Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Briffa

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. MuZemike 04:34, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Briffa[edit]

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Doesn't seem like a notable fact. —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:20, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Sources indicate it's a valid Maltese surname. -- œ^™ 05:17, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I didn't nominate the article for deletion because I thought the name didn't exist or because I thought its existence wasn't verifiable. I nominated it because I don't think the topic meets Wikipedia's criteria for notable topics. —Largo Plazo (talk) 11:35, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- —Largo Plazo (talk) 11:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There's no inherent notability for names. If there were, everyone would want to have their name (such as Mandsford) on Wikipedia. Mandsford (talk) 16:40, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I was unaware of a notability guideline for individual names, could you possibly point me to a link relating to this?. I always thought they were intrinsically notable and any and all were allowed as long as there's something encyclopedic to write about them. I wonder if there was any follow up to this discussion at WikiProject Anthroponymy. -- œ ^™ 03:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The only notability guideline that I know for individual names is contained in WP:N, "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." Sometimes, a disambiguation page will be expanded to include information about the etymology of a name. But there are tens of millions of surnames and given names. Like you, I'm unaware of an exception that's made for individual names. Mandsford (talk) 12:28, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:08, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - If you really feel this is a fact that people need to know, you could maybe start a section called "Maltese Names" on the Malta page, if there isn't one already. But otherwise there's no notability for this surname. (Otherwise I could change my surname to "SUPERCOOLXX11" and then start an article on it declaring the surname was created in 2009 by me.) It might be notable if at one point in history people were persecuted for having that particular surname, or if it's so common it's become a popular fake pseudonym, or if it's so stereotypical it's often used in literature to indicate a character is of Maltese origin, or something similar. - DustFormsWords (talk) 00:30, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This article is the sort of nonverifible article which is WP:OR--WngLdr34 (talk) 20:53, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Nothing particularly notable about it, if there are articles about people called briffa, it could be made into a disambig. I doubt that will happen tho, Lord Spongefrog, (I am the Czar of all Russias!) 19:30, 24 September 2009 (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.