Talk:Dana

This page may need a clean-up

This page is asserted to be a disambiguation page, and if intended as such needs a clean-up to conform to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). There is an awful lot of information there whch might need to pulled out separately first - for example the information on Dana as a surname.--A Y Arktos 23:38, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I suspect that people with the first name Dana should be listed separately if somebody thinks that is a good idea, they should not be part of a disambig page unless very very very famous for being called Dana.--A Y Arktos 23:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The way I see it, most of those entries don't belong here, unless, as you say, they are known for just 'Dana'. DABs are not intended to list all people with Dana. Besides, most people will search using both the first and last name. Look at Joseph, for example. We don't want to have a dab page for every name... Would it be too extreme to say 90% of people listed should be removed? Gflores ^Talk 21:08, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Removing all people with first name Dana would not be too extremein my opinion. As suggested above they can have their own page if somebody thinks that might be encyclopaedic (I don't). Only people likely to be called by their last name should be included - ie very notable - removing nine out of the ten listed seems fair enough--A Y Arktos 21:49, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. If it is only a persons simple first name, then they should not be listed here. -- Centrx 00:28, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• To help give a place for all those names plus derivation of meaning and other non disambiguation purposes, I have created Dana (name) with the content from this article at present.--A Y Arktos\^talk 00:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the list should be deleted entirely. It is so large that it just duplicates a Wikipedia search on Google for "Dana". -- Centrx 01:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

While I myself see little purpose, I believe there is a demand for such a list and it help keeps this disambiguation page cleaner by meeting that demand. It would not duplicate a search as it is more organised. You would expect of course that many of the people found by a search are on the list, however, the list includes brief information about who they are which helps in the finding. What remains on this page I think accords with the dab mos, including what is included.--A Y Arktos\^talk 01:51, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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