Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cinemas in Karachi

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The result was delete. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of cinemas in Karachi[edit]

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Wikipedia is not a directory. RadioFan (talk) 20:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete seconded. I generally don't like lists on Wikipedia - and this one is particularly non-encyclopedic. Addionne (talk) 20:13, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I also dislike lists of this sort. But Karachi has a population of 15-20 million people. You can't delete this one if lists of cinemas in smaller cities are allowed to remain. Disambigutron (talk) 20:52, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget about WP:WAX. Addionne (talk) 21:05, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe none of these articles should exist. However I also believe in consistency. The worst possible approach would be to just arbitrarily allow lists of cinemas for some cities but not for others. So like I said - you can't delete this one if lists for smaller cities are allowed to remain. Disambigutron (talk) 21:23, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, please provide a list of the other articles so that they may be considered for deletion as well.--RadioFan (talk) 19:03, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. -- —SpacemanSpiff 02:56, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- —SpacemanSpiff 02:56, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per WP:NOT#DIR. Warrah (talk) 18:25, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as we are not the yellow pages. This particular grouping of information doesn't have encyclopedic significance but rather it is intended to be a directory. I also encourage similar articles to be looked into as well so that these pages are indeed consistent with our policy. I note that we already have a general article on the Cinema in Karachi. I have added the reference used to build this article as an EL over there. Them From Space 21:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The article has no value to readers. The list is inaccurate and incomplete. There are far more cinemas in Karachi and they open and close frequently. Anyone wanting to watch a movie in Karachi would find no useful information. A list of major cinemas in Karachi is available here.[1], but there many smaller and less formal ones. The Bambino Cinema seems to be the focus of this article Aymatth2 (talk) 02:15, 16 February 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.