Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bangladeshi comedians


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The result was keep. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:34, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

List of Bangladeshi comedians

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This article has spent most of its history containing entries almost all of which were not Bangladeshi, or not comedians, or not notable, and in some cases all three. Now that these spurious entries have been removed, it is a pointless list with just one entry. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:34, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:57, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:57, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment. Category:Bangladeshi comedians includes two articles at present. That would seem to fall below the threshold of making a useful list, unless more can be identified and supported as notable that should have articles. postdlf (talk) 21:17, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Does anyone really doubt that there are more than two notable Bangladeshi comedians, from a country with several times the population of my own country, the UK? We need to apply a bit of common sense to our policies. The article should be allowed to grow rather than be deleted. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:43, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the article has existed for over four years, and nobody has added a second comedian. If anyone can find articles on some more comedians that are notable and add them to the list, I will happily withdraw the nomination, but I don't see it as helpful to keep an article because theoretically it could be made into something useful when in fact nothing of the sort happens: that's like saying that an article should be kept because there must surely be sources somewhere, even though nobody has managed to find any. (See WP:MUSTBESOURCES.) If this were an article created three days ago, then waiting for editors to have time to more content would make sense, but they have had four years to do so. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:38, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added a few more entries to the list with sources confirming that they are or were Bangladeshi comedians, and I've only skimmed the surface of the available sources in English. I really think that such nominations of articles that are so obviously about notable topics are disruptive to the building of an encyclopedia about the whole world, not just the Anglophone West. And please remember that there is no deadline here. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 20:58, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete, too few names to make a list. Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 09:24, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment There is a catagory mentioned above on this subject but they seem to be all actors? Is there a clear difference between actors and comedians which means that this list cannot be expanded? AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 12:10, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Since more names have now been added I think it is a pass. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 08:07, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added a few more entries. I really have to wonder whether it would have crossed the nominator's mind to even consider nominating, say, List of Canadian comedians for deletion. The only differences are that Bangladesh is a far more populous country than Canada but our coverage of it is abysmal. Deleting any of the few articles that we do have about Bangladeshi popular culture, and which basic common sense tells us must be notable, only exacerbates that already extreme systemic bias. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 22:34, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The list has been populated and the topic is notable.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 01:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 13:33, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep List seems to be standard for WP. Other lists are linked at the bottom of the page at List of comedians.BayShrimp (talk) 14:35, 20 December 2016 (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.