Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/People known as the father or mother of something
this article is every bit as worthless as it was prior to the first deletion thereof, and if anything has become more bloated and unwieldy since it was dragged back out of the grave.  For heavens' sake, look at the title - Father or mother of ''something'' - something??  Seriously?  Let's not forget  - this list lumps people like Frank W. Cyr and Mikhail Bakunin together, who have ''nothing'' in common outside of the fact that someone, somewhere, decided to anoint them with the title of "Father of".  We're talking about something that is practically the dictionary definition of a directory of loosely related entries.  This isn't like a list of Nobel laureates; there is no credible, respected organization that goes about determining the figurative parentage of different items.  The sources are pulled in from a dizzying array of locations.  Again, I will say, that just because ''someone'' (read: anyone), ''somewhere'' (read: anywhere) got the bright idea to say "Hey, so-and-so is the Father of Whatever", does not mean it's worth its weight in beans.  This problem is illustrated by the fact that there are 5 - '''five''' - different men listed as "Father of Radio", each one supported by no less than one citation.   There are four fathers of electricity, four fathers of chemistry, four for algebra, another five for computers ... need I go on?  If the fact that we can reliably source several people as being "Father/Mother of Whatever" isn't indicative of the fact that this title is ''worthless'', then I do not know what is.  This list is a magnet for trivia and that is all it will ever be
— User:Shereth, 21:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTDIR (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)