Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zeng (German family name)


 * 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. Randykitty (talk) 14:25, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Zeng (German family name)

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Stub about a German surname. There is nothing particularly notable about it - like all surnames, it appears in records. This seems better suited to ancestry.com than Wikipedia. Mccapra (talk) 20:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 20:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - WP:NOTGENEALOGY, and no one with the German variant of this name has a Wikipedia article as far as I can tell. Aspening (talk) 20:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I found a couple and added them to the article. SailingInABathTub (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete I fully admit I passed on reviewing this because I didn't think it was notable but wasn't entirely sure what to do with it, glad that Mccapra is braver than I. :) Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, not relevant for an encyclopedia. Geschichte (talk) 07:53, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, per WP:HEY, the notable holders of the surname, and the updated citations. SailingInABathTub (talk) 11:18, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment there are records mentioning pretty much any surname, and that mere fact doesn’t make them notable. Two bluelinked articles to people with the name doesn’t even meet the standards of a disambiguation page, never mind a full article. Mccapra (talk) 21:57, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 23:23, 8 June 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Needs further discussion since the article has been improved
 * Delete per nom--Steamboat2020 (talk) 13:43, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  19:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.4meter4 (talk) 19:28, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and all above. Grandruskiy48  • Talk∕Contribs 16:44, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Like most other surname pages, this is a WP:SETINDEX, not an ordinary article or disambiguation page, and should be judged according to the relevant guidelines. (See also the how-to essay Name pages.) I added two more entries (inter-language links to the German Wikipedia) for notable people with the name. Even if the page were just the list alone, that would be enough to keep. Note that red links to notable entries are accepted (in contrast to a disambiguation page). Also, most surname pages do not bother to include background information about the name, but it is neither required nor forbidden (again, in contrast to a disambiguation page). Adumbrativus (talk) 07:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comments: The article idea seems to fit WP:SETINDEX but I have an issue with unsourced (and tagged) content that could be OR. This also includes content in the "Prevalence" section. -- Otr500 (talk) 13:25, 24 June 2021 (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.