Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of notable eccentrics
See talk page for my comments. Revolver 23:46, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Inherantly POV. Delete. --jpgordon{gab} 01:08, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Eccentric is a very subjective term. I'm sure for every person on Earth there is someone else who would consider them eccentric. Delete. [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 01:26, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- We have a List of movies that are famous for being widely considered extremely bad page, which is likewise inherantly POV. Suggest we rename this to List of individuals who are famous for being widely considered to be eccentric, purge the list of people famous for other reasons and keep. C'mon, we need more content for Wikipedia:Unusual_articles. [[User:GeorgeStepanek|GeorgeStepanek\talk ]] 01:57, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thats not POV. Take "Plan 9 From Outer Space". I don't know if its bad, I've not seen it. I do know, however, that it is widely considered extremely bad. That main people consider it to be extremely bad is an incontrovertible fact. NPOV. -- GWO
- Delete: Inherently POV -- another "List" article that's just a trivia trap. Geogre 01:58, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, far too subjective to be useful in an encyclopedia - Cdc 03:03, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, same as what Livajo said. [[User:Mo0|Mo0[talk]]] 06:36, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Can someone come out with the more correct term for so-called eccentric people? List of people who behave against orthodox cultural norms in such an extent that the other people consider them unusual although they may have just decided to do unusual things for their own personal reasons or something to that effect? Other terms like village idiot, crank and fool would be rather unsuitable. I do think that some of the additions to the list are incorrect - various rulers and people whose behavior is more of a show than anything else, for example. Note that this is a second time the page has been listed in the VfD (see talk - Skysmith
- Delete. subjective. --MPerel 09:33, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- I think there's a danger of strictly applying the criteria and ending up removing everything that's interesting. Rename in accordance with GeorgeStepanek's suggestion and keep. Dbiv 12:54, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Keep - it doesnt has to be objective in this case. This is list of people who are considered eccentric - I mean, by most of people, by media and such. One might disagree with that, yes, but in same way some might disagree that Holocaust was a tragedy or that Hitler was dictator (cause he was elected) - but in the list of tragedies or dictators these still could be listed. Same here.
- (Above comment by User:DeirYassin)
- Now that's one of the weirdest instantiations of Godwin's law that I've ever seen. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 16:05, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)