Talk:List of people from Gloucestershire

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Merit of this page

I'm not entirely convinced of the merit of this page. Personally I think the list of people is non-encyclopaedic, and that the category is miles better. So why create it?

There is some kind of consensus (albeit rather passive) on Talk:Gloucestershire in favour of such a move. So it's less controversial than just deleting the list.
Crufty lists like this are quite persistent. Better here than cluttering up an article on the county.
Maybe someone has a use for it.
Maybe it's easier to find than a category.

Some obvious cons:

The category is just as useful and less intrusive
There is no quality metric for the list, I think because no-one really knows what the point of the list is
No-one really knows what the point of the list is ;) People born there? Living there now? Associated somehow? Once you've chosen one of the above, explain why a list of these people is useful...

List of people from Kent was cited as an example to motivate creating this page on similar grounds. I note from the talk page there that the only comment is a damning criticism saying that there's no point. I'm not so bothered either way but if anyone has strong views maybe they would like to debate them there. I will certainly not be offended if someone deletes this article...

Behind The Wall Of Sleep (talk) 12:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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