Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sayyid (name)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) — Theo polisme  23:58, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Sayyid (name)

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No source provided not a single one. How do you know these people are not using Sayyid or Syed as a honorific name? HiIamstandingbehindyou (talk) 21:45, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a page about a name (used both as a given name and a surname). It consists of an introductory paragraph about the etymology of the name (which, admittedly, could use a source, but that is not usually a reason to delete the whole article).  The rest of the article consists of a list of people who use this name, which requires no sourcing.  (I don't need a reference to say that John Smith's last name is Smith!).  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 22:00, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 November 28.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  22:01, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Sayyid ain't so. Keep. Looks like a perfectly reasonable given name/surname page/list to me. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:07, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Sayyid (name) is a perfectly acceptable anthroponymy article. 95% of the people listed on the article use only the name as a given name or surname, not as an honorific title, the 5% have been erroneously added later. One just needs to click on all the links to see. There are so many Arabian titles used as names, there's no room to list them all here. Here are two examples; Ihsan (name) and Amir (name). John Cengiz   talk  04:07, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 22:09, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep - While it certainly would help to source the content in the lede, this article is no different than most articles in Category:Given names; it is a list of people with the given name, and the sources in the relevant articles provide that verification. - SudoGhost 16:32, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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