Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of radio DJs

Closing administrator's rationale
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Raw count analysis

 * Delete
 * 1) Rtphokie (2 edits) (nominator)
 * 2) Dravecky (3 edits)
 * 3) Nyttend
 * 4) TenPoundHammer
 * 5) 203.158.89.10


 * Keep
 * 1) Mandsford
 * 2) Nazamo (5 edits)
 * 3) DHowell (3 edits)
 * 4) DGG
 * 5) Celarnor
 * 6) Sebastian Palacios


 * Non-participatory
 * 1) Master of Puppets (relisted)
 * 2) Orangemike (comment)
 * 3) Pixelface (delsort)
 * 4) Michig

Arguments

 * Delete
 * 1) incomplete
 * 2) category exists
 * 3) inclusion criteria is vague
 * 4) encourages addition of non-notable people as redlinks


 * Keep
 * 1) better than category because it explains the significance of entries
 * 2) notable

Summary
There were several weak arguments made on both sides, which had to be mostly ignored. One issue does stand out, however, as a major concern. This list article lacks the kind of formal inclusion criteria that allows it to be maintained to reasonable quality. As such it does not provide value to a general interest reader. Due to edits that have been made, it does arguably provide context for readers interested in certain sub-subjects, but these readers are not likley to start at this article, as the list is not the kind that can be reasonably listed in the "see also" section of an article, because it is topically not narrow enough to determine which such articles to which we should add it. The basic concept of a list of DJ's is not the problem; the problem is that this list can not be salvaged. I suggest interested editors create new topically-narrow list(s) with well-defined formal inclusion criteria, and to make sure each such new list is placed in a main article's "see also" section. Therefore, my decision is to delete.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 01:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)