Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of rappers

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was no consensus. W.marsh 00:09, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of rappers

Having looked through the debate on previous list AfDs the concensus seems to be that a list is justified when it contains additional information or does something that a category cannot. Here, the list simply duplicates the category and therefore is redundant. BlueValour 21:05, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete No end in sight for this article. Danny Lilithborne 00:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep rather useful list, needs to be breaked apart to subpages though Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 01:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Remake identical content as category if required. I peered into Category:Lists of hip hop musicians - it's crammed full of nothing but frighteningly long lists too. Gulp. --DaveG12345 11:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. No reason to delete this that I can see. --JJay 14:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - I am sure that you gave this 'keep' comment deep thought. Since this is a discussion not a vote please share with us what added value you discerned, from your analysis of this AfD, that this list has over a category? BlueValour 21:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Lists are better for tons of reasons discussed over and over. Changing to strong keep. --JJay 10:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. In response to the comment above 'no end in sight', that is what the tag Template:Dynamic list and the associated Category:Dynamic lists are for. As for the notion that a list needs to be something more than a topical list, consider articles such as List of Latino rock musicians or List of electronic music artists and DJs among many dozens of similar lists. There is no special reason to delete List of rappers compared to these other lists. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 23:02, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - the fact that there are other lists that should also be deleted is no argument to keep this one. WP is now moving over to categories. A reason to delete is not needed; what is required is a reason to keep. Some lists have added value over a category; this one does not unless you can spot one I have missed. BlueValour 23:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Please provide the policy reference where list usage has been deprecated in instances such as this. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 23:41, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - OK take a look at the Afd for "List of cemeteries in Union County, South Dakota". BlueValour 23:56, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment or 'A list of Hong Kong Fire Stations' recent AFD. BlueValour 23:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Don't we have categories for this? Dr Zak 05:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I don't see why this list should be treated any differently than all the lists in Category:Lists of musicians. Also, there is not one category that displays all this information, as Category:Rappers is split into many subcategories. This article is a much more organized listing of ALL rappers. --Musicpvm 18:58, 27 June 2006 (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.