Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of drag queens


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The result was BLP delete.  While it is not likely that this list would have survived in any case per WP:NOT and WP:LIST, the fact that it was completely unsourced was too much to allow this to run for five days. Blueboy96 03:59, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

List of drag queens

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Totally unsourced list of living persons. Given the controversial attribute assigned to the members of the list, each entry must be properly sourced under our BLP and Categorization policies.  MBisanz  talk 00:56, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: I don't see how this list furthers our goal of sharing the sum of human knowledge. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:57, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced, possibly damaging(depends on if the person wants to be listed) BLP Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 02:20, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Since "drag queen" is very much a self-applied label referring to a specific type of performer, as long as this list is kept to unambiguously self-professed drag queens, of which there are many notable examples with articles, I'm not sure I see how this is a BLP problem exactly.  krimpet ✽  03:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Here's an example: Liam Sullivan. Not a drag queen.  Perform female characters in an act.  Yet, he's on the list.  Should we add Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo as well, since they played drag queens in a movie as well? Unless this list is sourced with each entry, un-sourced BLP considerations apply. Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 03:36, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


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