Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people known by more than one given name (in combination)


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 01:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

List of people known by more than one given name (in combination)

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

WP:NOT of loosely associated topics and WP:NOT based on the most trivial criterion. Pointless and silly list-making. Masaruemoto 01:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per WP:NOT and WP:IINFO. Totally trivial. Ten Pound Hammer  • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 02:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a totally unmaintainable, not to mention trivial list. Crystallina 02:05, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Unmaintainable and trivial, as stated by the nom, TenPound and Crystallina. Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --PEAR (talk) 10:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, extreme listcruft. --Targeman 12:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This is indiscriminate trivia & listcruft to the max. Spellcast 20:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * keep Alright, it looks like a parlor game, but all of the people have blue-links; they're not all criminals, surprisingly.  Most people have their full names listed only because there is the possibility of confusion with another person with the same name.  There's a story behind every name on the list.  Mandsford 01:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Since some people are always called by three names. Who would recognize Lee Oswald, Edgar Burroughs, Ralph Emerson, Hans Anderson, Alexander Bell, John Booth, George Carver, Arthur Doyle, William Hearst, Sarah Gellar, James Jones, Martin King, Mary Moore, Edgar Poe, George Shaw, or Frank Wright? A Google or other test would show that many people are much more commonly referred to with more than first and last name. Edison 02:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The points made by Mandsford and Edison (that these are real people, that there is a story behind every name, and that many people are always called by 3 names) are undeniably true, but this list is trivial. I can't think why anyone would refer to such a list, other than for a parlor game. --orlady 04:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, it's going to be deleted, but Edison summed it up better than I did.  George Carver, Mary Moore and Martin King don't ring any bells, although they sound a buzzer to say, "that's not their full name".  On the other hand, the only person who ever said "George Walker Bush" was his mom, Barbara, when she was upset with him.  I used to wonder why notorious criminals were always listed by their full names... it's because there have been people named Lee Oswald, John Booth, etc.  There's actually the possibility that this could become more than trivia, although it would be a major undertaking to explain the reason for the triple name.  I'm saving this one to study sometime, as the author has an interesting idea.  Mandsford 12:05, 8 August 2007 (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.