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The result was delete — FireFox (talk) 19:00, 28 August 2006

List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gay men[edit]

I could be wrong and I don't know much about the subject, but isn't this list a little useless? A list of lesbian/bisexual/etc. characters on television could be useful (and I believe we have such a list somewhere here), but a list of actors who played LBG, etc. characters seems incredibly pointless and very much a batch of loosely-connected information, which Wikipedia is not (i.e. one can imagine a similar "List of people who have played politicians, Irish Catholics, Jews, priests, nuns, etc....) . Delete per nom Mad Jack 23:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't think it is useless. In fact, I think is good. If I came across this article was just because I was interested on it. As a gay man, I like that this page exists for the fact that we are normally interesed in actor who we have seen on movies on a GLB role. Hope this isn't deleted.--Nauki 00:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But then you have Hamlet fans looking for List of people how have played Hamlet, and Einstein fans looking for List of people who have played Einstein, and so on and so forth. I can totally see where you are coming from, as I too tend to be fans of actors that previously had roles that I enjoyed, but I don't think this is the place to store that information. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 01:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Meh...leaning towards delete The "What links here" page for this article seems to indicate that it's only linked by other lists and personal pages. I am not really sure what sort of use this could have, and it really isn't used anyway. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 00:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep. I'm normally not at all listicrufts, but I do see a diffrnce with this one. Firstly, there do not appear to be any categories for LGB actors/actresses, and as there are some heteros who have played homo roles, this list does seem to have a place.

Ohconfucius 02:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep After a period of intense thought, I think that there's no reason not to keep this list. As for the nominator's other examples of lists he believes Wikipedia is not the place for (actors who have played politicians, Irish Catholics, etc.), I say again: why not? While this list might only be seldom used, that, in itself, is no reason to delete it. NigelQuinine Blather• Toil 02:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Are you saying that "List of actors who have played nuns" is encyclopedic? Really? You could have a million "list of actors who have played X". From policemen to nannies to mothers to celebrities. "Fictional policemen, nannies, nuns, etc." and "Real policemen, nannies, etc." are encyclopedic. Combining the two in this manner really has no value Mad Jack 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia is known as a very GLB-friendly website, a resource for people of GLB. We must keep this fact in mind. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
    • Not really. Wikipedia is very encyclopedia-friendly, so to speak. There's encyclopedic content and un-encyclopedic content. While, of course, a list of GLB characters would be encyclopedic, and more or less so would a list of GLB actors, a list of actors who have played GLB has almost no value at all. In fact, a list of GLB characters would logically mention who the actor was who played the character, leaving this list with no purpose at all Mad Jack 04:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Would be better as a category. Lists like these become unwieldy. — NMChico24 02:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Contains nothing of encyclopedic value. What article is this a list of examples for? GRBerry 03:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Although if needed actors names can be added to List of gay and bisexual people in film, radio, and TV fiction--T. Anthony 04:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's the list I was looking for! List of gay and bisexual people in film, radio, and TV fiction. I knew we had a list of GLB (or LGB?) characters in film, etc. That list seems to have encyclopedic value. The characters on this list should be added to that one, if they aren't there already Mad Jack 01:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yup. I actually like lists, but there's no reason to have ones that are basically redundant.--T. Anthony 11:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, unmaintainable and somewhat unencyclopedic. —Scott5114↗ 17:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, useless listcruft. Pavel Vozenilek 19:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Pointless. Might have been an interesting list 10 years ago, but doesn't serve any purpose now. An entry on early/influential LGBT roles in movies (with information on HOW and WHY) would be much more interesting. SnaX 23:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Piccadilly 13:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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