Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Jewish American musicians

List of Jewish American musicians

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This fails WP:NOT#DIR to the letter. Wikipedia is not a list KoshVorlon ".. We are ALL Kosh..." 18:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

While I take no position on the deletion of this article, I would point out there are plenty of list pages on Wikipedia. There should be a better reason then that, for deletion. And that there are plenty of lists of people based on various different division. See Lists_of_peopleUcscottb4u 19:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy keep - while acting in good faith, the nominator doesn't appear to be familiar with the system that this page is part of. This isn't a seperate list, it is part of Lists of Jews which was too large to be a single article. Lists of Jews is in turn part of Lists of people by nationality#By ethnicity, which is in turn part of Lists of people. It's part of an indexing system of all the articles on Wikipedia on people, in which people are presented by various descriptors to make them easier to find. Ethnicity has a strong precedent here, and people's ethnic heritage has been shown repeatedly throughout history to be a strong social force, and therefore it does not constitute a "loose association" in the context used in WP:NOT#DIR. Please, let's not introduce holes in the Lists of people collection. Thank you. The Transhumanist 22:35, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Not all of us think that there should be Lists of American Jews. I think they're a holdover from when Wikipedia was starting up and begging for articles, which led to Lists of Jewish American Philosophers, Jewish American Social and political scientists, Jewish American Linguists, Jewish American Psychologists, Jewish American Economists, Jewish American Historians, Jewish American Physicists, Jewish American Chemists, Jewish American Biologists and physicians, Jewish American Mathematicians, Jewish American Computer scientists, Jewish American Engineers, Jewish American Inventors, Jewish American Visual artists, Jewish American Architects, Jewish American Photographers, Jewish American Fashion designers, Jewish American Cartoonists, Jewish American Authors, Jewish American Poets, Jewish American Playwrights, Jewish American Journalists, Jewish American Composers, Jewish American Businesspeople, Jewish American Mobsters, Jewish American Entertainers, and, this one, Jewish American Musicians.
• Call me Auntie Semite, but what the hell does being Jewish have to do with being a musician? Should we have a list of Christian American musicians? If so, why? For what other reason than political correctness (or segregation) would you maintain a List of Jewish American Fashion Designers? It's an anachronism that needs to go. Mandsford 02:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per The Transhumanist and especially Mandsford. The "list of *ish/*an/*ese blanks" have to go. CRGreathouse (t | c) 02:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, better served by categories. humblefool® 03:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)