Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Austin (disambiguation)


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:19, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Mary Austin (disambiguation)

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Useless dab. These people aren't exactly known as Mary Austin, so no dab is really needed. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 15:30, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unneeded dab Arma virumque cano (talk) 16:13, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This user's primarily contributions to Wikipedia have been to !vote (primarily delete) on dozens of AfDs approximately 1 minute apart from each other. See AN thread --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:10, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. I do want to point out that one of them is known as Mary Austin, but per WP:DAB "...when a single term can be associated with more than one topic, making that term likely to be the natural title for more than one article." This is not happening in this case, so there should not be a disambiguation. Tavix | Talk  17:21, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I will err on side of Keep. I can see a person coming across "Mary Austin" in a reference or a partial reference, and using this to figure out who it is. I find a lot of partial names in newspaper in Google archive, and have a hard time figuring out who in history they are referring to. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:28, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * In that case, a hatnote can be used on the more common Mary Austin to find the other article. You would not need a disambiguation for that purpose. Tavix | Talk  11:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  — Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 04:27, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep now that it has been expanded to multiple legitimate dab targets that are exactly known as Mary Austin. The dab is now really needed. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:15, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep this useful disambiguation page with multiple valid entries, as per the disambiguation page style guidelines. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:21, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Paul Erik, it is useful now.  American Eagle  ( talk ) 05:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Legitimate enough dab targets...--Unionhawk Talk E-mail 02:54, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
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