Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of residents and natives of Ithaca, New York


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The result was Keep renamed to standard naming of List of people from Ithaca, New York Gnangarra 11:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

List of residents and natives of Ithaca, New York

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This is an arbitrary list, and better served as a category, I think. It's completely unreferenced, and referencing it is tedious. Since the articles themselves should be referenced about the subject's birthplace or residence, a category would be easier to maintain. Mikeblas (talk) 15:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - redundant with the category. --Hnsampat (talk) 15:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * WEAK Keep contingent upon this list being subdivided into different subheadings; a simple alphabetical list is redundant with the category, but a list separated under subheadings (e.g. poets, politicians, actors, scientists, etc.) is potentially useful as an article. --Hnsampat (talk) 23:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per WP:CLS, category is irrelevant and should not be used as a reason to delete. This is just a sub-article of Ithaca, New York broken out due to WP:SIZE and style restraints. Torc2 (talk) 22:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 'question;' I'm a little confused by this one: it will include all the cornell University people in WP, and a few others. I don't quite see the point of duplication, like a possible "List of residents and natives of Ann Arbor, Michigan" ?
 * The lists might overlap, but that's not a sufficient cause for deletion. Certainly there are people in Ithaca who aren't at Cornell.  Incidentally, we do actually have a List of people from Ann Arbor. Torc2 (talk) 07:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, but move to List of people from Ithaca, New York and eliminate people who are solely associated through Cornell. Their connection to the city is arbitrary. As a list, it can be sourced, sorted, and annotated, which a category cannot. That this is tedious is certainly not a reason for deletion. --Dhartung | Talk 12:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, since it can be annotated and further information on each item can be added. Overall, these lists are easier for readers to navigate than categories are. The standard name for lists like this is the one Dhartung gives. References can be added -- not a deletion reason.Noroton (talk) 23:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


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