Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of gay, lesbian or bisexual actors


 * 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 of the debate was Delete. Proto   ||    type    14:12, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

List of gay, lesbian or bisexual actors
Originally created as Gay Actors (and only contains the men). The list's counterpart, Lesbian actresses, has been nominated for deletion and is bound to be deleted. I am nominating this list as well, for consistency. No vote. - Mike Rosoft 18:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete this is what categories are for. The article itself has precisely zero encyclopaedic content.  Categories have two massive advantages over lists like this: they are self-maintaining; and the addition of a category to a person who does not self-identify as LGBT will be seen and reverted by editors familiar with the article subject, so there is much less chance of error. Just zis Guy you know? 21:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Further have been identified as such by others is an unacceptable criterion - particularly with a totally unreferenced list. Being identified (alleged) as gay does not mean it is true, or even neccessarily probable. --Doc ask?  21:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. If needed categories would be more maintainable (per JzG), though I actually dislike a similiar category as well.  My view is somebody's sexual orientation should only be recorded by us, if it's actually something discussed substantially, as something signficant, in reliable sources.  That is, more then mere proof the label is true, is needed for it to be encyclopedic.  --Rob 03:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. 1) Should be a cat (or multiple cats) 2) Why does everyone that is not strictly heterosexual need to be lumped together? Gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals are all there own things (and I would argue that there are sub-orientations in each group such as butch-fem, lipstick, butch, femme, etc). This list comes off a bit like have one called List of Black, Latino, and Asian actors. I am a strong supporter of equal rights for all of these people in terms of marriage, adoption, etc, and I understand the need to pool resources together in order to gain political capital, but on wikipedia we should be careful about lumping people together based on an assumption that different groups have something in common based soley on being outside of mainstream Judeo-Christian sexual mores. Really this list is a list of actors who have happened to have had sex with people of their own gender.  young  american  (talk) 13:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per JzG. &mdash;Wh o  uk (talk) 14:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete This kind of issue will simply work better under categories and sub-categories. Verloren Hoop 22:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


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