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 delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:15, 1 November 2022 (UTC) reply

List of children of prime ministers of the United Kingdom (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)

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I think this page should be deleted for many reasons. It is just an indiscriminate list of information, children (and grandchildren in particular!) of Prime Ministers hold no power, or official position as such, it reads like a who's who.

Most if not all of the living individuals are 'private individuals' who do not seek any particular fame.

Also, the article is almost entirely unsourced. JeffUK ( talk) 22:55, 25 October 2022 (UTC) reply

• Delete per nom. The sources consist of (a) an apparently broken link and (b) a vague link to the deprecated ThePeerage.com (see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Self-published peerage websites). To the extent that a child of a prime minister is a notable person, they are sure to be mentioned in the article about their parent already. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:33, 26 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people and United Kingdom. –  dudhhr (1 enby in a trenchcoat)  ^talk  _contribs (he/they) 02:23, 26 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete clear BLP concerns for named children who aren't notable. LibStar ( talk) 03:00, 26 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Comment Is this worth keeping if we limit it to those who are notable, cf. List of children of clergy? (I'm undecided, as well as undecided whether that page should exist, but it's at least better.) 3mi1y ( talk) 07:32, 26 October 2022 (UTC) reply

  The difference, on face value, is the Children of Clergy article requires not only that entrants are notable, but that they are notable in a large part BECAUSE they are children on clergy, I doubt many children of PMs would meet that test. As an aside, I don't think that many entries on the children of clergy list actually meet that test either, but that's a separate conversation. JeffUK ( talk) 11:51, 26 October 2022 (UTC) reply

• The Borgias, Cesare and Lucretia, are notorious (in part) for being the children of a pope, so there's some hope for that list. Clarityfiend ( talk) 00:41, 27 October 2022 (UTC) reply

• Delete per nom. (Also List of children of clergy needs a thorough vetting. What does Nikola Tesla being the son of a priest have to do with his fame, as a non-believer, no less?) Clarityfiend ( talk) 00:37, 27 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete per nom and previous comments. This simply isn't encyclopaedic, and more than that, as mentioned it might well give undue prominence to people (especially those who are still under 18) who might well specifically want to avoid such coverage if at all possible (or indeed, if they are too young, their parents might). This belongs in a trivia book (if there) and has no bearing on practically anything that any of the prime ministers did. RobinCarmody ( talk) 18:57, 27 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete - I would agree with the comments raised by other editors. I also think if anyone wanted information as to whether Prime Ministers had had children and they had done anything notable they would look at that Prime Minister's article, not a list of them all. Dunarc ( talk) 22:58, 27 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete and I also share the BLP concerns raised by other editors. Edge3 ( talk) 02:07, 31 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete: This is a non notable intersection, doubtless created in good faith. BLP issues exist. Johnson, for example appears to have e no idea how many children he has. 🇺🇦  Fiddle^Timtrent  Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:16, 31 October 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete per nom -- Devoke water 11:17, 1 November 2022 (UTC) reply
• Delete per above discussion. I am especially hesitant to vote in favor of keeping articles about living children who are otherwise not notable. Bearian ( talk) 19:08, 1 November 2022 (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.