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143:" etc should be deleted on sight. It's intrinsically a ridiculous thing to write (especially when there isn't even a "notable" criterion as evidenced by the title), is impossible to maintain with any degree of accuracy, is practically impossible to verify, and serves little purpose that may be thought of as encyclopedic.— 224:
this doesn't serve any useful purpose and either requires constant work or will be out of date. NoSeptember's comment is valid, but I would take the conclusion in the other direction - don't keep List of Sikhs, delete List of Catholics.
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I came across a debate in wikipedia vfd where the conclusion seemed to be against retaining unmaintainable lists. It is my belief this list is one of them. For example, what is the criterion for someone to be included in this list?
331:, how is that relevant? Does an Egyptian/Saudi child count as mixed race? What about a Anglo-Bulgarian? I think if you're going to delete this, there should be a larger VfD of the other religious and race lists. 77:
As stated , the sikhs are a very clearly defined group, a page like this gives very little information to the reader of this page that a person is a practicing sikh. It is visually quite apparent.
166:. If we pick off just the minor religions (like Sikhs) we are showing a Western bias, and being a member of a minor religion (if you are living in the West) is more noteworthy. 17: 246:
Perhaps that list needs to go as well. If a person is a jew and is noteworthy, his page will tell everyone he is jewish.
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So a user looking for noteworthy jewish people would simply have to hit "random article" until they the right one?
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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far too broad to be useful, and the other religion lists too, they're just as useless. -
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Sikhs are a reasonably well defined group, and it isn't likely to become unmanageable.
140: 49: 238: 58: 327:- if other religions can have this list, why can't Sikhism? I mean there is even a 356: 185: 163: 295: 213: 307: 256: 107:. Plenty of lists that could be called unmaintainable have been kept, such as 332: 359:". Knowledge shouldn't discriminate and favor one religion over another. -- 111:. This list should be kept along with all the other religion based lists. 371:
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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and expand. "List of Jews" was kept; how is this any different?
91: 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 381:). No further edits should be made to this page. 271:, if Catholics and Jews can stay so can Sikhs. 8: 196:per Encephalon, who nails it on the head. 351:as per NoSeptember and the keeping of " 280:Perhaps that list needs to go as well. 90:They need to be notable and have the 7: 24: 306:, like the other religion lists. 212:don't need this kind of thing-- 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 1: 44:The result of the debate was 101:10:33, August 16, 2005 (UTC) 364:11:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 344:07:15, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 320:16:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 299:21:55, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 285:05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 276:21:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 260:05:12, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 251:05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 242:20:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 230:19:35, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 217:16:24, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 201:16:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 189:14:52, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 175:18:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 152:13:45:58, 2005-08-16 (UTC) 120:13:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC) 82:05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 70:05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC) 53:23:43, 21 August 2005 (UTC) 398: 329:List of mixed-race people 374:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 109:List of Roman Catholics 127:. Anything that goes " 315:as per No September. 137:List of Christians 353:List of Catholics 160:List of Catholics 129:List of Buddhists 389: 376: 338: 172: 147: 133:List of Japanese 117: 34: 397: 396: 392: 391: 390: 388: 387: 386: 385: 379:deletion review 372: 336: 168: 145: 113: 62: 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 395: 393: 384: 383: 367: 366: 346: 322: 310: 301: 289: 288: 287: 266: 265: 264: 263: 262: 232: 219: 203: 191: 179: 178: 177: 141:List of Hindus 122: 102: 87: 86: 85: 84: 61: 56: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 394: 382: 380: 375: 369: 368: 365: 362: 361:FuriousFreddy 358: 354: 350: 347: 345: 342: 334: 330: 326: 323: 321: 318: 314: 311: 309: 305: 302: 300: 297: 293: 290: 286: 283: 279: 278: 277: 274: 270: 267: 261: 258: 254: 253: 252: 249: 245: 244: 243: 240: 236: 233: 231: 228: 223: 220: 218: 215: 211: 207: 204: 202: 199: 195: 192: 190: 187: 183: 180: 176: 173: 171: 165: 161: 157: 154: 153: 151: 148: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 123: 121: 118: 116: 110: 106: 103: 100: 97: 93: 89: 88: 83: 80: 76: 75: 74: 73: 72: 71: 68: 60: 59:List of Sikhs 57: 55: 54: 51: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 373: 370: 357:List of Jews 348: 324: 317:Trollderella 312: 303: 291: 268: 234: 221: 209: 205: 193: 181: 169: 164:List of Jews 155: 124: 114: 104: 94:religion? - 63: 45: 43: 31: 28: 282:Manik Raina 273:Gateman1997 248:Manik Raina 208:agreed, we 170:NoSeptember 115:NoSeptember 79:Manik Raina 67:Manik Raina 227:PeteVerdon 146:Encephalon 198:Nandesuka 50:Redwolf24 239:CDThieme 355:" and " 186:Bhoeble 156:Comment 296:Splash 292:Delete 222:Delete 214:I-2-d2 210:really 206:Delete 194:Delete 125:Delete 308:Kappa 257:Kappa 16:< 349:Keep 341:Talk 333:Sukh 325:Keep 313:Keep 304:Keep 269:Keep 235:Keep 182:Keep 162:and 139:," " 135:," " 131:," " 105:Keep 92:Sikh 46:Keep 337:ā¨¸āŠā¨– 96:Mgm 339:| 335:| 149:| 48:. 98:|

Index

Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
Redwolf24
23:43, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
List of Sikhs
Manik Raina
05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Manik Raina
05:01, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Sikh
Mgm

List of Roman Catholics
NoSeptember
13:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
List of Buddhists
List of Japanese
List of Christians
List of Hindus
Encephalon

List of Catholics
List of Jews
NoSeptember
18:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
Bhoeble
14:52, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
Nandesuka
16:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I-2-d2

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