Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American film actors

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of American film actors[edit]

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Unneeded list. There is no equivalent list for actors of any other national origin, and creating such a list gives inappropriate attention to national origins. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete Untenable list which has no use; might've been fine in 2004 when we were just starting, but now it's just silly when we have multiple categories to sort this information. Nate • (chatter) 06:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Wikipedia is not a directory: it is just a list of entries without any additional information and is not maintainable. Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 14:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice - In its current form (unsourced, no notes or notations, and ordered alphabetically), the list does not add any value in addition to what is provided by Category:American film actors; it is, in fact, incomplete. However, "American film actors" is, in principle, a viable and valid topic for a stand-alone list. Any significant change with regard to sourcing, annotation, or ordering could allow the list to fulfill a function which the category does not and cannot fulfill. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 06:45, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.