Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ryerson University people


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The result was keep. John254 22:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

List of Ryerson University people

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WP:IINFO, WP is not a random list of information. If anything, this would be best served by a category but I'm not certain that Ryerson University is really that relevant to a discussion of a vast majority of these people. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 20:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   --  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined  /  C ) 20:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep'. The list is useful because it includes a brief description of the person, in the same way that a disambiguation page does. The redlinked names (which by definition would not appear in a category) are useful because they are indications of notable people about whom articles ought to be written. Lists and categories are both useful, each in their own way. --Eastmain (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Move to List of notable Ryerson University alumni (current name is ambiguous); it's a split-out alumni section from Ryerson University, which makes good sense considering its length. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 21:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep (or move to better name). A list can be a good thing as it can be described and sorted and include red links that categories cannot do. This list could use some tidying and has no references but that can be tagged and repaired. Double Blue  (Talk) 21:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, move to List of Ryerson University alumni. ("notable" is discouraged in article titles) There is longstanding precedent for alumni lists, which are clearly discriminate, and university/college connections have longstanding cultural precedence as a way of identifying or classifying people. --Dhartung | Talk 22:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - as a useful split out from the main Article (Ryerson University). How is it a "random list" if it is only people from 1 school? Many of these people figure prominently in the Canadian landscape. (I support the Move to List of Ryerson University alumni though.) Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  23:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


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