Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most-viewed YouTube channels (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:29, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of most-viewed YouTube channels[edit]

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List is not encyclopedic content and we are not the Hot 100. Looks like listcruft and WP:NOTSTATS. List is nothing more than poll/popularity data that is subject to rapid changes and maintaining these lists is not what Wikipedia is about. These lists are magnets for UPE/COI promotional editors. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most-followed Instagram Business accounts.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 15:43, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as CRUFT, NOTSTATS and general notably rules. Wikipedia is not a repository for real time trivia updates. doktorb _words^deeds 21:11, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 15:58, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 15:58, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing has changed. wumbolo ^^^ 16:04, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A blanket removal on these YouTube lists, especially considering their notability and page activity and views, is not a good idea. Zoom (talk page) 22:12, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep no idea why we would want to delete this. While trivial, these sorts of lists are very common for other stuff, and I see no reason why YouTube should be an exception. This list is clearly of interest to many readers (>1000 views daily) and the encyclopedia would not be improved by deleting it. It also seems to be fairly regularly updated. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)}_{(click me!)} 06:27, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article is notable as the topic of most-viewed YouTube channels been widely mentioned in many reliable sources. Also, standalone list articles such as this are allowed on Wikipedia, as per WP:STANDALONE. And it's not at all comparable to the Hot 100, as that's a weekly chart, whereas this is a list of most-viewed channels of all time. Maestro2016 (talk) 12:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Since YouTube is the internet's second most-popular website, and with the massive amount of videos uploaded to the website, to be the channel whose videos combine to be the most-viewed on YouTube is a tremendous and notable accomplishment.0737290632t2x273n (talk) 15:31, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sources in article are enough to pass WP:LISTN. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 23:47, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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