Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skinner (surname) (2nd nomination)

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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. - Mailer Diablo 10:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skinner (surname)

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My understanding is that we don't have articles on surnames, due to Wikipedia is not a dictionary. We have many disambiguation pages on surnames, however Skinner already serves that purpose, so this surname article seems to serve no purpose. Also, no reliable sources on this. And this has already been copied to Wiktionary. Xyzzyplugh 11:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. MER-C 11:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - no viable reason to keep. Will2710 11:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as with all surnames unless the name itself is of interest. I think I could have worked out "a skinner is one who prepares skins" myself - iridescenti (talk to me!) 18:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with Skinner. I stopped following the noms blurb at "we dont have articles on surnames". We have lots of them. I picked out a few randomly and 25% of the pages contained additional information: Adlam, Anderson (surname), Ashley (name), Asher (onomastics) and then there are also Category:Scottish clans and Category:Onomastics. Removing this article leaves the coat of arms information without a home; so I think we need to merge it somewhere. The first afd was undecided over this same problem. John Vandenberg 05:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 05:15, 25 April 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.