Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of rebels

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The result was Delete. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of rebels

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Since no one will ever agree on what constitutes a rebel, this article is bound to remain meaningless. I am usually rather tolerant of lists or categories with somewhat imprecise inclusion criteria, but a quick glance at this list makes it painfully obvious that this one is hopeless. Imagine asking someone: what is the title of the Wikipedia list that includes Gandhi, Martin Luther, John Lennon, Che Guevara, Leon Trotsky, Francis of Assisi and Benjamin Franklin? I'm guessing the best answer would be "famous dead people". Pascal.Tesson 22:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - inherently POV. One man's rebel is another man's poodle and yet another's terrorist. The characterisation is also horribly prone to anachronistic restrospective attitudes and other biases that rob it of value. And, per nom, do we mean rebels as in fighters, or rebels as in without a cause? (And anyway, my favourite rebel is missing) --Dweller 23:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NPOV and WP:LIST Alf^Photoman 23:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as poorly defined, inherently POV and impossible to maintain, as the potential candidates for inclusion would be incredibly long. Also, why is John Lennon listed under USA? Was the editor meaning to suggest he did not become a rebel until he moved to New York? ObiterDicta ( pleadings • errata • appeals ) 00:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per ObiterDicta. FireSpike 01:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Too inherently POV and impossible to reliably reference. --Canley 02:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per incurable POV problems. Otto4711 03:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Otto4711 unless article can be totally re-done and split into things that can actually be defined with some degree of objectibility. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 04:29, 12 March 2007 (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.