Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mexican Americans

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The result was Nomination Withdrawn. It has become apparent that individual nominations of each list of this type is pointless, and a consensus on what to do with the entire group of lists of this type is needed, which will result in a broader consensus with less work. I have created a discussion page at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Lists of Ethnic Americans to try and determine a policy on these type of lists. Please join the discussion there. Thank you. Leuko 16:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Mexican Americans[edit]

Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Portuguese Americans, relisting as individual AfD's. Precedent for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of German Americans. Leuko 18:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep, The rationale for deletion given in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of German Americans was WP:NOT#DIR. So these lists below should also be deleted if we want to be consistent:

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletions. —Noroton 22:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete Gosh, this list will include hundreds of millions of entries. Not only that, it's UNMAINTAINABLE because every time someone sneaks across the border into the United States there's another Mexican-American. Nobody has the time to edit this article every time someone crosses the Rio Grande or climbs a fence. My God, there are thousands of Mexicans crossing every day into America. It's unmaintainable! It's unmaintainable!! Mandsford 23:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Do those people "sneaking across the border" daily have Wiki articles? Why on earth would non-notable illegal aliens have Wiki articles written about them making this list unmaintainable? Why would anyone need to "have the time to edit this article every time someone crosses the Rio Grande."????? Why would these people even have individual articles wriiten about them???? ExRat 02:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong, speedy keep - Important aid for researchers. We only include notable individuals in these lists and they are well sourced. As with previous ethnic group nominations, this nomination, apparently done along with dozens if not hundreds of others all in a single day, is disruptive, WP:POINT, and does not enhance our encyclopedia. Improve, don't delete. Badagnani 01:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep.While Wikipedia may not be a compendium of lists, these listings are extraordinarily helpful with research, as those searching for individuals of a particular ethnic background can easily find specific individuals and possibly contrast with others in the article. These listings for deletion are disruptive, in my opinion. They smack of nationalism and seem to presume that Americans have no (or shouldn't have) interest in the extreme diversity of the ethnic fabric of America. ExRat 02:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- And a category can't do this? To me, voting "Strong Keep" on some List of _x_ Americans, while deleting others smacks of nationalism. Leuko 03:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment: These lists often (or should) be referenced with birth and death dates, occupations, etc. Categories don't do that. ExRat 04:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - It has s already been pointed out that these lists are greatly superior in their content and usability (being on a single page, with individuals broken down by occupation, complete with footnotes and references), for ease of navigation and finding the information they are looking for, for our users. Thus, your argument holds no water, and your continued assertion that "categories are just as good as lists" in this context shows bad faith against the editors who have repeatedly pointed out that this is clearly not the case for our users who rely on having this information readily available, and not blanked by presumptuous characters such as yourself. Badagnani 04:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. I agree with ExRat and Badagnani. In addition, this mass nomination is too POINTY. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:46, 13 September 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.