Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of film score composers


 * 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   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 22:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

List of film score composers

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Delete. I fail to see how this is anything more than a directory listing which is very broad in scope. JBsupreme ( talk ) 17:56, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  --  Beloved  Freak  18:02, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  --  Beloved  Freak  18:03, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - could certainly be improved with some prose, more detail, references etc, but is part of a wider set of occupation-related lists and has usefulness in organising a group of related articles. It works (especially if expanded & improved) as a complement to category system. -- Beloved Freak  18:15, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Even less useful than a category, a holdover from Wikipedia's early days when sourcing was optional and a list didn't have to be informative. This is the classic indiscriminate list, with nothing more than a long list of blue and zero information.  If someone wants to take this down and work on it, with a note or two about some of the films that a person has composed the score for (I recognize that they can't all be listed), I'd change my mind.  But it ain't 2003 anymore.  Mandsford (talk) 23:48, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I've been working on this list and other things on wikipedia for along time now. I would just like to add that I did not create the list, but helped to improve it. Criticising a list for being a list doesn't seem very logical to me. I don't think the "problem" can be solved by just deleting it. I won't contribute to it anymore, of that I am sure. PhilSchabus (talk) 10:59, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I'll change my vote to keep, in that BelovedFreak has taken the initiative to add useful information to this list (i.e., examples of scores that the composer is associated with). To be sure, additions to the article are appreciated.  Part of the problem was the inflexible format when the list was first created in 2003-- a long list of names with no explanation of their significance.  For all I know, some uptight revertebrate struck down any attempt to take the article in a new direction.  In that regard, it might have appeared that additional names could be added only if there was no further comment.  I can appreciate what Phil is saying, in that he was in the process of adding to the list before the nomination was made, and I can't blame him if he chooses not to contribute to it further.  However, I hope that Phil and others will take this list into Phase Two, answering the question "what were they known for?". Mandsford (talk) 13:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep It is a nice idea to work things like famous or important works of the composers into the list. I definitley would contribute to that. But someone has to start changing the article in such a way, but i'm not sure how to do that. PhilSchabus (talk) 14:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've made a start Phil, so just try adding some of the films a composer is known for next to their name, like I've done.-- Beloved Freak  17:38, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - as more context is added to each entry, this will become a very interesting list that could consume hours of a music lover's time.--Mike Cline (talk) 23:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
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