Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U.S. Marshals

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The result of the debate was Delete. --Ryan Delaney talk 06:25, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

List_of_U.S._Marshals
1) Providing a list of names of all US Marshals is probably a futile effort.

2) More importantly, it seems a possible risk to listed agents.

3) As there is only one name on the list at the moment, the page as it exists provides minimal, if any, value

24.166.36.183 03:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete, US Marshals are nn as a group. Zoe 05:15, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, create an appropriate catagory, and put William F. Wheeler in it. Based on article about the one person listed, I think the creator of this page intended it as a list of historical U.S. Marshals. Crypticfirefly 05:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Following the articles that link to U.S. Marshal turns up plenty of existing articles to the list, including Joseph O. Shelby, Elfego Baca, Meredith Miles Marmaduke, and, of course, Bat Masterson. The list of fictional marshals is pretty long, too. --Calton | Talk 08:54, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Calton. No need to list every single Marshall who ever lived. Kappa 09:45, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, make it into a category Pilatus 10:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and cat: There are some places and times when a category is far better than a List of... article, and this is one of them. A List of... article is indiscriminate and encourages listing the names of all marshalls in the US currently.  The category tag, on the other hand, allows users to see who, among extant articles, belongs to the group and still to write new ones.  The category solves the legal issues and preserves the usability. Geogre 13:20, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and make into a category as per Geogre. --Metropolitan90 17:16, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, list implies that they will be notable, otherwise they wouldn't have articles here. Categories are alright but I think this is preferable. gren グレン 21:27, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The list merely implies that we have too many lists. / Peter Isotalo 22:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and categorify. Having entries in the category implies they're notable (subject to possible an AfD debate) &mdash; having an article created by following a redlink on a list does not. -Splash 22:53, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This should be a category. We'll never have even close to complete list, not should we have one. Any notable marshals should have an article and be categorized. Carbonite | Talk 22:57, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Geogre, who once again provides precise and convincing analysis. Quale 04:48, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and categorize, obviously. Proto t c 13:14, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Geogre Cmadler 15:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)


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