Talk:Quincy political family

Excessive genealogical table

The list of members is excessive, and I propose to prune it. WP:NOTGENEALOGY says "Family histories should be presented only where appropriate to support the reader's understanding of a notable topic". The inclusion of the names of non-notable remote descendants does not support an understanding of the Quincy political family, and dilutes the names that are notable. WP:LISTPEOPLE says that names in stand-alone lists typically need to meet Wikipedia:Notability (people)

There is also a issue with the privacy of the names of non-notable living people, see WP:BLPNAME.

I propose to prune the list to include only the following

• Notable people with linked Wikipedia articles
• The parents and spouses of notable people
• The children of notable people, unless they are likely to be still living.
• Other names necessary to connect notable people (e.g to link a notable great-grandparent to a notable great-grandson)

Comments? Verbcatcher (talk) 05:03, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I have removed names following these guidelines. Verbcatcher (talk) 21:45, 19 October 2017 (UTC)