Talk:Bates

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[edit] Vanity or non-notable?

I'm removing the following redlink items from the article. They seems vanity or non-notable insertions. Feel free to reinsert them, but please provide a HTML comment or link providing a justification of Wikipedia notability as per WP:BIO.

    • David Bates, photographer, particularly known for his wedding photography
    • David Bates, pop-rock guitarist
    • David Bates, classical pianist
  • Elijah Lowell Bates (born 1982), popular author, writer, and editor in Long Beach, California
  • Keith Bates, one of several people including
    • Keith Bates (born 1951), English artist
    • Dr. Keith Bates, History Professor at Union University
    • Michael Bates (blogger)

-- 62.147.112.6 14:46, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

A few more from the Bates:

There are more. Besides, the list needs an uniformity of description. Aditya(talk • contribs) 08:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation vs. Surname

I think the list of Bateses has gotten lengthy enough to warrant a separate surname page, and this article should include other uses of the name including the colleges, rather than relegating them to a disambiguation page. When someone refers to Bates, they're probably referring to an institution, and not a person. This article could provide a link to the surname page and could act as a more direct disambiguation page essentially. Other lists of individuals (for example "Smith," "Jones," "Reynolds," etc.) have separate pages for the surname lists. --Swampyank (talk) 18:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)