Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of notable people who dedicated works to the public domain


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

List of notable people who dedicated works to the public domain

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Article is particularly indiscriminate - if we list every single person that has ever released works to the public domain that has a Wikipedia... well, that is a massively indiscriminate proportion. Think about the number of people that have ever released a PD photograph, a PD text... something else to think about is that anyone born before a certain period in time will have their works in the public domain anyway, so this list would have to include all of them. &mdash; neuro(talk) 16:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Hopelessly indiscriminate. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 18:17, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The nomination isn't entirely sound. The article specifically says it's about notable people (not all people) and ones who dedicated/released their work to the PD (not ones who had their copyright expire). It's still to indiscriminate though. - Mgm|(talk) 20:28, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - You're right, removed from nom. &mdash; neuro(talk) 21:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I think this list is worthy because there are so few notable people who dedicate their work to the public domain on purpose. Can you name any from the top of your head? Why would this list be indiscriminate but the List of self-sufficient webcomics would not?. -jorel314 17:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - badly fails WP:LIST. Bearian (talk) 23:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Unmaintainable listcruft. Fails WP:LIST. Trusilver  00:56, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep -- I agree with Jorel, and support the retention of this article so long as every entry is cited to a verifiable authoritative source. Geo Swan (talk) 01:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


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