Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bollywood actresses

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The result was keep. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 13:46, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Bollywood actresses[edit]

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Just a collection of names which are thrown together to create a list that is based more on personal preference of the creator. Fails WP:V. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:28, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment. I don't think that there is anything wrong with having a list of notable Bollywood actresses. In fact, I think it is quite a good idea. Nipsonanomhmata ^(Talk) 20:18, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep We have relatively few articles about Indian cinema, and I hate to see this deleted after the improvements that were made by User:Juangill, who took an indiscriminate list, turned it into a sortable table, and added information about a film that the actress was identified with. Granted, I don't understand the stuff about "top" and "raised to fame" or "down the line", but to me, that's the simplest of fixes-- make it a list of lead actresses and films, source it to Bollywood Squares or whatever, and leave out the judgment calls. Mandsford 20:27, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think that this could be a useful article. Needs more work on it though. Nipsonanomhmata ^(Talk) 20:43, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - I don't have a problem with having a list of this sort, but I do have a problem with the fact that this page is very poorly structured. It is not an alphabetical list, it is a list of actresses per decades and the creator also added a POV-based column which includes every actress' "Landmark film". In fact, there already is a List of Indian film actresses. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:40, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe some type of compromise can be reached. Strictly speaking, Bollywood doesn't refer to all films made in India, just those in the Hindi language, which is one of 15 official languages in that nation of 1 billion people. Mandsford 01:39, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as a list topic, this is suitable. As for structural concerns, I agree that the current organization by time is not a good idea, but changing it to an alphabetical listing is an editting issue which deletion does not cure. -- Whpq (talk) 16:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - if article has some issues which can be fixed, then there is no point in deleting it. We can always fix it. KuwarOnline ^Talk 08:38, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I'm certain that this article could become indispensable for research purposes, provided a little cleanup work is done through normal editing process. Rudybowwow (talk) 16:24, 1 March 2011 (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.