Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of revolutionaries

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One man's revolutionary being anothers terrorist, I suspect this list (currently containing only one entry) should be overthrown. - TB 14:40, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)

  • Delete. Inherently POV and contains very little information. Andris 16:16, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)
  • Well, isn't this useless. The peasants are revolting! :^)) - Lucky 6.9 17:33, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • "You're telling me!" Seriously, the article is not only inherently POV, but it's also too nebulous. We would have political, religious, scientific, and cultural revolutionaries. Further, each person coming to Wikipedia who searched for the term would be looking for revolutionaries of his or her own particular state; therefore, a master list would require lots of scrolling. Finally, lists are things that atlases and gazettes do. Geogre 18:56, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep, but rename (to "political revolutionaries"). Wikipedia has thousands of less worthy lists on all sorts of irrelevant pop culture topics. Obviously needs content, but the intent is clear.--Gene_poole 23:59, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • There are definately lists-of-particular-revolutionary-types to be compiled, but rather than throw this single-item list to cleanup, might I suggest that it be deleted to allow a more thiughtful editor a clean slate in deciding what they should be ? - TB 09:10, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)
  • Nice idea. A more specific name change could help this grow beyond a single entry and we'd eventually have a rather important list. Keep if renamed. - Lucky 6.9 00:30, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete, for two reasons:
    1. Can you imagine how difficult it will be to decide what names to put on a political revolutionaries article while still maintaining a neutral point of view? How long before George W. Bush's name ends up on the list and an argument breaks out on the talk page?
    2. Nobody looks for a mere list of people considered revolutionary; they look for the movers and shakers in a particular revolutionary war. --
    • Comment: 1. Not difficult at all - eg Vladimir Lenin, Rosa Luxembourg, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Tse Tung are all obvious inclusions for starters. 2. Nobody? Really? How do you know?.--Gene_poole 01:01, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ardonik 06:25, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

  • Keep. Useful. Ambivalenthysteria 07:00, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete - a one entry list is not useful, "revolutionaries" is both broad and vague. -- Cyrius|✎ 04:46, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • Come and see the violence inherent in the system! DannyBoy | Talk
  • Delete, by the way. DannyBoy | Talk 16:10, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. I think that it would be near impossible to decide who to include. SamH 14:34, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete - Although potentially useful, a nPOV will be impossible, and as said, 'revolutionaries' is too broad a term. Darksun 18:50, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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