Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Christian billionaires

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The result was delete. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 21:02, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of Christian billionaires

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Is this really what Wikipedia is for? WP:NOT says we're not just for indiscriminate blobs of information. That someone is both a billionaire (in US dollars...?) and a Christian doesn't tell you much. Their religion might be completely nominal and irrelevant to their business and wealth, or it may have an important role in their business life. Seems a strange combination. —Tom Morris (talk) 23:46, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 01:21, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: agree that it is a strange combination. Delete per the "Lists of loosely associated topics" part of WP:NOTDIR.Vrac (talk) 02:39, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak, weak keep. Forbes lists a few in this article, Christianity Today wrote about the Templetons, father and son, and the Christian Examiner devoted an article titled "Billionaire burger queen remains rooted in faith" to Lynsi Snyder. Though I'm not sure how they reconcile their faith with the whole "camel through the eye of a needle" bit. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:36, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - there are large numbers of similar random lists, such as List of Jewish feminists. Ideally they should all be removed. . . Mean as custard (talk) 17:57, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Regardless of whether "Christian billionaires" makes sense as a hybrid- or sub-categorization (from either perspective, of subcategorizing billionaires by religion or subcategorizing Christians by status or accomplishment), let's not make assumptions about other lists just because we're not familiar with a topic. See Jewish feminism, Category:Jewish feminism, and Category:Jewish feminists (so hardly "random"). postdlf (talk) 19:10, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - All right, maybe that was a bad example. How about List of Jewish footballers instead? . . Mean as custard (talk) 09:34, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - You need to do some due diligence before advocating deletion of anything. But again, let's stay focused here on this list. This whole thread is an irrelevant distraction. postdlf (talk) 22:18, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So if roughly 1/3 of the world's population is Christian, odds are about 1/3 of billionaires will also be Christian. That would be a list hundreds of names long (see http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/25/#version:static), and it would be constantly changing as net worths change. Add that to not being a useful list, and surely this is a delete. Case2394 (talk) 22:52, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. My examples are those who actively support Christianity, not those who are just nominally Christian. The criterion could be made more restrictive. That being said, upon further consideration, I'm going to add another "weak" to my lvote. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:48, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Random list. Creator said those who "actively support Christianity" are only on the list and mentions "devout" alot. How are we to judge that? Most people would consider Rockefeller Christian in name only. Currently there are over 2,000 living billionaires, with 1,500 coming from predominately Christian nations. Well, after the Chinese stock market crash, cut the amount of Chinese billionaires by 50%. Bgwhite (talk) 04:31, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Yet Rockefeller donated a lot of money to Christian institutions.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:01, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This list if kept should include every person who was/is Christian who has ever been worth over 1 billion. That would just make the list unruly.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:00, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Perhaps there is a database for such lists, but the subject doesn't meet the qualifications of an encyclopedic entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwp08003 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Most of my thoughts are already expressed by above editors: random, wp:listcruft. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:07, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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