Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Lethbridgians

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The result was keep, no consensus to merge. - Bobet 11:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Lethbridgians

This list is redundant as it serves no purpose not already served by Category:People from Lethbridge, Alberta. Everyone on this list is in the category. Furthermore, the criteria to be on the list aren't as clear as they seem to be at first blush. Agent 86 18:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep: Why single this one out? Why should this one be deleted and not similar ones, such as those listed at Category:Lists of Canadian people? --Kmsiever 18:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the article on Lethbridge is too large to be an appropriate merge target. WilyD 18:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, not redundant to category, already contains information the category can't (eg. professions, claim to fame). CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 19:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Lethbridge, Alberta; that article is not too long to admit a short list like this. BoojiBoy 19:09, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per BoojiBoy. Baseball,Baby! ^{balls•strikes} 22:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I'm not sure how this turned into a discussion on a merge. I don't think this article ought to be merged. In my nomination I was pointing out the existence of the category, not the article. The existence of the category is sufficient and the list is redundant. (Note to Kmsiever: as a suggestion, you may wish to add your new comments to the end of the discussion - I see you've added several new comments by adding to your original posting. Your last addition makes it look like it was part of the original discussion when you first made the entry - the signature keeps the same time stamp) Agent 86 01:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

If you'll read the list, you'll discover it's not actually a list of people born in Lethbridge, but a list of notable residents and former residents - information that is encyclopaedic enough, and not appropriate for a category. For what it's worth this is a list is not a valid criterion for deletion, as much as some people might want it to be. There are Featured Lists, though I doubt whether any of them would survive an AfD. WilyD 02:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I hope you are not insinuating I'd nominate an article for deletion without having read it. I also did not nominate this article because, to quote, "this is a list". I nominated it for the reasons I gave above, none of which are because this is a list qua list. Agent 86 07:35, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I would say that the point (which is directed at more than just you) is that false claims are made here (such as the list being redundant with the category) and that rather than argue about it, we should just look at the list and see that it's true. This article is a little unclear isn't a valid criterion for deletion, but for improvement. WilyD 12:55, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• Do not merge into the Lethbridge article; it's already large enough and has several sub articles. (Note to Agent 86, I only added one additional comment; I have since moved it as per your suggestion) --Kmsiever 01:31, 16 August 2006 (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.