Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of notable anglophones known by their middle names


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:47, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

List of notable anglophones known by their middle names

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Arbitrary and unmaintainable WP:LISTCRUFT. — swpb T 14:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. — swpb T 15:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as arbitrary and subtrivial; mere coincidence of naming practice that fails WP:LISTPURP rather than representing any meaningful relationship. Absent some proof that such people have been discussed as a group ("What You Didn't Know About Anglophones Known By Their Middle Names", possibly the lamest attempt at clickbait one could imagine), there is simply no legitimate reason to lump these together. postdlf (talk) 19:48, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:55, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - relatively notable topic in nomenclature and the style of Personal names --Prisencolin (talk) 05:54, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The concept of being known by a middle name may be notable, but that says nothing about whether a list of such people is an appropriate topic for an article. — swpb T 14:47, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see how this satisfies WP:LISTN.  The sources I've found, such as, seem little better than clickbait and do not discuss the topic in depth.  I agree that this seems like arbitrary trivia. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete As someone who is an anglophone and is known by his middle name, I can assert how utterly trivial this is. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:39, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)


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