Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mitchell Hamline School of Law alumni

*:* '''Comment''' from the creator. My intention was to preserve the work of other editors who had assembled a list that seemed too long for the [[Mitchell Hamline School of Law]] article that I didn't feel I could responsibly prune. If this is not an appropriate spin-off, then by all means restore. Or — better yet! – restore with some principled cuts: right now the only criterion appears to be having a WP article. [[User:Patrick Welsh|Patrick 🐈‍⬛]] ([[User talk:Patrick Welsh|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

*:* '''Comment''' from the creator. My intention was to preserve the work of other editors who had assembled a list that seemed too long for the [[Mitchell Hamline School of Law]] article that I didn't feel I could responsibly prune. If this is not an appropriate spin-off, then by all means restore. Or — better yet! – restore with some principled cuts: right now the only criterion appears to be having a WP article. [[User:Patrick Welsh|Patrick 🐈‍⬛]] ([[User talk:Patrick Welsh|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

*:*:Thanks for your comment. I did a scan for sources discussing MHSL's alumni as a group, per NLIST, and found nothing. Without that, this doesn't appear to constitute an independently notable topic. <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em;">꧁</span>[[User:Zanahary|Zanahary]]<span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em;">꧂</span> 15:51, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

*:*:Thanks for your comment. I did a scan for sources discussing MHSL's alumni as a group, per NLIST, and found nothing. Without that, this doesn't appear to constitute an independently notable topic. <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em;">꧁</span>[[User:Zanahary|Zanahary]]<span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em;">꧂</span> 15:51, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

*::::Okay, fair enough. I find lists embedded in articles without clear inclusion and sourcing to be, in the majority of cases, unhelpful and unencyclopedic. Usually I can either fix this or give a principled justification for wholesale removal. This one was too long, though, and includes unsourced entries of people who do seem notable as alumni. But if you reaffirm that it's your policy-based view I should restore to the parent article, I will do so and request a speedy deletion of this stand-alone list. Cheers, --[[User:Patrick Welsh|Patrick 🐈‍⬛]] ([[User talk:Patrick Welsh|talk]]) 16:02, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

*::::Okay, fair enough. I find lists embedded in articles without clear inclusion-criteria and sourcing to be, in the majority of cases, unhelpful and unencyclopedic. Usually I can either fix this or give a principled justification for wholesale removal. This one was too long, though, and includes unsourced entries of people who do seem notable as alumni. But if you reaffirm that it's your policy-based view I should restore to the parent article, I will do so and request a speedy deletion of this stand-alone list. Cheers, --[[User:Patrick Welsh|Patrick 🐈‍⬛]] ([[User talk:Patrick Welsh|talk]]) 16:02, 15 July 2025 (UTC)