Talk:List of documentaries

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I think we need to limit this list a little. Just listing every documentary would be kind of worthless. If you think about it, most shows on the History Channel, Biography, Discovery Channel etc. are documetaries. A massive list of these wouldn't help anyone. How about some amorpous guidelines?: add documentaries you feel are well-known, influential, or significant in some way. user:ike9898

Or anything that we already have an article about.—Eloquence

Yeah, I agree. This list should probably be more inclusive (less selective) than the list in the documentary film article, but still not everything ever made. User:ike9898

What is this article? A "list of documentaries"? Documentary films (it would appear)? What use could this possibly be? There are tens of thousands of documentary films extant. As such, this list could never become nearly comprehensive without becoming redundant and irrelevant. Some kind of editorial guideline must be established: for example, documentary films with theatrical release in the United States. Otherwise this is just way too vague - why not just have a list of all the books ever written, or the name of every person ever born in Denmark? sept 26 2006 Kps2420

I think this list should include only entries of existing articles on documentaries. There is a list for films without article, for red links. Hoverfish 00:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)