Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vilen

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The result of the debate was DELETE Vilen, and NO CONSENSUS on Rick. Postdlf 18:43, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vilen and Rick

Wikipedia is not a names database. RickK 23:25, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

That's interesting that you say that Rick, since your name is an article on Wikipedia. So if we delete "Vilen", then we should also delete "Rick" and any other names, such as Bob or Jim or whatever names there are listed on Wikipedia. Moosh88User talk:Moosh88 23:25, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

• You're right, that shouldn't be here either. I've listed it accordingly. RickK 23:39, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen; no vote on Rick. Georgia guy 23:41, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen; Merge Rick and Rick (movie). Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Delete both. There's nothing to merge. Quale 00:19, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen; Keep Rick. Rick can be used like other first name pages and disambiguate to people with that name. However, i don't believe that Vilen has the same usefulness. R Calvete 00:30, 2005 May 2 (UTC)
• Yes: delete Vilen but keep Rick. Jack, Bob and Dave and Joe are all helpful and quite busy disambiguation pages - hey, I just happened to add to each (1, 2, 3 and 4) earlier today. I'm sure there are other meanings for Rick, RICK, etc. this will grow organically to encompass. Samaritan 00:36, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen but Redirect Rick to Rick (movie) (or just move Rick (movie) to Rick) because the other dab meanings are useless. No one would just search for "Rick" and expect to find Rick Adams or Rick Allen, or anyone else whose first name is Rick. It's wrong to have a stub disambiguation page; either there are two meanings or there aren't. —Wahoofive (talk) 03:59, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen but Redirect Rick to Richard, and make it an article about the origins and history of the name. We take names for granted, like there can't be anything interesting or encyclopedic about a name because, well, it's just a name. But names have history, and its often fascinating stuff. -- BDAbramson ^thimk 04:45, 2005 May 2 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen, Redirect Rick to Rick (movie). Megan1967 05:21, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Thrilled as I am that you're agreeing with me, Megan, it's actually against policy to have a disambiguating name like Rick (movie) as the page title if that's the only meaning. We should just rename the movie page Rick. —Wahoofive (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Vilen, Keep Rick as a disambig between Rick (movie) and Richard. Remove the specific Ricks. -R. fiend 18:35, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep all first names. More notable than Pokemons. Grue 18:47, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep both per Grue, but consider merging Rick with Richard and Vilen with Villick if such an article should be created. Kappa 13:01, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

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