Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of British people by ethnic or national origin


 * 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. The two guidelines being cited support the coexistence of such lists with categories. The people who voted to delete did not cite policy at all. Mgm|(talk) 10:48, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Lists of British people by ethnic or national origin

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A list of lists. This is surely what categories exist for? Cordless Larry (talk) 19:23, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   -- Rtyq2 (talk) 19:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep — Lists of lists are surely acceptable in Wikipedia. Also, lists are different from categories, which can be beneficial (see WP:LIST). However, the individual list entries cry out overcategorization for some reason, but this is not the AFD in which to discuss this. MuZemike  ( talk ) 21:18, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep We have many lists of lists articles. The category cannot provide the grouping that this article does.  And even if they duplicate, the WP:CLN guideline preaches peaceful coexistence. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep: I created this article to easily combine lists of British people by their respective national origin. The lists listed on this article are important, however, if they were all included on Lists of British people, it would become very clutterd. Stevvvv4444 (talk) 21:33, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 05:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as a useful navigational list. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:45, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a depository of lists. Put things into categories if you want navigation tools doktorb wordsdeeds 23:55, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I have to agree with Doktorbuk above - Wikipedia is not a collection of lists.  While some lists are great, I think this one crosses the line into pointless minutiae.Paul75 (talk) 10:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 04:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


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