Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of R rated movies

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List of R rated movies
It is unmaintainable and unencyclopediac. There are a lot of rated R movies and what about the majority of people outside of the United States? Would they know what "Rated R" means? This article doesn't describe it. Chill Pill Bill 16:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's not in the encyclopedia. --Allareequal 16:23, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * delete, --MarSch 16:33, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Who is this going to help? Ameri-centricism is just one of a dozen good reasons to delete this list. --Scimitar 16:55, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * What is Ameri-centricism? --Allareequal 16:57, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In this case, it means forgetting that not everyone who uses the page is American, so they might not know what "R rated" means. Kappa 17:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, better dealt with by categories. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 17:13, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Then what is a better term for R rated? --Allareequal 17:17, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's a different question- who will use this list? Does it help anyone, or does it exist only as a testament to its own existence? In my opinion, it is highly unlikely that people will come to Wikipedia to search a list of r-rated movies--Scimitar 17:46, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Unencyclopedic. ral 315  17:57, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. 1) Even if R rated was to exist in for example the United Kingdom, you'd get a total mess with movies that were rated differently in different countries. 2) List is unmaintainable. 3) I won't oppose a category if it's explicitly stated they were rated R in the United States specifically (do all US States use the same ratings?) - Mgm|(talk) 18:18, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, all the states use the MPAA rating system. --Chill Pill Bill 19:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unmaintanable and not possibly ever complete. --FCYTravis 19:49, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This seems transparently untrue, certainly the MPAA knows all the movies that have been rated R. I'm sure this information is around somewhere. Christopher Parham (talk) 21:35, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Comment - and it will have to be updated every time someone puts out an R-rated movie. Which is very often. It may be technically maintainable but not practically. --FCYTravis 22:46, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: there is a List of NC-17 rated films &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 23:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: - There are so few films ever rated NC-17 that a film so rated is notable for that fact alone. R-rated films, by contrast, are released by the squillions annually. --FCYTravis 23:39, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unmaintainable list. JamesBurns 23:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, systemic bias. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 10:04, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Knowing the number of R-rated movies this list would be huge and unmanageable; it gets even more complicated when movie rating systems in other than the U.S. are brought into the picture, some of which have their own R ratings; and this is arguably promoting a POV in favor of the MPAA's rating system by even having such a list.  Kaibabsquirrel 23:28, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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