Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people from Sialkot


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Overall consensus to keep (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 22:02, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

List of people from Sialkot

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This list is only slightly larger than what is already in Sialkot. Seth Whales  talk    21:57, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak delete -- nothing that a category can't do. Bearian (talk) 01:41, 1 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete The list here is more than twice as long as the list that was removed from by Sialkot article by GreenCricket on 2 October. I would agree that currently the much longer Category:People from Sialkot does the job much better than a list that requires periodic maintenance. However, I could envision an annotated list, organized by occupation and then chronology that would be appropriate, assuming that the guidelines of WP:Stand-alone lists for criteria that are unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources are met.  Adequate background information, also supported by citation to reliable sources, would need to be included in the lead.  I note, for example, that there are twenty-eight cricketers from Sialkot that currently have Wikipedia articles.  That said, this is not that list, and I suggest WP:TNT.  When and if an editor wishes to create a list that does not duplicate the category, and which in turn complies with the guidelines at WP:Stand-alone lists, including individual citations for sources demonstrating the connection to Sialot if such are not present in each person's article, then recreation would be a valued contribution. Delete for failure to conform to WP:Stand-alone lists. --Bejnar (talk) 19:23, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 05:07, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 05:07, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep I have done necessary edits and added more personalities so i think article should be kept and secondly i prefer to discuss this article with Pakistani wikipedian so decide whether to kept or to delete. I think it's enough GreenCricket (talk) 11:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:LISTPURP as an index of notable topics and as a reasonable WP:SPLIT from Sialkot, and per WP:CLN as complementary to Category:People from Sialkot. Lists of notable people from a notable place are completely standard, and I see nothing particular to this list that would single it out for deletion, certainly no unfixable problems that would merit TNT (and deletion is always an odd way to go about expanding content). At best we'd merge it back to Sialkot, not delete it, but WP:SIZE alone would preclude that as this could be expanded to well over 100 entries judging from the corresponding category. postdlf (talk) 01:34, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, sst✈ 12:16, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep – It's a list of notable people that qualifies for an article per WP:NOTDUP relative to Category:People from Sialkot. It can be expanded in many ways that categories cannot. North America1000 22:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep for now as it seems to serve a purpose. SwisterTwister   talk  06:41, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand with references using Category:People from Sialkot and Category:People from Sialkot District.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 08:08, 11 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.