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The result was dropped out. List of dropouts in the United States will need a separate nom Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of dropouts[edit]

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Primarily BLP concerns, but also Verifiability concerns and NPOV concerns as well. List created from deleted Category - however similar categories have been regularly deleted recreated and deleted again. Rarely edited - a handful of times every six months or so so no real improvement of the list or checking of entries or fixing of issues. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 22:44, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete There's nothing but bad in this article. Zero sources (outside of an outdated 20 year-old reference with questionable veracity), zero reason to exist, and terrible organization. Nate • (chatter) 00:08, 16 March 2012 (UTC)![reply]
• Delete - You know, normally I might say keep, but, to me, this page has two main issues: it combines high school and college drop outs (which really shouldn't be done, and which also shows a bit of american bias). And second... well, this is like a list of people who quit their jobs. I really hate to use that "notability" word, but... - jc37 03:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Note - previous CfD which led to the list: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_April_29#Category:Dropouts. - jc37 03:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  And there's also this CfD: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_14#Category:People_who_did_not_finish_High_school. - jc37 22:19, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:42, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Question - Would anyone who has already commented object to adding List of dropouts in the United States as a multiple nomination? It's entries are sourced but the sourcing isn't great - and like this one not all the norms of U.S. High School apply to all those listed. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 14:11, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  If you wish, but that would extend the duration of this discussion. - jc37 00:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll hold off just now, my thoughts were that the minimal number of comments here might lead to a re-listing extending the duration anyway. There's no real hurry to delete just the convenience of 1 Afd rather than multiple. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 19:43, 22 March 2012 (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.