Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Living national longevity recordholders


 * 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 of the debate was keep (no consensus). Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:09, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Living national longevity recordholders

 * DeleteHow often would this have to be updated? Once a day? Also, the list includes people who have been in the news but not necessarily as cited (I doubt if Canada's oldest man is Clare Laking, who has been cited as a WWI veteran, not "oldest man — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryoung122 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if they throw out the day count. The problem is, of course, that someone would still have to maintain it once in a while, but that's true for other pages on Wikipedia as well.  The main issue I have this page is that currently, it has to be updated daily. Devotchka 22:43, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but agree with Devotchka. Change to birthdates instead. -- howcheng  [ talk &#149; contribs &#149; web ] 22:45, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * comment* It would be one thing to say that Julie Winnifred Betrand is the "oldest living Canadian," but to say she is the "living longevity recordholder" is a tongue-tied mess. Canada's recordholder is Marie-Louise Meilleur, 117 years 230 days (died Apr 16 1998).  Thus, Julie Winnifred Betrand is NOT a "recordholder," though she probably is the "oldest living Canadian."  Thus, I would suggest re-naming the article as well.Ryoung122 22:56, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable and unmaintainable. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 00:54, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, It's too hard to maintain and it's trivial. There are about 200 countries and these people tend to die soon after they become the oldest person in the country. Also, there is often no proof that the person is as old as they claim to be because of an absence of records. -- Kjkolb 03:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Kjkolb. TheMadBaron 09:12, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep interesting list.  Grue   13:36, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep how's everyone going to know who's the oldest living person in a certain country? Like, for example, who is the oldest living man in the Netherlands? User:65.93.29.176 03:44 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, User 65 certainly doesn't know...listing Johannes Heesters at 101 was sheer stupidity. The oldest Dutch man is currently 106, but any knowledge of demographics would have made Johannes Heesters too young to hold the record.Ryoung122 08:39, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename per Ryoung122. Article content has a lot of potential, but "living longevity" is needlessly obscure when "oldest living" works just as well. -Silence 01:18, 3 November 2005 (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.