Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains (second nomination)


 * 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 keep. Sandstein 17:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains

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This article was often deleted in the past for copyvio concerns. OTRS has received competent notice, however, that the full list is in the public domain. DRV restored many revisions of the article on that basis. The question remains whether the article and its content are encyclopedic; several commenters suggested relisting to address that concern. Again, copyright problems are no longer at issue. This is a procedural listing, so I abstain. Xoloz 16:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Question: As I understand it, the list is in the public domain only if AFI has explicitly released it as such, since it's their work: does the OTRS ticket say that, or does it simply say, "Yeah, sure, go ahead and use it, whatever"? --Calton | Talk 02:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if copyright is no issue; the AFI's listing of its 100 heroes and villains seems little different than any of the other uncopyrighted top XX lists or awards. Carlossuarez46 20:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Still not worth keeping. What's its importance? What's its real-world impact? Where are the multiple third-party sources attesting to its importance and which discuss it in ways that can be used to build an actual article? (And no, brief reviews in newspaper TV-review columns don't count.) --Calton | Talk 02:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with Carlossuarez46's comment. Blacklist 22:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, everything in the article is attributable, 94 hits in google news archives, the presentation program was nominated for an Emmy award. - Bobet 09:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep the list is PD. (and there would be a good argument that it would be in any case at least in the US). But the information is obvious of interest, such as list is encyclopedic in the same way as the many existing lists: they provide a convenient summary of well-sourced information. DGG 18:12, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a repository of public domain information. - Chardish 06:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * First, you can't copyright information so 'public domain information' is redundant. Second, if you look at the article, you'll notice that this isn't a repository, it's an article on the subject. If the list was removed, there would still be enough current content for a stub. Including the list itself is just gravy, and pretty useful because there are bluelinks for most of the subjects. - Bobet 12:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * 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.