Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moran

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The result of the debate was Keep --Allen3 talk 10:10, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Moran
This article gives the definition for a different word. It should not be wikipedia's place to give new definitions to different words. 64.109.253.204 06:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

What, no vote?

Delete - dicdef. --pile0nadestalk 15:35, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete - --Sneeper 06:29, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep - legitimate disambiguation page now Av 00:29, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

I read a few years back that there were about 16,000 people with the name Moran. These would surely be unhappy to see that their name only means "moron" in wikipedia. The name is an english adaptation to several Irish names similar O'Moran, Morrigan, Mograine, and similar names. One family Moran was mentioned in Sherlock Holmes "The hound of Basqerville"). The family arms is a black background with three stars, and the motto is "Lucent in Tenebris", which might roughly translated to "A shining light in the darkness".

I do not know if such a short description as above might be a suitable replacement. If yes, then replace it, if not, then please delete.

I just googled the word "Moran" and got about 5 million hits. The first page, at least, was from people with the name, starting with congressman Jim Moran.

DanielDemaret 00:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I've been meaning to replace this page with a history of the Moran family surname.. I wasn't sure whether the "moron" misspelling was worth splitting into a seperate disambugation page with Moran_(Surname) and Moran_(intentional_misspelling) or something like that. I completely missed that 'famous' photo and the "sub-moronic" that followed. But in a short time, nobody will even remember it and that picture link is broken anyway. I vote we get rid of it entirely and create a surname page. But since my last name is Moran, I might be biased on it. :)

By the way, "Lucent in Tenebris" more accurately translates to "They shine in darkness".

--Sneeper 21:28, 18 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Extremely strong keep - There are so many Morans in Wikipedia. Legitimate disambig page that I'm currently expanding. -- Plutor 13:38, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No personal attacks :) Gazpacho 01:12, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Legit disambig page. --Scimitar parley 14:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I was the first to start changing this into a disambiguation page, the results are great - there is no longer a reason to delete this article. — Wackymacs 15:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, WP:NOT a genealogy database, but this is evidently a very 'popular' surname. -Splash 00:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Should I remove the VFD? 64.108.212.56 06:04, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Punkmorten 09:37, 5 August 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.