Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of US governors with facial hair


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The result was Shav--- I mean Delete. Rjd0060 (talk) 23:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

List of US governors with facial hair

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If anyone can explain the significance of facial hair on governors, then maybe they can describe it at the gubernatorial facial hair article, but I don't see it myself. In fact, what I see is a list of people who were governors at a time when facial hair was fashionable, and a few others. Guy (Help!) 20:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete ummm....I don't like to say "per nom" at these things anymore...but let's just put this one down to Wikipedia is not a list of indiscriminate information. Fritzpoll (talk) 20:18, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete unless we can create a List of Wikipedia Administrators with facial hair. I feel discriminated against! (Actual serious reason, this is completely unencyclopedic) Hers fold  (t/a/c) 20:22, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete topic does not assert notability (why should anyone care?), it appears to be original research, and finally if anybody did care it would be better served as a category (but please don't create one!)Nick Connolly (talk) 20:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete topic not assert notability. Why these user wrote these article. -- MisterWiki  talking! :-D  - 20:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Utterly non-notable subject, though it was good for a giggle. 23skidoo (talk) 20:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Time for a shave Like the nominator, I can't see why this is significant, any more than governors with blue eyes. One could compile a gigantic list of governors who had mustaches and/or beards, particularly since most men considered that stylish between 1860 and 1910.   But after you did all that, what have you accomplished?  Mandsford (talk) 21:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Occam's razor suggests this is a loosely-associated and therefore indiscriminate list. There is no encyclopedic value to knowing someone's facial hair crossed with someone's job. --Dhartung | Talk 21:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Any number of articles in this "encyclopedia" is unencyclopedic. Specifically, just about any list. Wikipedia should be inclusive and improved over time, not simply dismissed and deleted at the whims of a few or even majority of editors.Metallurgist (talk) 22:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, we know WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS that may or may not meet guidelines at any given time. That said, we actually do have a guideline for lists, precisely to remove "whim" as a rationale for voting. --Dhartung | Talk 04:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete They will all have had some facial hair at some time, even the women. And so the list will duplicate the list of governors. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete, who cares? Izzy007 Talk 23:28, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, thank you for playing, come again.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 00:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete and WP:DAFT per all the above. Grutness...wha?  00:39, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * delete pile-on and SNOW dance. Pete.Hurd (talk) 01:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * delete do need to give a reason? add this to WP:DAFT while you're at it. Doc StrangeMailbox Orbitting Black Hole Strange Frequencies 02:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Pointless distinction. What;s next? Governors with pubic hair? Edison (talk) 03:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment List of current Brazilian Governors with Brazilians. Go ahead. I dare you. --Dhartung | Talk 04:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete for any of the reasons listed above. I remember hearing once that politicians tend to avoid facial hair because it makes them look untrustworthy on TV, but simply listing politicians with facial hair isn't the way to explore this idea. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 05:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, I mean per WP:NOT. JuJube (talk) 06:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Defining characteristic (facial hair) has no bearing on the governor's position making the list rather useless. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Obviously. Not a notable concept. Maxamegalon2000 06:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of inclusion criteria and general stupidity. WillOakland (talk) 01:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - No! Besides, taken to the extream, every member on the List of female state governors in the United States would qualify. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  03:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete non-encyclopedic trivia. KleenupKrew (talk) 22:32, 3 April 2008 (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.