Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of left-handed people (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Sr13 03:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

List of left-handed people (2nd nomination)

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This is a list of a loosely associated group of people which has lacked sources since its creation in 2003. Being left-handed, while not as common as being right-handed, is not a distinguishing trait for many of the people listed; 8 to 15% of the world population is still quite a large number of people. I would not be opposed to a (well-sourced) list for a distinct group of people in which left-handedness is notable, such as baseball players, but an unsourced list of all left-handed people is hopelessly indiscriminate and unmaintainable. Phony Saint 23:19, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as unmaintainable and loosely-associated list. There are hundreds of millions of lefties, almost none of them is notable for being a lefty. If something is too vague to be a category, it shouldn't be a list. Malc82 23:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete There are half a billion people in the world today who are left-handed. It's not as special as you might think.  This list has no chance at reaching equilibrium.  However, keep the two paragraphs about lefthanders playing music for some other article. Yechiel Man  00:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep I get the significance, but would be hard-pressed to make a coherent argument in favor of it. JJL 00:37, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't that a reason to delete it? Picaroon (Talk) 01:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Left-handedness is a common trait. A list like this is unmaintainable, and in the case of some of the subjects may be difficult to verify.  I can see some point of a list of left handed cricketers, basketball players, and similar sportmen where left-handedness is notable, but not footballers (American or soccer), and not for most other groups within the list.  The value of lists like this is to identify (by redlinks) articles that are needed, but that is much better done in lists of cricketers footballers etc.  Peterkingiron 00:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete As Phony Saint, Malc82, and Peterkingiron mentioned, this list is unmaintainable. No matter how hard a group of well-meaning Wikipedians tried, it would not be possible to update, prune, and source it effectively. Picaroon (Talk) 01:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 10:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia does not have the goal of collecting every single piece of information in the world, it has the goal of writing a good, useful and trustworthy encyclopedia. Pax:Vobiscum 10:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Way too broad a topic and very difficult to verify all entries. 23skidoo 14:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete While interesting, this is a list of a loosely associated group of people as nom states. If some outside organization goes through the trouble of creating such a list, with verification, that could be referenced, it would be great to have that info here.  It is an interesting list, just like some other interesting lists getting deleted, such as songs covered by certain pop bands and artists.  &mdash; Gaff  ταλκ 01:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom., and all. --JayJasper 14:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - A list like this can be nearly infinite, and it really doesn't serve a purpose for it's own article. All it's doing is recording the massive numbers of people who are left-handed. Just because they're left handed doesn't make them extrememly special.  The Hippie talk 16:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Appalled you guys are biased! LEFTIES DO IT RIGHT.  Seriously though, Delete.  A list of sports people that use left-*limb* wouldn't be that unmanageable, but that's a different story. Whsitchy 04:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * delete what is next list of red headed people really yuckfoo 01:30, 4 June 2007 (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.