Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Paraguayans


 * 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   no consensus. –MuZemike 22:44, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

List of Paraguayans

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this is better served by a category. what next List of people from United States, List of Chinese?. LibStar (talk) 02:12, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paraguay-related deletion discussions.  — &mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 02:18, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  — &mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 02:19, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Per nominator. The scope of such a list is too broad. It would make more sense to create a category. Alpha Quadrant    talk    04:13, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CLN, which states categories and lists go hand-in-hand. This list is clearly defined and is part of the larger structure of Category:Lists of people by nationality. Note to the closing admin - the nominator hasn't cited a single policy for deletion.  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:18, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * would you then support List of people from United States? LibStar (talk) 07:22, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course, as a container list for List of people from Alaska, List of people from Alabama, etc.  Lugnuts  (talk) 10:08, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * how about List of living people? LibStar (talk) 16:24, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. Do you have a point to this? No, thought not.  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:30, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You do know that a List of living people would be several thousand kilobytes and would fail WP:SAL, right? Alpha Quadrant    talk    18:58, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * But what has that got to do with List of Paraguayans?  Lugnuts  (talk) 09:07, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Would it surprise you to know that the List of dead people could potentially be even longer? Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 19:55, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * List of dead people redirects to Lists of people by cause of death. This page would be better as a category, as that is essentially what it is. In the current state it has little use. Alpha Quadrant    talk    02:57, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:CLN. Thanks.  Lugnuts  (talk) 09:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * keep per Lugnuts and part of an established pattern. Facts can be found on the sibling articles to this in Category:Lists of people by nationality where one will find a collection of US lists in Category:Lists of American people.  Little countries like Paraguay have a single list; big coutries like the US have multiple lists.  There is no reason to attack the little countries here for being what they are: little. Hmains (talk) 22:43, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - as per Hmains. Only comment to the Nom I would add is ... yeah! we do have Lists of Chinese people as well. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 19:55, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Lists of Chinese people does not exist. However we do have a Category:Lists of Chinese people. It is a bit deceptive formatting the link as Lists of Chinese people to make it look like it is a mainspace list. Alpha Quadrant    talk    02:57, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Excessively indiscriminate. The citation of WP:CLN as a reason for keeping is faulty - the "Paraguayan people" category only contains three names, all other notable Paraguayans have been properly categorized by occupation, etc. Plus there's always WP:COMMONSENSE - having a list of every single notable from the entire history of a country is freakin' INSANE. ŞůṜīΣĻ ¹98¹ Speak 17:31, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. If the list gets too big then the solution is to split it into manageable parts, as we have done with Americans, Chinese etc., not to delete it. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:28, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Suriel1981. This list is not maintainable and serves no useful purpose.  &mdash;SW&mdash; gossip 00:05, 30 September 2011 (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.