Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Muslim Names

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. Eluchil404 (talk) 05:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of Muslim Names

An article like this could have encyclopedic value if it contained information about how those names are linked to Islam, and why. As it stands, this seems to be merely a list of names popular in Arab countries, with no evidence to support that they are indeed linked to Islam rather than general Arab culture, and seems to be completely original research. Also, since the article is orphaned, it seems to have little use in Wikipedia to begin with, but this could of course just be because it is a relatively new article. Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 09:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete; There's no way I can ever see this list being definitive. Even if listing names like this was something to do on wikipedia wouldn't a list of Arab names, a list of Persian names, a list of Pashtun names, etc... be much better? I mean there's no reason you can't have a muslim with the surname Smith.--Him and a dog 14:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete An indiscriminate list that seems to be composed of every "Muslim name" that the editors have spotted. The majority of names on here are the Abduls ("Abdul-Adl", "Abdul-Badi", "Abdul-Fattah", "Abdul-Ghafur", etc. -- has to be seen to be believed). No etymology, no explanation of a connection to Qu'ran or Islamic tradition, just a bunch of names. Can we add "Malcolm" and "Betty" on here too? Mr. and Mrs. X were Muslims. Mandsford (talk) 15:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the List of Muslim related deletion-discussion--NAHID 17:26, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, but is there a way we can convert this into a wikibook? Arman ^(Talk) 02:44, 21 January 2008 (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.