Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Stephen F. Austin State University people

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. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:14, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Stephen F. Austin State University people[edit]

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It's my opinion that this article is probably better served as a category, rather than a list. -- Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 05:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No it needs to have an article on it's own like most universities alumni lists. GreatLifeInService (talk) 17:12, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:NOTDUP, "It is neither improper nor uncommon to simultaneously have a category, a list, and a navigation template which all cover the same topic. These redundant systems of organizing information are considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative." Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note - ~~The article's title has been changed to List of notable Stephen F. Austin State University attendees.~~ Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:24, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Per the naming conventions in Category:Lists of American people by school affiliation I have restored this list to its original name. - Dravecky (talk) 19:31, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the correction; consistency is important on Wikipedia. Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:38, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As this list only includes alumni, however, and not faculty as well, it would seem that the standard would be "list of FOO University alumni." postdlf (talk) 23:10, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:NOTDUP. No one is forced to use either lists or categories; if you don't like one of the two, ignore it. postdlf (talk) 18:20, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 17:23, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as an organizational and descriptive list that cam provide far mote context to the reader than a bare name listing in a category, per WP:NOTDUP. - Dravecky (talk) 18:57, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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