-Caucasian". However, this is notable and is apparently a work in progress.  I'd get rid of anything less than half and half, and verify on some of these (I don't think Booker T. Washington had a white parent, for instance), nor that Carol Channing had a black dad or grandma.  Still, for all of you supposedly open minded people who think that lists like these are somehow "racist", how many of you would automatically label Franco Harris, Derek Jeter, Bob Marley, Eartha Kitt, Jasmine Guy and Halle Berry as "black"?  OK, 4, 5... did you have your hand up?...6. And how many of you would call them "white" for the same reason?  Anyone?  So go ahead and vote to delete, but this one gets saved on the hard drive and will come back in black and white before you can say "listcruft". Mandsford 01:46, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - a list of anyone of mixed black/white ancestry? This is exactly what categories are for.  --Haemo 02:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete list would be way too long-- Sef rin gle Talk 04:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete the page would contain millions of persons. It may have been inspired by List of Afro-Asians. I wonder if there are more pages like that. Mlewan 06:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. Unhelpful list. Axl 09:11, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete It's a list whose inclusion critieria is too wide, making it impossible to maintain. A category may work though, since it must be linked to people already having an article about themselves.--Kylohk 10:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree that, as is, the list is unmaintainable, in that it presupposes to list everyone who has a bit of African ancestry and a bit of European ancestry, and in that instance, it could contain "millions of persons" or be "impossible to maintain". If it were limited to the offspring of an African-American father and a White mother (or vice-versa) it would be much shorter.  I'm kind of surprised with one of the commentators, who pointed out the flaw in the list of Americans who spoke a second language... is it just me, or is there something wrong with the fact that everyone describes Barack Obama as black, when he's also one-half white?  Before anyone says, "You should say African-American", that applies exactly to someone whose father is African (Kenyan) and whose mother is American (Kansan).  Maybe we can make a List of Kenyan-Kansans.  Mandsford 12:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete on the basis it's original research and likely to provoke disputes and edit wars. It's also pretty non-notable. Mglovesfun 12:59, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete why is it more notable to be of mixed race than of a single race. Imagine the length of the articles - List of Caucasians or List of Asians. Not feasable. Also something about listing people by their race seems quite distasteful. Guest9999 18:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)]]


 * Comment The distasteful comment int my above vote was meant as a personal opinion rather than an arguement for deltetion. Sorry about the mix up it does not belong here. Guest9999 23:11, 15 July 2007 (UTC)]]
 * Delete as per nom. Bearian 23:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Mandsford that it is important to make ths distinction between mixed-race and say, black or white people, but it is so vague that people will be adding their best friend or whatever. If there is not already a category for mixed-race people of note, then there should be one, and this lost should be merged into it.  Neranei  T / C  02:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


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