Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mexicans

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 01:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

List of Mexicans
The list is obsolete, every article was sent to the cats already, lks were rm, etc. Ruiz 16:28, August 9, 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep; lists can be useful in ways that categories aren't. --Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 16:51, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Some lists can be useful, but not this one. We have Category:Mexican people and Category:Mexican people by occupation, which are way more updated and easier to navigate than this list. We can't expect people to add a link for every Mexican bio ever written, ordered it alphabetically, etc. That's what the cats are for, this doesn't add anything to a cat. Ruiz 19:06, August 9, 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. viva la lists.  lists are useful, and this one seems to be accurate.  List can contain people who are not article worthy, or for some reason do not have an article, catgories cannot.  &rarr;ub&#949;r n&#949;mo &rarr;  lóquï 19:32, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete--as to the above poster, lists should not contain people we don't have articles on; otherwise, this list would have millions of entries. Only encyclopedic Mexicans would get put in this list anyway. Secondly, the "can contain entries that don't have an article yet" is much more useful for lists of small, closed sets, which this surely is not. Meelar (talk) 19:48, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * there's a line between people who are noticeable enough for an article, and those noticeable enough to be mentioned (which doesn't contain millions).  &rarr;ub&#949;r n&#949;mo &rarr;  lóquï 23:05, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is unmaintainable and does a job done better by the categories mentioned above. Usrnme h8er 20:20, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Delete per Ruiz. Explodicle 22:36, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Bunch of good points for Keep. I change my vote. Explodicle 20:39, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Let's not repeat the Votes for deletion/List of Nigerians debate here. Flowerparty talk 01:18, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists allow us to see notable people in Mexico who do not yet have articles which categories does not. Capitalistroadster 02:11, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, lists are wiki, categories are un-wiki. Kappa 03:10, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The good thing about Wikipedia is that lots of different organisational systems can co-exist. There is no need to disparage any of them; you can just ignore the ones that don't suit the way your mind works. Osomec 06:11, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Categories are useful, just un-wiki, which is one reason why they should never replace lists. Kappa 00:33, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Red links are one of Wikipedia's best features and when this gets too big it can be subdivided. Osomec 06:07, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, same reason as above Antonio Martin 19:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, most countries are represented in Wikipedia with a list of its most notable citizens. If we delete the "List of Mexicans", who will we delete next without starting a controversy?  Let it go Tony the Marine 19:50, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, i find this list useful, other countries have similar lists. I agree with Ruiz that cats are much easier to navigate,are updated etc.. but thats not enough reason to delete this list. Abögarp
 * Keep, per Abogarp. Also, I actually believe that these lists should include people we do not have an article for, to build upon that.--Vizcarra 22:30, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
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