The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:25, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of people with the given name Darren[edit]

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Per WP:NOTDIR, which prohibits "Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics such as (but not limited to) quotations, aphorisms, or persons (real or fictional)." I fail to see how being called "Darren" is a significant enough connection between these people for there to be a listing of them. See consensus reached at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people with the given name Sarah or Sara. Anthem of joy (talk) 21:09, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If JBSupreme created this, I must think it was as a joke.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 21:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Why ? --Anthem of joy (talk) 21:13, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cuz he's a hard-core deletionist.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 23:17, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. As with Sarah, it is a directory of loose items around a random name - frankieMR (talk) 21:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 01:04, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as random directory, no logical connection between its members other than the accident of the given name. An article called List of people with the middle initial L would be equally illogical.. No valid navigational function, a simple search will bring up the article on the Darren of choice, no one is going to be running to a list of Darrens hoping to find an article on a specific Darren. No valid disambiguating function. Carrite (talk) 13:57, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Naturally agreeing with the nomination, as there are very few such articles on wikipedia, no precedent, nor much use for this list in particular. Also, there's one more on wikipedia List_of_people_with_the_given_name_Mitra. i kan reed (talk) 19:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - This is an alright list, and with a little formatting it should be OK. I see no reason to delete as there is an awful lot of people on there and it would be a shame to delete this group of them all together. Rcsprinter (talk) 16:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't follow your reasoning. The articles aren't going to be deleted, just the list which doesn't really provide any unique information. What does having this list help anyone with? i kan reed (talk) 17:15, 27 May 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.