Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Louis (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 Keep -- nae'blis _(talk) 20:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Louis (name)

Delete as Wikipedia isn't a genealogical society. Gay Cdn 19:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep - I don't think this violates WP:NOT because it doesn't attempt to trace particular people; if anything, it's an onomastic article that IMO stands a chance of being a very good article. Human name articles are not uncommon on WP, and if any name qualifies for an article, I'd think this one does. It needs citations badly, but that can (hopefully) be fixed. HumbleGod 19:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per above reasons, different that Kelsey AfD from what I can tell. Yanksox 20:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep As long as the name in question is not obscure, onomastic articles are useful and notable enough to remain on Wikipedia. JChap (Talk) 21:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per HumbleGod; Wikipedia is not a genealogical society, but that part of WP:NOT was clearly meant to refer to entries on obscure people, not to valuable information on the history of certain names. EB and/or Encarta, if I remember correctly, have such coverage; why would we not cover at least the same topics, expanded and wikified? Captainktainer * Talk 22:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep needs rewriting. Danny Lilithborne 01:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Wikipedia has articles for almost every common first and last name. RFerreira 03:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Reason given for deleting is irrelevant, because this has no strong connection to the kind of genealogy that Wikipedia isn't. Fg2 07:42, 10 July 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.