Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U.S. counties named after personal first names


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 00:10, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

List of U.S. counties named after personal first names

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Article is unsourced speculative information and doesn't meet notability. Templates for multiple problems have already been listed without any change. At best this information should be added to individual articles or merged into another list.Shabidoo | Talk 17:45, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  Rcsprinter123     (speak)  @ 18:34, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  Rcsprinter123     (chew)  @ 18:35, 1 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment "Speculative" seems unwarranted. The nominator states that "Templates for multiple problems have already been listed without any change" but I find no such maintenance templates in the article history, A diff showing the most recent such maintenance template would be helpful. Did the nominator do WP:BEFORE and see if references exist as to the source of the county names? Most counties were named through legislative action, and the source of the name would be likely found in those dusty paper records. But more conveniently, a number of books list the origin of county names, or perusal of the linked articles about the counties might provide the needed reference. This list seems less justified than the lists of counties named for presidents or Confederates, since those are easily referenced, but these first name counties are sometimes named after a preexisting city of the name. Edison (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY #1 and WP:OR (who else is compiling lists like this?). The criterion is trivial, opening the floodgates to List of U.S. counties named after last names, List of U.S. counties named after citrus fruits, List of U.S. counties named after Nigerian princes who need to transfer money out of the country (okay, maybe not that last one), etc. etc. ad nauseum. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:38, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Etymologies are notable, and even these etymologies are notable, but we already have Lists of county etymologies that include these and this is not a notable/appropriate focus. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 16:23, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Trivial/not notable (in the sense of sources about the phenomenon of counties being named after personal first names). --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 14:03, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
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