Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ainscough

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. - Mailer Diablo 11:10, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ainscough

Delete, per WP:NOT. --Peta 02:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom Hello32020 02:55, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, but with significant reservations. The article should be deleted because there are no references whatsoever. But I'm rather curious what you think this article is that Wikipedia is "not." There's nothing prohibiting articles on family histories, provided their subject is notable, verifiable, and the articles have citations. I'm also concerned that Hello32020 seems to simply be machine-gun-voting "Delete per nom" down the page, in at least one instance voting twice in the same AfD. That Hello32020 voted to delete per the nominator here, when the nominator basically didn't say anything, is somewhat alarming. JDoorjam Talk 06:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't speak for Petaholmes, but given that the article discusses the branches of a particular family with the surname Ainscough, Wikipedia is not a genealogy database seems to be the most likely to me. That policy is aimed more at preventing "Joe Smith, born 1685, died 1714, son of [[Fred Smith]] and father of [[Jim Smithson]]. Married [[Mary Baker]] in 1711." articles, though. Uncle G 10:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete A very short article like this one, even if it sounded like genealogy, might be worth keeping if we could believe it was true. I see no verifiability here, and no attempt whatever at documentation of the claims made. EdJohnston 22:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per above. Mrbowtie 13:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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.