Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Germanic-speaking cultures surnames

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The result of the debate was keep. Eugene van der Pijll 19:18, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

List of Germanic-speaking cultures surnames

 * Listed on speedy - moved here. Could use a little cleanup and work. -SV|t 17:42, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * (Strong Keep) --Sheynhertz-Unbayg 10:18, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This nomination was never put in the logs, and I'm doing so now. I'm going to register a delete vote and here's why. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. This is not encyclopedic. It is also likely to never end. It strikes me as particularly similar to list of dog names, which was deleted per this vfd. --Dmcdevit·t 08:02, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that was plagued by fake names like "Footfootfoot," these are real German-language surnames, which have actual heritage. -newkai | talk | contribs 13:49, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Writing an article about heritage is much different from a list of surnames with no context whose only relatedness is existing in the same language. --Dmcdevit·t 07:17, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, the actual heritage can be potentially found in the articles that link from this list -newkai | talk | contribs 10:37, July 23, 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete Verily, I say to thee, "Thy Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of thine information," and pursuant unto that I specify to thee, "Thine Wikipedia articles are not lists or repositories of loosely associated topics." Behold!  For more I have to say to thee, for it is written that the Wikipedia is neither for the genealogical entries nor the phonebook entries.  And from the bowels of wikihell did erupt a plague, and it was called listcruft and such was this.  Germanic surnames are exactly like all other surnames in that putting together a list of them and calling that an article is absolutely absurd.  The Literate Engineer 08:52, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unmaintainable and arbitrary. Uppland 09:54, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's reference. If List of North American area codes can be kept, then I don't see why this can't. -newkai | talk | contribs 12:37, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * For the record, I'll vote "delete" on that as well. Wikipedia is not a phone book. --Dmcdevit·t 19:58, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Then nominate it! -newkai | talk | contribs 00:40, July 23, 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep but rename to List of German-language surnames or something else, identifying this as German-specific (which in fact it is). Could use cleanup, and perhaps a redefinition to "List of common German-language surnames."  -- Visviva 13:41, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to List of common German-language surnames as per Visviva, since that is objectively definable thru government data and such. A simple list of "German names", OTOH, is subjective and arbitrary, an inappropriate classification.  Dcarrano 16:56, July 22, 2005 (UTC)


 * (Move) If to delete, I think that move to List of common German-language surnames or List of German-language surnames is best way. (confused English, sorry) --Sheynhertz-Unbayg 03:16, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to List of common German-language surnames. JamesBurns 04:18, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and move as above. Extremely useful list. Martg76 08:04, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Visviva.--Defrosted 09:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)


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