Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of megalomaniacs


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The result was   delete. —  Aitias  // discussion 11:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

List of megalomaniacs

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"Regarded by the general populace" does not qualify this list to be a genuine list of megalomaniacs. One person's megalomaniac is another person's benign and cuddly hero. I fear this list is speculative original research. For it to survive it requires citations to reliable sources that say "megalomaniac" with precision for each entry. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 20:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete A list that can only be the product of the author's opinion. As Fiddle Faddle says the list needs very strong refs to be even vaguely worthwhile. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 20:09, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, might as well be people who are evil. --fvw *  20:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, this article is fairly meaningless. Far too subjective. DefenseSupportParty (talk) 20:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment There should be a clear list of criteria. Stalin had more pictures of himself made than anyone else in history as I recall.  That is one specific thing megalomaniacs do.  And it should be a list of famous/notable megalomaniacs, not just a list of anyone.  Have a checklist of agreed upon criteria for each person added.  Then it'd be worth having. Dream Focus (talk) 20:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * A list already exist in the main megalomaniac article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania#Significant_Historical_Individuals_Presenting_Traits_of_Megalomania Dream Focus (talk) 20:55, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * delete article already exists elsewhere, and does not fit NPOV rules. Peter Robinson Scott (talk) 20:57, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. 100% uncited POV and OR.  And only likely to attract more of the same.  -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 22:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I actually created this article with the intent of minimizing the article on megalomania to which people have an unfortunate though understandable habit of adding listcruft so perhaps it does have merit though I admit it does need quite a bit of work. --Jupiter Optimus Maximus (talk) 22:29, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as the inclusion of living persons without sourcing (only the epitome of WP:WEASEL in the intro) renders this a violation of WP:BLP. I would have deleted this on sight had I found it before AFD nomination occurred. 23skidoo (talk) 00:04, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:20, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Dumping ground for content deemed unsuitable for megalomania. Impossibly vague inclusion criteria, relies entirely on POV and OR opinions of editors. The creator's favorite hobby is breaking WP:NOR (I'm not just speaking from experience, he pretty much says this outright on his user page) and this should be nipped in the bud ASAP. --IllaZilla (talk) 01:52, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


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