Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Sikh members of the United States Congress


 * 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 redirect to Dalip Singh Saund. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:09, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

List of Sikh members of the United States Congress

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LISTN failure and useless list.  Java Hurricane  03:00, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, kind of pointless having a list with only one entry. Devonian Wombat (talk) 03:34, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sikhism-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  04:26, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  04:26, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  04:26, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * QUESTION Why do these list exist? List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress List of Jewish members of the United States Congress List of Hindu members of the United States Congress List of Mormon members of the United States Congress List of Muslim members of the United States Congress exist as well, but no Christian ones strangely enough.  Does someone's religion have anything to do with this?  What about race, sexual orientation, red haired people, blue eyes, or red hair?   D r e a m Focus  08:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, lists like this are based on a pass of WP:LISTN, and some of the other lists you mention do exist, because they pass LISTN. Presumably, because the vast majority of congresspeople have been Christian, a list is not necessary. Devonian Wombat (talk) 10:44, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * One's religion can often have a lot to do with their political career, yes. These lists also exist: List of African-American United States senators, List of African-American United States Representatives, List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress, List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress, List of LGBT members of the United States Congress... --Yair rand (talk) 18:16, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep The article is better sourced per entry than many list articles we have. If we are going to cast these lists off we need to have good reason to do so, and no good argument to scrap this one list is given.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are Christian, so the above assertion that there is no list of Christians in Congress is false. Why we lack lists of Catholics in Congress, list of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Congress, etc, I can not answer easily, but the assertion above is false.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:14, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Well sourced article about a notable and growing group of Americans. Has room for expansion in the future, too.Pennsylvania2 (talk) 21:59, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep As long as WP:BLP and WP:LISTN is not violated, I assume it is alright to have such a list. NavjotSR (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Dalip Singh Saund. Could recreate when another is elected, but one item is not a list, and all content is already there. WP:LISTN is violated because one item is not a "group or set", and if it were, it is not covered as such by RSs – Saund is. Reywas92Talk 19:22, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete A "list" with only one entry is not really a list, is it?  There only has been one member of Congress who was a Sikh, and I don't think that the article would be of interest until there have been at least a couple of other Sikhs in Congress.  I agree with the suggestion above that people who look for Sikhs in Congress simply can be redirected to the article on Congressman Saund.  AuH2ORepublican (talk) 05:03, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Dalip Singh Saund per Reywas92, I agree, a single entry doesn't make a list, as soon as there is another elected Sikh then it can be restored and updated, but at the moment this violates LISTN as a single entry is not a group. Govvy (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to Dalip Singh Saund if that will help navigational purposes. A list with a single entry is not actually a list. If a second Sikh congressperson is elected, this would be appropriate to recreate, but for now it does not actually serve a purpose.  Rorshacma (talk) 19:07, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as a WP:CFORK of Dalip Singh Saund. By definition, a list of one is not a list.   Sandstein   13:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete a list with one entry is silly, even if it passes LISTN.  Hut 8.5  18:34, 17 July 2020 (UTC)


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