Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of male theater actors


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The result was Delete Cena rium  Talk  12:25, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

List of male theater actors

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Per WP:LISTCRUFT; this list is unlimited and/or unmaintainable, as half the actors in the world should be on it. &mdash; TAnthonyTalk 02:43, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   — Cliff smith  talk  03:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:LISTCRUFT, just as nominator says. If the list is restricted to notable actors, then a Category is the correct way of supporting the list. —SlamDiego&#8592;T 08:27, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep "notable" is assumed--such lists are limited to the people with WP articles, as is obvious--with probably a few red links where articles are needed.  Browsing is a legitimate function of an encyclopedia--as basic as looking up defined topics.  These all of them, given those as general as this, are better as a list, in addition to a category--the list offers the opportunity of providing context such as dates, thus assisting navigation. There is no such thing as too broad a list if it is being properly maintained, as this one seems to be. There are of course people for whom all lists are listcruft. Nobody is forcing them to read or work on them, and they should find better  things to do than delete navigational devices that other people find useful.  DGG (talk) 03:19, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  16:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak delete both this and List of female theater actors (you got one, why not the other?). Not quite convinced that we could get a definitive criterion here, as many have been in theatre at one point but aren't necessarily known for it. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 03:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * TPH, the criterion is having a WP article. The others should be removed, and we do not need AfD to do that. DGG (talk) 22:49, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete This is what categories are for. This is a list of Wikipedia articles about stage performers, but as the nominator points out, it could encompass any "male theater actor".  Mandsford (talk) 13:33, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No it couldn't, because if editors added names without articles, we would quickly remove them as we do with all such lists. I watchlist a few myself for the purpose, and so do many others. DGG (talk) 16:52, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - a unmaintainable and useless list. Will never be complete or well referenced. Furthermore there is no feasible way to restrict the list without making it something else completely --T-rex 13:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Useful navigational aid capable of being more informative than a category, per DGG.John Z (talk) 16:25, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, the category is fine. We66er (talk) 19:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:LC items 3, 6, and 7. Stifle (talk) 08:58, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


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