Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films banned in Malaysia


 * 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 Redirect to Censorship in Malaysia. (I didn't delete the page in case anyone wants to merge the list of films.) Walton Assistance!  19:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

List of films banned in Malaysia

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Content is copied directly from the banned films article. This article is redundant, and can easily be a redirect link to banned films. Creator removed prod. Axlq 05:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 13:36, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that; I got distracted in the process and couldn't return until now. =Axlq 14:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment perhaps a solution like was done for The list of films banned in Iran would be worth pursuing? There doesn't seem to be a Censorship in Malaysia article, but perhaps there should be one?  FrozenPurpleCube 13:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly, but there's no need. The article banned films already exists with identical content. There's no point maintaining the same content in two articles. =Axlq 14:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, actually, sometimes there is a point to maintaining content in more than one place, since it helps increase the chance of finding it. Besides, I think that banned films should have the lists there removed.  It's barely over 40 countries out of over four times that many.  At best, they're incomplete, at worst it's unsourced.  In this case, since Censorship in Malaysia would be a valid subject for an article, I'd suggest making it and moving the content there.    FrozenPurpleCube 19:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * After looking at the category, I decided to go ahead and throw up an article. It's incredibly stubby, but hopefully it will inspire folks to cover this subject.  FrozenPurpleCube 20:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Rebuttal: There is never a point to maintaining content in more than one place for the purpose of increasing the chance of finding it. That's what redirect pages are for. Furthermore, banned films isn't the subject of this AfD; if banned films isn't already encyclopedic enough, then it could be made so. A general article on censorship in Malaysia is a good idea, and its existence is all the more reason to delete List of films banned in Malaysia and redirect it there. =Axlq 21:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, no, redirect pages aren't what I'm talking about, as that only refers to title, but rather duplicate information. To take a random example, the population of Texas is at both Texas and List of U.S. states by population.  Not to mention every other state.  Would there be any point to removing it?  No, that wouldn't be helpful.  Now this is is a slightly different case, since the list is much longer, but there are options besides leaving the same information in two places or deletion.  And I think that the potential length of information actually convinces me that it's worth considering that maybe the content of banned films needs to be revamped so it's not trying to list what films were banned in what country, but instead placing that information elsewhere and linking to it there.  Since this isn't just a problem for this list though, I'm going to tag banned films for cleanup and discussion of that issue.  FrozenPurpleCube 22:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom, info already exists in the banned films page. Lugnuts 17:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as redundant. No redirect needed.  This might be of some local interest in Malaysia, and perhaps in other nearby and Islamic nations, and presumably they would have their own Wikipedia.  It is probably a reflection of the religion / culture there, which is fine, but it is still redundant.  No compelling reason for this special list to exist in the English wiki.  I might have sprung for a hypothetical "Banned in Great Britain" vs "Banned in USA or Canada", as a cultural-morality comparison or something, but this one is just a list copied from elsewhere.  --T-dot ( Talk/ contribs ) 15:46, 22 May 2007 (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.