Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of homeschooled people

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:40, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of homeschooled people

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Includes historical figures from a time when home education was the norm and so conflates many practices that might be called home-schooling with the modern concept of home schooling. US-centric. These issues could be fixed. The fundamental problem is that home schooling is not a major aspect of the people, nor is the list of people important information about the topic of home schooling. It's a list of trivia. Cyrej (talk) 14:16, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 14:20, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 14:20, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:TRIVIA for sure and but a footnote in each subject's life. Nate • (chatter) 18:32, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a way to find a non-arbitrary cutoff that would target the modern concept and where it isn't the norm? Because in those historic and cultural contexts (such as present-day America) it is unusual and arguably more significant to a biography on average that someone was homeschoooled than that someone else went to one particular high school rather than another. postdlf (talk) 19:21, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- ...and if the ultimate conclusion is that the list is irrevocably arbitrary or indiscriminate, then Category:Homeschooled people in the United States should also be deleted. postdlf (talk) 19:25, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - I knew there was probably a crufty category to go with this. Whoever puts that up, let me know and I'll support a deletion. Nate • (chatter) 00:22, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I agree with User:postdlf's argument. Category:Homeschooled people in the United States should also stay. Centibyte^(talk) 00:33, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not sure I made an argument, as I don't know if there's an answer to my question. postdlf (talk) 01:39, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. home schooling is not a major aspect of the people - I think that it is a quite major aspect: it decides what becomes of their education, and after that, their job. I agree with User:Postdlf. L293D (✉) 23:17, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete contrary to what some say, this is not a very unified topic, and from a historical perspective is way too common to be useful.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:51, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:NOTTRIVIA and WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE. List article has a vague inclusion criteria and sourcing and verification is an issue. Ajf773 (talk) 01:15, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The argument that homeschooling was once the norm seems persuasive to me. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:39, 23 February 2018 (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.