Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Renowned College Dropouts


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 03:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Renowned College Dropouts

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Ambiguous list subject ("renowned"), A full list would likely be pages and pages long. see WP:INDISCRIMINATE. de-proded Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:10, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete- I agree with the nom. If the notable subjects were indeed college dropouts, I believe the appropriate place to mention it would be in the subject's article. Tarheel95 (talk) 16:36, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Userfy The title is a problem, the list is uninformative and it's not at all sourced; the topic itself would be notable and manageable. In that the article creator had made 3 edits in the six minutes before the article was nominated, I surmise that he or she intended to make more of it, and maybe this should be worked on in userspace.  One of the dangers of putting up an incomplete article is that it's likely to be judged on its content at that time.  This one was put up too quickly and nominated too quickly, but both the author and nominator have acted in good faith.  I tend to agree with the author's comment about needing time to work on this, and I'd be happy to assist Scasey1960 in that move.  Mandsford (talk) 16:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. The idea as a list isn't awful but the scope is too large and ambiguous. Anyone that would make a list in wikipedia is already "renowned" (right?) and simply listing everyone of any note to ever drop out of college isn't useful to anyone. Now if the original editor wanted to create lists (or categories) by subject in a way that is relevant (journalists, buisness people, military figures, scientists, inventors, etc) that might be more approachable for editors and useful to readers. It would also behoove him to polish and expand any such article in his user space before creating it as an article. It very much increases its chance of survival. TomPointTwo (talk) 16:53, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Example: List of college dropout billionaires. TomPointTwo (talk) 16:56, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Perhaps I'm missing something, but I doubt anyone in List of murderers by number of victims is renowned. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 20:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Three unsourced entries in this list screams "delete me." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fishhead2100 (talk • contribs)
 * Delete Could be an interesting topic, but at this point it's not even a WP:STUB. Also, I question WP:NPOV. I think people like Albert Einstein or even Troy Aikman might have ranked higher than Thomas Petters. - PlainSight (talk) 23:27, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Einstein was not a dropout. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:38, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per TomTwoPoint. People may drop out for a variety of reasons: grades, finances, criminal acts, being drafted (for sports or war). Lumping them all together in one list doesn't make much sense. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:42, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  10:09, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as it currently is the worse sort of random list, and I seconded the proposed deletion. However, I can see it could be turned into something useful with a long incubation process. Bearian (talk) 21:18, 15 April 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.