Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize


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The result was delete. The arguments to delete prevail. Tone 10:18, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

List of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize

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Not a reasonable topic for an article. Too common for a comprehensive list; the article is over 400KB and only goes through 1967. Most of these people have articles, and there's no reason any of the non-winners' nominations would be more important. Furthermore, being nominated is not a particular honor; hundreds of people are nominated every year. From The bar for nominations is low, as they are are accepted from thousands of people, from members of parliament to former winners and heads of state. There were more than 300 nominations for last year’s award. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 15:44, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom. As with politicians, generally only the winners are notable. As for how low the bar is, Jared Kushner got nominated. Nuff said. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge This would work better as a part of List of Nobel laureates. However, I also do agree with Clarityfiend, that generally only winners are notable and that the bar for getting on the list is low enough to become part of the floor. 5a5ha seven (talk) 19:18, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete any process that has over 100 nominees, or actually anything even close to that number, means that being nominated is of no encyclopedic value.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:32, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete While not quite as bad as the Forbes 30 under 30, the sheer number of yearly nominees makes having a list for too common. It's possible that a category would work as the identified subjects would already be notable and have their own article, but even then being a nominee may not be defining enough. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:42, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or re-scope, it's just too mammoth in the current form. I could see the value of a list of say, nominees that were nominated at least five times. Geschichte (talk) 22:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Purely on the basis of hundreds of nominees each year indicating how undesirable it would be to actually complete this list article. Whoever closes/deletes the article, please move the article into my user space and I will ascertain if any content can be salvaged. Onetwothreeip (talk) 22:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete A nomination can be made by one eligible person, and is not sufficient to identify the subject as notable. For the subject to actually win the prize, there must be a consensus among a majority of the award committee which is a much higher bar. Dirac66 (talk) 17:36, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. There have been thousands of nominees, including Stalin and Mussolini, with two nominations each. Donald Trump apparently has been nominated twice also.  And there are thousands of eligible nominators.  See Victor Daniel, "Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize? Wait Until You Receive It to Brag", The New York Times, February 6, 2021.  A nomination means nothing. Kablammo (talk) 19:19, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. I find this article more interesting than most on the "Top 50" list of Wikipedia articles.  Maybe scope it down to only people with some notoriety. I would never had considered reading this article but, in reading these comments, I will.  Where else can you find Stalin, Mussolini, Trump and Kushner on a single list. And Chamberlain, Hitler and FDR, all nominated, with Churchill winning in 1953 for Literature. I think if the scope is rolled back and the article organized better, it could be very interesting.  Dr. Grampinator (talk) 18:24, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge I would recommend merging this article rather than deleting it, as this is useful information. It should also probably be kept because this article is the longest article on the wiki and thus it probably wouldn't all fit on the list of Nobel Prize winners page. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:MILL,, and ; national parliamentarians and many professors can nominate anybody. Getting a nomination is meaningless nowadays. Bearian (talk) 18:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep This article was made in order to provide an easy access on individuals and organizations nominated for the Prize. It comprises only the validated nominations from 1901 to 1967 revealed by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the reasons why they were nominated. The list also goes along with the lists of nominees for Nobel Prize in Literature, Chemistry, Physics and Physiology or Medicine. WeCareICare (talk) 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep and possibly re-scope per Dr. Grampinator, Geschichte and WeCareIcare. What do the deleters have to say about List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature etc.? Given our coverage of US presidential campaign endorsements, I cannot sympathize with the view that there is just too much to list. When Wikipedians want to, they can list a lot. Srnec (talk) 02:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nominations are free for all and completely meaningless. The list will be endless. Ghirla-трёп- 08:33, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete and replace with a Category, listing every one of the bunch is just not engaging enough to qualify for an article, let alone a list that abruptly stops at 1967. PyroFloe (talk) 09:04, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Simply being nominated for the Nobel does not automatically indicate notability, due to the sheer number and ease in which nominations occur, as described by the nom. There is also the issue that this entire massive list is based entirely on a single source, which would not indicate passing WP:LISTN.  A category, as suggested by PyroFloe, might work, but this massive, poorly sourced, and largely indiscriminate list should not be kept in article space.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:49, 12 February 2021 (UTC)


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