Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Famous Americans
because Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a teaching aid, not a textbook. (|policy). As User:Are You The Cow Of Pain? says above, choosing which Americans to include (and choosing an arbitrary number of 30-40) amounts to original research. (|policy
— User:Belovedfreak, 20:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:OR (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)