Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of talk radio personalities


 * 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 delete. Dakota 04:01, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

List of talk radio personalities
Delete -listcruft, already covered though various cats such as Category:American radio personalities Brimba 02:45, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. We don't need both lists and categories of something. -Amarkov babble 02:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Lists and categories serve different purposes. A list can be annotated to allow for quick information on the names or it can be a source of expansion for the topic. See Lists (stand-alone lists) for when they are appropriate.--T. Anthony 04:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete listcruft. Elomis 08:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * "Listcruft", as a single word, is not an actual reason. There are lists in need of deleting, but just saying "listcruft" is about the same as just saying "I hate it." In fact it would probably be more honest if people would just say "I hate this stuff" than "listcruft."--T. Anthony 15:20, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete: this is better dealt with as a category. --Nehwyn 10:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with Nehwyn. Also the article would be very very long (remember, this is an international encyclopedia). Imo  eng  12:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Rather pointless list, because, at least from the UK section it is so arbitrary.  There are very few local presenters; a large proportion of the others are much better known in other fields (Eamonn Holmes, for example, as a TV presenter and George Galloway as a Member of Parliament).  Emeraude 17:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, I hate this stuff. Listcruft. Recury 19:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -- utterly unmaintainable. Haikupoet 01:08, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists are never redundant with categories. AndyJones 17:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment -- The sheer size of the radio industry makes such a list pointless. A category is at least somewhat maintainable since the category process is largely automated, but lists have to be updated manually, and a list of talk radio personalities would be overwhelming in that regard. Even just national personalities or those limited to a major radio market would be rather long, never mind a comprehensive list. What I'm getting at is that such a list could never approach any reasonable standard of completion. Haikupoet 18:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists are a valid alternative to categories. -- User:Docu
 * They are a valid alternative, yes. Why does that justify duplicating categories in lists? If this list contained more information, you might be able to justify that, but it has NOTHING but names in it. -Amarkov babble 14:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


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