Talk:List of Mensans

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[edit] Discussion

As much as I understand what is going on here, I think this is a bad idea. Mensa itself is an international organization whose qualifications consist solely of intelligence (well, of doing well on intelligence tests, at any rate.) I would imagine that many Mensa members would object to being classified by ethnicity, and I don't see how the resulting list would be meaningful or useful. I would advise abandoning this project, and I will probably AFD this if it is not deleted. --Brianyoumans 21:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Ah, that part has been removed. Well, a list of Mensans is not very interesting to me, but it may be an inevitable sort of article to have.--Brianyoumans 21:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

This should be converted to a category. — Chameleon 00:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deja vu all over again

<Heavy sigh!> … I can't believe we're going down this road again … I guess no one remembers Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of famous members of Mensa (2nd nomination) which said, "Make it a Category," only to have the Category deleted less than a year later (Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 8#Category:Members of Mensa) … considering I've already been through this a couple of times already, I'm just going to sit back and watch the fur fly, except for one observation and minor edit … the name of the list may no longer contain the contentious word "famous," but it is not restricted to living or current members (like Isaac Asimov), so I have changed "who are Members" to "who have been Members." :-)

I'll close with an observation that this may qualify for deletion as a violation of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons regarding Verifiability and Original Research, as per the arguments made in the AfD and CfD discussions already mentioned … and someone should research a citation for Angela Melini, or else it's history from this list (see what is meant by "nearly impossible to maintain?") … Happy Editing! —72.75.65.41 (talk · contribs) 04:37, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I didn't have anything better to do, so I've added another WP:RS citation for some of the names, and removed a few per WP:BLP, i.e., there is either no mention of Mensa membership in their article, or else it is an assertion unsubstantiated by a citation. —72.75.65.41 05:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Repopulating this list

On 2007-03-13, a bot was used to remove the "Category:Members of Mensa" tags from articles as a result of Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 8#Category:Members of Mensa ... I suggest that those articles be reviewed individually for inclusion in this list, but only if they also have a WP:RS that can be cited ... most, but not all, had been vetted, so they need to be checked again. —72.75.65.41 16:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)