Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Popular cat 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   speedy keep. The last AfD closed as keep, and the DRV endorsed that close. Bringing the same arguments back here after being rebuffed a mere five days ago is not productive. Hence, nomination closed. Let it run for a significant period of time before bringing this back here, if it needs to be at all. Courcelles (talk) 03:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Popular cat names
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This article purports to list the most popular cat names in many different countries. As you can plainly see, the article has plenty of sources. However, none of the sources corroborate the others' information. In other words, every last source has a different list of the top 10 cat names. This can be evidenced by the table that I created for the United States section in this revision. That table shows many different versions of the top 10 cat names in the United States, all provided by equally "reliable" and "verifiable" sources. In light of this, it becomes apparent that no authoritative list of the most popular cat names exists, presumably because no one has invested the time or money to do a scientific survey of a random sample of pet owners (and, to be sure, an analysis of a pet insurance company's customers is not a random sample, it is an analysis of pet names chosen by people who insure their cats). This disparity is not necessarily a shifting in the popularity of names over time (as some would argue), but rather the disparity is a result of a complete lack of reliable information based on scientific surveys and studies. Therefore, by providing a list of pet names (for any country) numbered from 1 to 10, we are implying that this is an authoritative list of the most popular names, and therefore we are providing false information and original research.

Furthermore, just because a fact can be sourced does not automatically mean that it is notable. Wikipedia is neither a directory of everything that exists or has existed nor is it an indiscriminate collection of information.

Therefore, I submit that this article be deleted because its content is not notable, and because no authoritative source exists to provide accurate information on the subject. Extended arguments on this subject can be found on the previous AfD's for this article and on Talk:List of most popular cat names. talk 23:57, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Procedural keep Do you have any reasons for deletion that weren't debated the other week? A renomination this quickly eats away at AfD resources. Give the article some months for improvement and return here if/when nothing happens.  Them From  Space  01:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Procedural keep. This went through AfD and DRV in May (2 weeks ago). -- Quiddity (talk) 01:18, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've made a request to admins at AN/I that this AfD be closed. -- JohnWBarber (talk) 02:36, 3 June 2010 (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.