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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 23:10, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

List of first names[edit]

This article was nominated for deletion on 09:13, 2004-09-05 by User:Violetriga. It was removed from VFD by User:SimonP without recording a result. For the prior discussion, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of first names.

Pointless, never can be complete, unencylopedic. Transwiki if you must. Delete. Neutrality^talk 03:10, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, a never ending trivial list. Megan1967 06:53, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, see List of dog names from yesterday. Radiant! 08:20, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Looking at the previous VfD of this page, I can't find a convincing argument for keeping it. Xezbeth 08:24, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - could be useful to pages like Behind the Name but not necessarily here - Skysmith 09:55, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or add Foot, Footfoot, Footfootfoot, and Footfootfootfoot to it. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 10:05, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, that's one solution if you have quadruplets :) Radiant! 10:54, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
• This list fulfils none of the purposes of lists. It provides no information, is useless for navigation, and is a sheer horror when one considers what would happen if it were to be used for development. Mikkalai's suggestion to use and improve the far better Wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:First names instead seems to have fallen upon deaf ears. Delete to make the point more forcefully. Uncle G 18:01, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)
• Delete and to quote from Citizen Kane, "Impossible, impossible, impossible..." Wyss 18:52, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete — RJH 19:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A list of names limited to those that actually have articles would be good, though. --Calton 20:38, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Categories are the tailor-made tools for that, not lists. See Category:People by surname, for example. Uncle G 02:33, 2005 Feb 16 (UTC)
• Delete. I agree with Uncle G. --Angr 00:10, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. When would you ever need to use this? -- Robert Pendray 09:53, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A useless and unending list. Carrp | Talk 16:38, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Albeit temporarily because Categories would be a better way of managing this. Querents seek lists of people with a specific forename to answer a variety of questions: inter alia Who shares my name? With whom do I associate my child if I name her/him this? What was the correct surname of Michael Scarsomething? --Theo (Talk) 19:36, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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