Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of guest stars of ER (TV series)


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 11:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

List of guest stars of ER (TV series)

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This article is a textbook example of listcruft. It is an indiscriminate list containing no criteria whatsoever for inclusion. (Who is to decide who is notable enough to be included on this list?) It is also of interest to a very limited group of people (i.e. fans of ER only) and contains no content whatsoever beyond links to other articles. If you want, you may want to turn this article into a category, but it should not be an article. Hnsampat 18:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - entirely unnecessary for an encyclopedia, and quite "listcruft"-y indeed. The Evil Spartan 18:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as listcruft. ER_%28TV_series%29 covers the content far better. A category can be created after the AFD closes. There are GFDL issues with delete and redirect, but I'm not sure those apply to creating a category. If they do apply, redirecting might be a better option. --Chaser - T 19:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC) No category, then.--Chaser - T 09:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Consensus is strongly against categories for actors by the series in which they appear. These list articles were created to replace them. Otto4711 21:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Otto.--Chaser - T 09:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Total cruft. '  Tayquan' hollaMy work 21:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Personally, I'd move a bunch of the Cast, Supporting Cast, and this into a new List of ER characters article. For 13 seasons (about 8 of which I watched ...) it's a pretty thin and listy article. The guest stars, certainly, don't need their own, but WP:SS would suggest that one comprehensive list would be a good sidebar to the main article. --Dhartung | Talk 22:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete precedent has been to delete guest star articles, we started with Flip Wilson, ER is no different, and we should round up and delete the others to be consistent. Carlossuarez46 06:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 08:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I see no obvious policy violation that would call for deletion. The purpose of the article, although not explicit, is to list notable people who have appeared as guests on the show. The article does have a certain value as a navigational tool (Wp:lists). Yes, a category would have the same function but, as Otto mentioned, there is a consensus against having TV series specific categories for actors. Pax:Vobiscum 10:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Evil Spartan Bulldog123 11:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete we should not be making lists of things without a well-defined, encyclopedic scope. Jay32183 22:04, 7 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.