Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Russian language films

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Delete --Rhobite 21:14, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

List of Russian language films
del. Dead-born. Covered Category:Russian films and Category:Russian language films .Mikkalai 18:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Categories cannot replace lists, since categories cannot have redlinks. Kappa 20:21, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It is a valid argument, and such lists, such as List of mathematical topics serve their purpose. But lists, kind of List of French books somehow do not seem useful to me. Of course, if many people will find them useful... Well, that's what VfD is for. I say del, you say keep. Mikkalai 00:36, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists are not categories.  RickK 21:45, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Generally I agree with this POV, since lists of, e.g., terms, may be accompanied with explatations. But in this case the article is called "glossary". If anyone endeavors to supply this list with summaries, I will happily change my vote. I despise the habit to start a potentially thousand-item list with 3-4 entries. If such a list doesn't grow, IMO it should die. Mikkalai 00:32, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, lists might not be categories but this list doesnt tell the user anything, except give internal links to Wikipedia articles, no more than that - something categories do anyway, which this list duplicates. An encyclopaedia should be useful. Megan1967 22:23, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with Megan. Delete. Radiant! 22:25, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unlike other lists, this is much too broad to be workable. Same info would be better found through other methods. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  22:29, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. How many Russian language films are there?  Tens of thousands?  How many are likely to be relevant to readers of the English Wikipedia?  Most are probably already mentioned in Cinema of Russia and Soviet Union, at that. I would suggest that we don't need or want hundreds of Russian language film redlinks that will never become articles.  --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 02:23, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep A perfectly legitimate complement to the category. This is the sort of nomination which is likely to lead to honest editors giving up on Wikipedia and leaving. Wincoote 07:18, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article is far too general. The list would be massive. Carrp | Talk 07:20, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Far too broad. The only way for this to make sense is for it to be a List of notable Russian language films for movies with international impact. HyperZonktalk 18:21, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There doesn't appear to be anything here that can't be covered with a category. Gamaliel 18:25, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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