Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Old Sanawarians


 * 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   keep. I don't see an actionable consensus on the merger issue, so that discussion can and should continue on the article's talk page, but there is a consensus here that the material should be kept in some form. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:23, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

List of Old Sanawarians

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This list is redundant to Category:Old Sanawarians. It is completely unreferenced and contains individuals who may or may not be notable. Anyone notable on this list would more suitably be listed at the parent article, Lawrence School, Sanawar, anyway. Peacock (talk) 19:58, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - there's nothing wrong with a List article of alumni from a school. But I agree many on the list are non-notable. I've removed them. Sionk (talk) 01:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:36, 18 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge with Lawrence School, Sanawar. I agree, there is nothing wrong with a list of alumni, but that doesn't exempt it from WP:N as a stand-alone article, merging to the school would do just fine. --Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 02:39, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge with Lawrence School, Sanawar. I agree with the reasons given by Michaelzeng7 --Jbaranao (talk) 20:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge.  Articles (including those reflecting bios) that are reflected in a category can also be reflected in lists.  Lists and cats are not mutually exclusive.  See our relevant guideline, which states:  "'Redundancy of lists and categories is beneficial because the two categories work together; the principle is covered in the guideline Categories, lists, and navigation templates. Like categories, lists can be used for keeping track of changes in the listed pages, using the Related Changes feature. Unlike a category, a list also allows detection of deletion of its entries, and, more generally, a history of its contents is available; lists also permit a large number of entries to appear on a single page.'"


 * I also note that we have dozens of such lists, some of which are reflected at Category:Lists of people by school affiliation, while others are embedded in school articles themselves. That's an editorial judgment decision, and this list is short enough that it could easily be merged into the not-long-itself school article, though I would at the same time have no objection to it staying as a stand-alone article.  In any case, I don't think it would be appropriate to delete it.--Epeefleche (talk) 09:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep but not Merge. Indeed a lot of the people on the list when the nomination was posted were removed by Sionk. This was a very helpful edit to the article. However, should the article be merged or kept? Because the list is fairly long, and if it is merged to Lawrence School, Sanawar, it could stray away from the topic of that article there. Epeefleche did a very good job in explaining the notability of this article and now I think lets just keep it. ---Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 22:02, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Tx for the kind words.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:10, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge to Lawrence School, Sanawar, no indication that a dedicated article is warranted here. RadioFan (talk) 12:54, 23 February 2012 (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.