Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American scientists


 * 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 delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 05:56, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

List of American scientists

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WP:SALAT, very incomplete list that could potentially contain tens – if not hundreds – thousands entries. We have much more selective categories (by field by century, by field by state,...), there is no need for this overarching list. Broc (talk) 06:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, Science, Lists,  and United States of America. Broc (talk) 06:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Split article into a list of lists, specific to scientific categories, per nom. —Mjks28 (talk) 06:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Mjks28 this is an alphabetical list, how do you propose to split it? Broc (talk) 06:33, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I would propose to split the article into different subsections of science; i.e. one for psychologists, one for biologists, one for chemists, etc, and make this article a list of those lists, sort of like Lists of celebrities. Mjks28 (talk) 06:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This would be an effort completely unrelated to the existing page, as it would not be a simple WP:SPLIT but would require a complete re-evaluation of all entries in the list. Creating lists by topic could be done by simply using categories as a starting point, without needing the existing list. In my opinion the suggested "split" is not feasible. Broc (talk) 09:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I see. In that case, I'd agree with deletion. Mjks28 (talk) 10:52, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete, for much the same reasons as for deleting the List of British scientists just above. Athel cb (talk) 08:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete While creating new lists for American chemists, etc. may be an appropriate narrowing of topics, I see no need use the existing list in any way. Recreating it as a "Lists of" or other navigation page is welcome, but again it's not necessary to use any of the current page as a starting point. Reywas92Talk 15:21, 25 June 2024 (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.