Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cour

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. Problems with the layout can be addressed by editing. SoWhy 08:47, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Disambiguation page. Contains only WP:PTM entries, not genuine disambiguation entries. There's nothing to disambiguate.  Sandstein  20:33, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. You need the soft redirect to wiktionary and the links to Cours, La Cour and De La Cour anyway. Add Ajit Cour, Glenys Cour, Pierre Cour. Don't delete disambiguations without checking whether good entries for it exist please. Fram (talk) 21:13, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:22, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• We don't list random people with the same last name in a dab page either, only if they are well-known by their last name alone. I doubt that this applies to these three relatively obscure artists.  Sandstein  21:43, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• @Sandstein: It's actually a fairly common practice to list people with the same last name in a disambiguation, see Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists for some examples. -- Tavix ^(talk) 02:53, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Um I think Wikipedia does actually list random people by their last name, it also redirects unique last names to random people. Not sure if that's a good idea... who does that hmm Siuenti (씨유엔티) 21:57, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Convert to a surname page, with three entries and a See also section for La Cour and De la Cour. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:23, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, and on balance as a dab page rather than converting to surname page - quite OK for a dab page to have section on nameholders, and I've just added it using info provided by Fram. PTMs... seem pretty harmless; "See Also" section essential as navigation to related dab page and names. Why fret about trying to delete a useful page like this when there is so much rubbish in the encyclopedia? PamD 08:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment It might be getting in the way of search engine results so there might be a good reason to delete it... not sure.

• Keep, whether it should remain a dab or contain a list of all "cour" it can be discussed elsewhere. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 07:52, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• The WP:PTM guideline specifically states "Do not add a link that merely contains part of the page title". Clarityfiend (talk) 08:04, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Convert to surname page The first set of entries are all WP:PTM and an {intitle} link in see also would cover them. Adding these is against guidelines. Boleyn (talk) 08:49, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:56, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Convert to surname page as it's been determined to be the only valid uses of "Cour". -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as DAB page. I've just added a geo tag and five places in English Wiki whose name begins with "Cour" (which is how they're likely to be known locally), plus a see-also (oops, that SA was a duplicate, now deleted). There are also a couple more places with that name in French Wiki. Five places + three people = DAB page AFAIC. "Cour" is a likely search term. Just shift all the PTMs down into see-also where they belong. Narky Blert (talk) 00:41, 13 June 2017 (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.