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The result was delete. Even after discounting several WP:ITSCRUFT arguments, consensus is clear and unanimous. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional characters who bear a maternal surname[edit]

List of fictional characters who bear a maternal surname (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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An unsourced list on an incredibly overcategorized topic, with no coverage of the greater topic at all. Some sources may say a specific fictional character uses a maternal surname, but there is no coverage on the whole of fictional characters using the maternal surnames. Recently PRODed as "unsourced list of WP:TRIVIA with no discernible evidence of notability." Yaksar (let's chat) 00:29, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as pointless trivia. Carrite (talk) 00:48, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:OR as none of the listed entries cannot be confirmed beyond fanon or even fanon invented by a non-show source. Nate • (chatter) 05:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as useless WP:LISTCRUFT   ArcAngel   (talk) ) 05:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete list of no value. HHaeyyn89 (talk) 07:09, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Matronymic surnames are far too common, especially in English given the medieval tradition of giving posthumous children matronyms, for this list to have any importance or meaning. Does every Madison, Beaton, and Custer qualify? --NellieBly (talk) 08:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:TRIVIA, WP:LISTCRUFT or WP:OR. Rlendog (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:41, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:35, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional characters who can fly this same song and dance has happened before. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:50, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete A list of this type must have third-party sources to demonstrate that the entries are relevant to the main topic, otherwise it is trivia and original research. However, since the main topic of fictional characters who bear a maternal surnames is not a notable subject, the list is an non-encyclopedic cross-categorization of indiscriminate information. —Farix (t | c) 13:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete The article is a trivia section composed of original research. It does not meet the criteria of appropriate topics for lists because, as stated above, the list falls into what Wikipedia is not, by being an indiscriminate collection of information and a non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations. Also, the underlying concept is not notable. Jfgslo (talk) 02:43, 24 April 2011 (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.