Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Austin City Limits performers (3rd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:02, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

List of Austin City Limits performers
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Big ol' laundry list, impossible to source without tracking down every single episode. Gross violation of WP:IINFO. Last AFD closed as no consensus. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:21, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:05, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:05, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Agree, it's a hopeless effort to try to complete the list, and per WP:IINFO. We desperately need a guideline for lists. — GorillaWarfare talk-review me! 23:41, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG's well-thought-out analysis in the prior AFD. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:29, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, horrible list idea and I'm not sure why it has taken 3 nominations to get around to removing this page.  JBsupreme  ( talk ) ✄ ✄ ✄	 07:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. For the reasons articulated by DGG and Russeasby in the last AfD, and because, in effect, this is a compacted list of episodes of an important and influential television series.   An appearance on Austin City Limits is a hallmark of notability, especially in certain genres of music.  Compare the list of musical guests on Saturday Night Live that is incorporated in List of Saturday Night Live episodes. The content is verifiable from the ACL website, although it takes some effort--which is one of the reasons why this list is valuable. Maybe (if it survives this latest deletion effort) the list could be improved by reorganization in table form, so that the data could be sorted by date as well as name.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:11, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep The items in the list are indeed sourced and I have added an inline cite. Lists on WP are not required to be comprehensive (unless they claim to be). The list is discriminating (includes only ACL performers). Whether it is a "horrible" idea or "hopeless" is a matter for the people editing the article to address. I am only dealing with the points raised in this nomination since it seems to me that the arguments for deletion raised previously were satisfactorily rebutted. Thincat (talk) 14:16, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Perfectly fine list with clear inclusion criteria, and per DGG's comments.  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - Let's just call this a well done and useful list and get on with life, shall we? Carrite (talk) 21:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Arxiloxos's comments. Just because something is a long list does not mean it violates WP:IINFO. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 03:48, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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