Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most common surnames in Africa


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  20:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

List of most common surnames in Africa

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Original research. Man in the street (talk) 14:47, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Worthless as it stands. Some references would make it a bit less worthless, but still not convinced we need this list.  We don't need a ranking of everything, and because Africa is so culturally non-homogenous it wouldn't be very useful even if it was accurate. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - unreferenced, OR, and listing just one African country, this is far from complete. Dialectric (talk) 19:19, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The article Arabic name indicates that "surname" is not a meaningful term in northern Africa. Needs references AND explanation of methodology. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:07, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The article is part of a set - see Lists of most common surnames for the other continents. It would be discriminatory to remove Africa from this set.  Sources for the topic may be easily found such as Naming among the Xhosa of South Africa.  Like most of our articles, it needs improvement not deletion, as recommended by our editing policy. Warden (talk) 18:22, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * that's one source only and does not apply to the whole of Africa. LibStar (talk) 01:47, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 18:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 18:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * delete unless sources for every surname is found it's original research. consistent with WP practice we do not keep articles that cannot be properly referenced. LibStar (talk) 01:47, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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