Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Ainsworth (disambiguation)

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 keep‎. (non-admin closure) NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 11:02, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Ainsworth (disambiguation)

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This disambiguation page has a primary topic for the ambiguous title while all the other ones are included in the same article Ainsworth baronets. The criteria WP:G14 may apply like that for Insta (disambiguation) (deleted by UtherSRG, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Insta (disambiguation)), as the only one extant Wikipedia page got disambiguated is Thomas Ainsworth. A hatnote on the top of primary topic is sufficient like that in the case of WP:ONEOTHER. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 04:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 04:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:18, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 3 valid entries. The dab is for people searching 'Thomas Ainsworth'. This page makes it as clear as possible who we have information on and where to find it. Just directing readers to the baronets page without clarity could easily lead to people identifying the wrong person in this. Additionally, dabs are pretty cheap. Boleyn (talk) 08:24, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally there were missing entries, as there often are, and I have now added a 4th entry. Proposing for deletion hundreds of page in this timeframe, without fully checking them other, and sometimes just overwriting them, is really disruptive. Additionally your drive-by tagging of 'oneother', even on pages with 6 entries, is in the thousands within a coupple of days. You can't possibly be chevking these out properly. Boleyn (talk) 08:27, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Valid and useful dab page, helping readers or editors to disentangle several holders of same name on whom we have some information. PamD 09:00, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Helping the reader who is looking for, perhaps a Thomas Ainsworth alive in 1500. The dab page shows clearly that none of the TAs on whom we have information in the encyclopedia is the man they are looking for.

The logic is "Would "Thomas Ainsworth" be a valid redirect to page "xyz" per WP:Redirect and in particular WP:R#KEEP?" If so, and the answer is "yes" for more than one value of "xyz", then a dab page, or complete set of hatnotes at the base title, is needed. Here, where we have useful distinguishing information about two of those TAs, the dab page serves a useful purpose and should be kept. PamD 09:29, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Discussion re-opened and relisted per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 27.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 17:28, 5 December 2023 (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.