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The result of the debate was delete but without prejudice if someone wants to move the content to Wiktionary. Rossami (talk) 03:04, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List of East African given names[edit]

I don't understand what the consensus supposedly is on names, since I see no consensus on the discussion of it, but it's been closed as having reached consensus. But this is not an encyclopedia article. RickK 07:45, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

• That has been explained on its talk page. Bear in mind that it is a discussion, not a vote, and that virtually all people in the discussion agree. Radiant_* 13:48, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. This article is NOWHERE near long enough or useful enough to stay. Harro5 08:25, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not encyclopaedic. Megan1967 08:54, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Look at all of those list redlinks at List of given names by language! And note the contradiction between the article title and the category name. Here's how to contribute to Wiktionary's list of given names:
  • Add a redlink to the appropriate index page of Wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:First names.
  • If you can supply the (attested) meaning, etymology, or pronunciation, create the article. Aim to be on a par with Wiktionary:James. Otherwise just leave the redlink red.
• Uncle G 12:09, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
• Strong delete per Uncle G's reasoning. Radiant_* 13:48, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - sorry. Changed my mind. Look at List of Slavic given names and List of Vietnamese given names. Quite useful. If they are prepared to do all of that, then it's encyclopaedic and worthy. Internodeuser 13:02, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ah, the old "If someone wrote a lot of text, it's encyclopaedic." contention. You might care to take a look at Talk:List of Vietnamese given names before getting too enthusiastic. Uncle G 14:11, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
• Delete, nonencyclopedic list. At least Vietnamese and Slavic are linguistic entities; there are four different language families in East Africa (five if you count Madagascar as part of East Africa). --Angr/_comhrá 06:16, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete non encyclopaedic. JamesBurns 10:42, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, at least as disambiguation page for different languages. Grue 12:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, because of Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of Japanese given names... this just is a poor attempt to recreate something useful like that... if that verdict is changed then I may decide to change my vote, but I see no reason to specifically pick on this article just because it's the wilted brother of the Japanese page. gren 04:45, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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