Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of female porn stars


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was no consensus, even if the unsigned keep arguments are disregarded. --Core des at 07:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

List of female porn stars
Redundant to Category:Female porn stars and harder to maintain. Thanks to Jacobian for pointing me to this list during Articles for deletion/List of male porn stars. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 16:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep this is a list that contains useful infomation
 * Keep It has lots of information. Some adult film start cross over into mainstream media.  Some people may use this listing for a reference into their film career's past.
 * Delete as listcruft. The category is fine on its own. --Alex (Talk) 16:51, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I totally disagree this time. Although the category handles the same topic, porn stars go by lots of different names, and this list is a superior navigational aid compared to a category.  Mango juice talk 17:09, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Mangojuice. DCEdwards1966 20:23, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Remove Many people might object to being listed as a porn star, so it is absolutely essential that any name on the list be backed up by reliable sources. If one of the articles that is Wikilinked to is deleted for any reason, the source references no longer exist, but the name would remain in the list. A category would not have this problem. --Gerry Ashton 21:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists and categories serve entirely different purposes. -- Necrothesp 18:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Redundant to the cat.  Yes, lists serve a different purpose than catagories, largely in that they can be expanded to include additional information about each entry.  That hasn't happened here, though, making this information a less-maintainable duplicate of the category.  Even if someone were to sit down and write a blurb about each and every entry on the list (of which there are very many, making it an unlikely event), we would be left with something so huge as to be of extremely limited usefulness.  As such, I am !voting delete on the grounds that this adds nothing useful to the encyclopedia.  Also it is entirely unsourced.  ergot 20:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. No, their main purpose is that they serve to indicate articles that need to be created, something that categories cannot do. -- Necrothesp 20:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Well, there aren't any redlinks in it, either, so that one is also a moot point.  ergot 22:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. I take it you're meaning "moot point" in the American sense rather than the entirely different British sense? Not really, since this is Wikipedia and we can add to articles at any time. -- Necrothesp 23:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. You are correct; I've been living in the States for a few years now.  Hehe.  At any rate, I'm not sure that encouraging the creation of redlinks in a list like this would be a desirable, as it would attract articles on even less notable pornstars than we already see every day at AfD.  ergot 00:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. A redlink is forbidden unless it is accompanied by a reference to a reliable source indicating the person actually is a porn star. --Gerry Ashton 00:22, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Lists and categories are independent. One advantage to a list is it can also include actor aliases, debut movies, career dates and other info that a category can't. There's no reason both a category and list can't exist simultaneously in this case. Dugwiki 22:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Category:Female porn stars already serves this purpose. Individual articles in this category will contain aliases, movies, dates, and other information. The category is auto-maintaining; the list is not. -Amatulic 22:52, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. As stated numerous times, lists and categories serve different purposes and one does not supersede the other. -- Necrothesp 23:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Send it to the category Same thing happened to the anal porn actress. Move it all to the category. Much easier to index. Anomo 01:36, 21 October 2006 (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.