Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bengalis

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. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 00:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Bengalis

Good material but should be reordered into categories. frummer 08:30, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep: "should be reordered" is not a justification for AfD. Article on notable people from ethnic groups are common. See List of Germans, List of Tamils. --Ragib 05:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per numerous other lists. --- RockMFR 17:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
~~Abstain~~ Keep Is the existance of numerous other lists an adequate reason to keep a particular case? (Why not just just use a category for this? (Otherwise, lists of notable people based on nationality will simple expand unbounded, ultimately becoming non-useful lists). Tarinth 17:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lists can give you a snippet on each person so you can find out if you want to learn more. Like say you see a name on a list that says "She was in XYZ movie" and you go "Oh yeah I remember her." You may not remember her name on its own. Likewise it allows for expansion on neglected areas. (Like the Third World, topics primarily of interest to people over 50, topics of interest to people born in non-English speaking nations, etc)--T. Anthony 17:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation. I can buy into that (changed to Keep). Tarinth 18:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I kind of like working on lists here. Although there has been lists I went against. Like if the topic would not be worthy of an article in itself, can never be verified, or is based on a very subjective or POV bias. (Like a hypothetical "List of Jamaican haberdashers" on the first, List of virgins being an actual example of the second, and "List of people who. were ugly as babies" as a made-up one on the third)--T. Anthony 18:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep, on account that this is not a proper justification for AfD per User:Ragib. --Dennisthe2 23:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletions. -- ⇒ bsnowball 07:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- ⇒ bsnowball 07:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep these lists are useful for redlinks ⇒ bsnowball 07:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep the reasons for deletion given here are not sufficient. I found the list useful since it keeps the list of people I want to write about in future, in a way it is a to-do list. I am curious to know why this particular list is marked for deletion since the other lists are thriving. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeroje (talk • contribs) 16:11, 28 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Speedy Keep - why was this afd'd? Bengalis are present in many countries.Baka man 18:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please keep - Why delete a List of Bengalis when there is a List of Serbs,List of Assyrians, Lists of Jews,List of Arabs etc. ? Rumpelstiltskin223 21:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep - Please avoid confusing categories and list. -- User:Docu
Delete this and all similar lists. There are many millions of Bengalis; why are they not all (or all the notable ones) in cluded in such a list? But if they were it would be so large as to be useless. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eluchil404 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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.