Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Doctor Who critics


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  19:01, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

List of Doctor Who critics

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4 people on the 'list', one of which (Hickman) isn't even described as a critic, with no evidence that he satisfied the premise of the list (the 2nd ref is not relevant, as Confidential was not a critic show, just a behind-the-scenes show). The rest of the entries can comfortably be covered in their own articles. Nothing links to this article. I'm not sure of its real purpose. Stephenb (Talk) 08:25, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep but rename: (as creator) The initial purpose is stated in the page history: to listify some entries in category:Doctor Who which were WP:OCAT (categorisation by performance). In other words, I found these pages categorised in Doctor Who, which was improper, but as these persons have a notable connection to the show, I thought that it was helpful to keep a navigation link somehow, and a list would be more valid. The scope is stated in the lede, "This is a list of writers and presenters who have regularly or notably commented on Doctor Who fiction." I changed the title to "critics" to fit within Category:Science fiction critics; I admit that the defined scope of the latter is not a perfect match for this list, but I thought it had enough overlap to make it helpful to categorise the list there. In the light of the comments above, it might be better to rename the list back to List of Doctor Who presenters, and remove the Critics categories. – Fayenatic  L ondon 13:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as this appears to be original research. I could find no discussion of Dr. Who critics that would provide a basis for this list. As it says at Stand-alone lists: Selection criteria (also known as inclusion criteria or membership criteria) should be unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources.  See also Manual of Style/Lead section. --Bejnar (talk) 21:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as per above. Heyyouoverthere (talk) 11:27, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Reviewing on a franchise is not a defining trait. Dimadick (talk) 13:06, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:48, 2 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - Fan cruft. Work the names of academic critics into the main article page if they have published scholarly matter on the topic. Not list-worthy. Carrite (talk) 23:25, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - clear WP:FANCRUFT.  Onel 5969  TT me 17:25, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


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