Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Hispanic surnames


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The result was delete. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 17:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

List of Hispanic surnames

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This page is an indiscriminate, unmanageable, unencyclopedic list. Sable232 19:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, not exceptionally useful but redlinks are one reason for lists instead of categories. I don't see how it's indiscriminate or unmanageable. If we have that many Hispanic surname articles it seems to make sense to have them navigable in some way. --Dhartung | Talk 20:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep very much in keeping with and well placed in Category:Lists of surnames by ethnicity or nationality. TonyTheTiger 22:03, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I saw that category, and I would have no problem putting up others for AfD if this one is deleted. Most are OR and not verifiable. What constitutes an ethnic surname? --Sable232 22:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Is there any point in this? You would have to make every last name mentioned in every article link to a list. I suggest replacing this with a link to an online phonebook. Citicat 00:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete since it is completely unsourced. The idea of a category or list of this type isn't a terrible one, it may be a legitimate way of organizing information however each and every name needs to be sourced and a definition of what precisely constitutes a 'hispanic surname' would have to be devised.  I'd be willing to bet that quite a few of these names are not hispanic. --The Way 01:03, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I used to have a Dictionary of Surnames and very interesting it was too. Admittedly, it was British surnames, but similar must be available for other languages and cultures.  But the point is, it was a DICTIONARY, not an encyclopaedia.  This list suffer several faults, notably that the first few links I followed go to irrelevant articles (e.g. Abella >>> 14C female Italian physician; Abreu >>> Abreu Camp in the USA).  And why is O'Higgins not on the list? However, it may be useful and there are, as has been said, similar pages (but I don't see personally how I would use it or any similar list) so I remain neutral for now.  Emeraude 12:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihon joe 00:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * DeleteHas a potential to be factual but not encylopedic. We could need every name in every Latin American and Spanish phone book.  But this depends - is a name Hispanic if a verified Hispanic person has it?  Also the list is already too long to be of any use, and in theory it needs to be expanded.Obina 00:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or rename 'Hispanic'-->'Spanish' and transwiki. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is.  Articles on Hispanic surnames (or any surnames) should also be deleted per WP:NOT.  (The term "Hispanic" also seems problematic, as would be the articles in Category:Lists of surnames by ethnicity or nationality per Sable's concerns about OR/V.  In this case though, that can probably be fixed just by renaming to "List of Spanish Surnames."  Classification of names by linguistic origin seems OK and verifiable by linguistic sources; classification of surnames by ethnicity seems dicey.)  Pan Dan 18:25, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


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