Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of villains (2nd nomination)


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The result was Delete..  Nish kid 64  01:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

List of villains

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Delete. We recently deleted a similar list of fictional heroes for being inciscriminate. This list is even worse as it gathers not only fictional "viallains" but real-life "villains" as well. Otto4711 00:39, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, this is actually the third nomination for this article. First nomination here, second nomination here. Otto4711 00:43, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all subjective lists. Utterly unreferenced anyway. Define villain? --Docg 00:53, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Incomplete, unreferenced, POV, subjective, failsto separate fictional/non-fictional. Not a good article.--Anthony.bradbury 01:04, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete, the article is poorly thrown together listcruft with ill-defined terms, exactly what Wikipedia is not. TO EVERYONE ELSE: "IT IS INTERESTING" IS NOT A VALID "KEEP" REASON. DO NOT USE IT. Axem Titanium 01:43, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. JuJube 02:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, I'm glad these are coming up, they are POV, OR, etc. etc.-- Dmz5 *Edits**Talk* 05:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Split this article into separate articles for different franchises, i.e. "list of DC comic villains, List of marvel comic villains, etc.." RiseRobotRise 07:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced original research. At 71kb article length, it doesn't even scratch the surface - talk about overambitious. --Eqdoktor 08:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, with no specific criteria for inclusion on the list, it becomes totally POV.  SkierRMH, 09:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.   -- SkierRMH 09:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete BUT note that I have split out Villains from comics and graphic novels to a page of its own. It seems to me the issues in relation to that section are very different to the issues for the page as a whole. Of course, that's without prejudice to anyone who wants to AfD that new page. (NOTE TO CLOSING ADMIN: If this closes as a delete and my action has caused a GFDL problem, let me know and I'll do what I can to help.) AndyJones 10:56, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * IMO you split is not any better. It is still unreferenced original research. A category would serve better.--Docg 11:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * How would a category solve OR issues? Zagalejo 20:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess it doesn't solve OR issues but it does solve indiscriminacy issues. Axem Titanium 04:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a list repository. This is served equally well by categories. J I P  | Talk 15:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per the very fact this is it's third nomination. Jcuk 17:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Guess what? WP:CCC. Axem Titanium 04:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and give it a rest. This is nicely organized index page, and the specific way the named character is a villain can be verified at their individual pages. - Smerdis of Tlön 18:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's terribly organized and also so ridiculously long that it fails to even be a convenient reference. Axem Titanium 04:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. TonyTheTiger 18:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete to unmaintainable and arbitrary.-- danntm T C 20:39, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Rudjek 23:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Millions of villains in fiction, so the list is arbitrary. Edison 23:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, even a list which restricted itself to fictional villains would be hopelessly unmaintainable and subject to judgment calls (original research) in many cases. This article could get to a gigabyte and not cover every possible "villain". Seraphimblade 05:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per pile-on. TheRealFennShysa 16:44, 17 January 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.