Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of scream queens

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The result was Delete. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-18 08:18Z

[edit] List of scream queens

List of scream queens (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

List of Scream Queens (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (added by closing admin)

Inherently POV/original research. Introduction states a scream queen is "an actress who has become closely associated with horror films." "Closely associated" in whose opinion? The editors who added the actresses names to this list? The general public? And exactly how many horror films does an actress have to appear in before she is closely associated with them?

Apparently Paris Hilton, Julianne Moore,Katie Rosales and Joan Collins are all "closely associated with horror films." Really?! That just shows how this list will always suffer from POV issues. Just because Scream queen is a notable topic does not necessarily mean that a list of scream queens should also exist. Saikokira 01:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per POV problems, and lack of inclusion criteria. Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 02:03, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Delete (see my comments below) the way to deal with Saikokira's questions and objections is the way Wikipedia generally lets us deal with POV: report what responsible sources say. A list of scream queens could be made from among the 1,030 references found here. Since a list can be made, deletion is inappropriate, at least not until after other solutions have been tried (so says Wikipedia:Deletion policy. Noroton 04:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

• I'm changing to delete. After I wrote the comment above, which I still think is correct in general, I looked at the history of the article: Started 13 December 2005, poor-citation tag slapped on since 26 February 2006, number of citations made since then, ZERO. Attempting to get the contributing editors to cite sources has failed, and nominating for deletion is the proper next step. If the editors who have been adding to the list ever since February of '06 can't get their act together enough to find the sources, then it's time to light a fire under them or throw their article onto the trash heap. No sources, no article. Noroton 04:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete original research/WP:NOT a list. /Blaxthos 09:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as inherently subjective and not very useful. --Lockley 20:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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