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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 15:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Fry family

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Major WP:SYNTH issues. As the lead of this article says, "The Fry family is not one unitary genealogical entity, but rather many separate (often prominent) families with distinct genetic profiles and geographic origins." The article is just about various people with the last name Fry (or a related form) with a few attempts to make all of the various examples seem to have a related form. I'm finding some coverage for Fry family (chocolate), but nothing that actually deals with all people with the last name Fry as a specific historical origin. Hog Farm _Bacon 15:19, 1 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Lightburst ( talk) 17:45, 1 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Lightburst ( talk) 17:45, 1 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Delete - WP:NOTGENEALOGY "Genealogical entries. Family histories should be presented only where appropriate to support the reader's understanding of a notable topic." The only topic here is a shared family name, none of whom achieve Wikipedia's definition of Notability. At best, Wikipedia has shared notable names, such as Kennedy, on a DAB page. — Maile ( talk) 19:35, 1 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Also delete Fry family (chocolate), as it currently stands. 90% of that article is about the family genealogy, with very little content about the chocolate. Once you remove the genealogy stuff, I'm not convinced there is enough content remaining to qualify as a chocolate stand-alone. — Maile ( talk) 18:24, 2 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• If this is deleted, Fry family (chocolate) should be moved to the base page name. If there are other notable Fry families about which an article can be written, this title should be disambiguated. BD2412 T 01:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete - The article has gone from "Joseph Fry" (2003) (which had merged several Joseph Frys all related into one biography, including a posthumous marriage) to "Fry family (chocolate)" (2006) to "Fry family" (2012). Fry family (chocolate) (2014) was split off when Fry family became a catch all (see Talk:Fry_family). I would keep the chocolate version at its current name and have a redirect to it from Fry family just in case another prominent Fry family shows up (Fry is a common surname). Otherwise I fear it will become catch all again. I will note that I am distantly related to the Bristol Chocolate Frys in case that could be seen as a conflict of interest. -- Erp ( talk) 03:09, 2 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per WP:TNT and WP:NOTWEBHOST. This is not an article, it's an online version one of those crappy books that list every person with the last name of Fry. Bearian ( talk) 16:00, 6 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete I bang my head at the opening. This is not one family, we do not create articles on indicriminate groups of people grouped only by a shared last name by no shared heritage. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 16:50, 6 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per all above and agreeing with John Pack Lambert: the lead sentence and its declared scope of the article is bad news from the beginning. -- Lockley ( talk) 01:13, 8 August 2020 (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.