Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of names


 * 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 Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-02 09:01Z 

Lists of names

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WP:WINAD. These articles are merely lists of names belonging to a particular language or culture (i.e. a word list) with no prose or explanatory text or encyclopedic purpose. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This is the kind of thing that Wiktionary is made for, and so they have been transwikied to Wiktionary and may now be deleted. There is strong precedent for this kind of deletion; recently, all lists of given names have been moved to Wiktionary and deleted. These are some of the remaining surname lists on Wikipedia. Deletion after transwiki is standard procedure. Delete. Dmcdevit·t 21:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * See precedent at, for example, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of first names, Articles for deletion/List of given names by language, Articles for deletion/List of East African given names, Articles for deletion/List of Vietnamese given names, Articles for deletion/List of Slavic given names, Articles for deletion/List of Zulu first names, Articles for deletion/List of Persian given names, Articles for deletion/List of Zazaki given names, Articles for deletion/List of Hungarian given names, Articles for deletion/List of the most common Russian names, Articles for deletion/List of Lithuanian given names‎, Articles for deletion/List of French given names, Articles for deletion/List of Armenian given names 2, Articles for deletion/List of Portuguese given names, Articles for deletion/List of Roman praenomina, Articles for deletion/List of Modern Greek given names, Articles for deletion/List of Spanish given names Articles for deletion/List of Swedish given names, Articles for deletion/List of Latvian given names, Articles for deletion/List of Romanian given names, Articles for deletion/List of Irish given names, Articles for deletion/List of Italian given names, Articles for deletion/List of Kurdish given names, Articles for deletion/Lists of given names, Articles for deletion/List of Hispanic surnames, Articles for deletion/Lists of hypocoristics, Articles for deletion/Lists of surnames, Articles for deletion/List of counterparts of given names, etc.
 * Delete all 2 deletes, 1 conditional delete, 1 (temporary) keep . Delete the Arora and Swedish lists now.  Delete the Korean list after it has been transwikied (I couldn't find it in Wiktionary; would you please provide the link if it is already there?).  I suggest nominating the Polish list separately as it has additional encyclopedic information (geographic distribution).  I think a transwiki-delete might still be appropriate, but I think there ought to be some discussion of whether the information could potentially be used in the Polish name article or the individual surname articles (i.e., a selective merge).  -- Black Falcon 23:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't see the the geographic breakdown as any different than a series of "list of surnames in Greater Poland," "list of surnames in Silesia," etc. And it seems like every time I nominate just one list, someone remarks that I should have done a batch nomination. No one is ever pleased. ;-) Dmcdevit·t 21:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I do not recall participating in the AfDs of those two articles, so I cannot comment. I actually prefer bundled nominations in these cases, but I thought the Polish list could potentially be useful for whomever is working on the Polish name or Nowak articles, and that's why I suggested a temporary keep.  However, after checking the source at the bottom, I think it's easier to work with that, so this list becomes unnecessary.  I have changed to "delete all". Black Falcon 23:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, wikt:Appendix:Korean surnames. Dmcdevit·t 21:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've revised my comment accordingly. -- Black Falcon 23:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or at least merge into another article DavidR1991
 * This isn't a vote. Would you care to offer any reasoning...? Dmcdevit·t 21:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


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