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The result was delete - Philippe | Talk 04:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable figures of the 1980s

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Any article with "notable" in the title is suspect. The first part about entertainers at least has a clear criterion for inclusion, though it doesn't make much sense to consider a singer or band notable in the 80's if it had a #1 hit in the US or the UK. Similarly, actors and directors are only notable if they won an Oscar or a BAFTA award. Notable sports figures seem to have been chosen arbitrarily. Notable political figures include Nancy Reagan, Princess Diana and spouses of Canadian prime ministers but no head of state of European countries besides Thatcher. Of course, one might argue: the list just needs to be expanded so that it is complete. But then, we still are left with an arbitrary cut-off for "notability" and we are likely headed towards a 200kb article. Pichpich (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Although a lot of work was put into compiling this, "notability" is the threshhold requirement for a person having an article on Wikipedia, so there would be thousands and thousands of articles that referenced a person who did something notable during the years from 1980 to 1989. Not just Ronald Reagan and Joe Montana, but Alfredo Rampi and Fawn Hall and Thomas Dolby and Marcus Serjeant and Lyle Kurtenbach and others who aren't well known today. Mandsford (talk) 21:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:LIST. This is an exceedingly broad list and seems to be rather pointless.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 23:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Looking at the history, it seems that the list was spun-off the 1980's article. This is the usual way that these lists end up being created but usually, it simply indicates that the corresponding content should have been fleshed out of the parent article. Pichpich (talk) 23:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep This list is extremely arbitrary, it needs clear guidelines for inclusion, a lot of work/ expansion and possibly a title change, but I think this could eventually pass WP:LIST. Mr Senseless (talk) 01:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete, completely abitrary inclusion criteria and unnecessary.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 11:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - too broad to be useful, no clear inclusion guidelines. Kevlar67 (talk) 18:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment by creator OK, it's a bit shite. The number one artists list was my fault, and so were the oscar/bafta winners. The sports list I could do nothing with, not knowing what's the top achievement for various individuals ion most team sports, and not knowing (or caring) whether a particular pantomime wrestler was a worldwide figure or a local hero. I was just trying to tidy up the 1980s article, and I don't care whether this list of random stuff survives or not. Totnesmartin (talk) 19:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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