Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nudity film list

Nudity film list was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete the article.

Impossible list to maintain. RickK 22:05, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

15:36, Nov 14, 2004.
 * Not only that, but silly too. Where are List of films that contain dialogue and List of films that have a male lead ? Delete. Wyllium 22:12, 2004 Nov 12 (UTC)
 * Delete for above reasons, and so many more. &mdash;tregoweth 22:50, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * Would you mind at least outlining those numerous reasons? &mdash; David Remahl 23:42, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, lets use the category system instead. &mdash; David Remahl 23:38, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Is there a List of Films Containing Violence or a List of Films Containing Profanity anywhere? --Idont havaname 00:23, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * No, but perhaps they should be created. I can't see how their non-existence is an argument for deleting this one. &mdash; David Remahl 00:52, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Impossible to maintain, will be ridiculously long, and if you want to look at nudity, there's better references out there than Wikipedia could ever be. Lord Bob 02:10, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: What a nutty list! I know I want to know about movies with lots of nudity, but honestly!  Notice the true hallmark of wiki editing in it, too:  someone tried to have it go from oldest to newest examples, but then contributors just started slapping in whatever they could think of wherever they could.  How about Responsible behavior film list or Nudity tease film list (for movies that seem like they will have nudity but then avoid it to get a PG rating in the US)?  Silly, silly stuff. Geogre 02:34, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not Mr. Skin. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 02:35, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons I don't have to explain. ClockworkTroll 02:38, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-maintainable, and real list would list thousands of movies. Jayjg 12:17, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not encyclopedic. --Improv 15:14, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Incredibly incomplete, only serves juvenile titilation (which can be easily gotten elsewhere) Dyl 19:20, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * Not all lists are meant to be conclusive. This list actually includes annotations on several of the films, describing why the nudity was particularly important in that movie. But I agree that a Nudity on film, including the same information in prose is preferable. Note that we have List of laws, List of unsolved problems, List of numbers, List of compounds, List of meteor showers, List of places. In the movie department we have: List of films using the Wilhelm scream, List of gay-related movies, List of horror films, List of actors, List of movies that have been considered the greatest ever. &mdash; David Remahl 19:35, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * From the current contents of the list, it's not clear what's the goal of this list? To be complete, to list notable film scenes, or some other goal. I think most of the voters are saying that the current list doesn't achieve any of these possible goals. Dyl 20:11, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, but evolve into a list such as List_of_authors_of_erotic_works where it says only notable works are included. So notable might be Blow Up (first time pubic hair in mainstream cinema) jahsonic 23:40, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Wikipedia can afford to have broad or obscure lists.  I suppose this one might be a little hard to manage, but has some grounds for usefulness and the topic has some notability.  --L33tminion | (talk) 05:40, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Once the list even gets close, it will have thousands of entries and, unlike some of the other "list of" articles mentioned above, it will be very difficult to protect the content from subtle vandalism such as the addition of an incorrect film in the middle of the list.  Very difficult to the point of being functionally impossible to protect.  If the intent is to use a few notable examples to illustrate a point, I agree with David Remahl's comment that prose is a better solution than a list.  Rossami (talk) 07:40, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Page was moved from Nudity film list to List of films featuring nudity by Chmod007. &mdash;tregoweth 23:47, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yep, that was just an action to make the title conform with the naming conventions ("List of&hellip;"). My delete vote stands regardless. &mdash; David Remahl 09:00, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - I think that the subject is interesting and would be encyclopedia-worthy if it was presented as, for example, "the evolution of the depiction of sex in cinema" and actually describes in prose form the changes in society that led from nudity in the 1920s to 30 years of prudity etc followed by an increase in permissiveness, artists pushing the boundaries, social reactions etc. But the list as it stands, is firstly incomplete, secondly an odd mix of notable and non-notable works, and thirdly lacks a purpose or explanation.  Looks a bit like "My favourite nude scenes".  Rossrs 08:57, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wow, the things you people think of :) - Dont see how this can be maintained --Hackeron 18:25, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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