Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of historical drama films

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List article with very loose selection criteria (ie topic is basically an indiscriminate list) 1292simon (talk) 13:19, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• Keep - Per WP:LISTPURP, as a functional navigational aid. It's a list of historical drama films, which is a notable genre of film, so it's not particularly indiscriminate . Also, the article has been around since November 2001 and receives a high number of page hits (See [http://stats.grok.se/en/201305/List%20of%20historical%20drama%20films article traffic statistics for May 2013]). The page received 37,635 page views in March 2013 (See [http://stats.grok.se/en/201304/List%20of%20historical%20drama%20films article traffic statistics for April 2013]). Outright deletion of this article would be a disservice to Wikipedia's readers. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:59, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. czar · · 17:36, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. czar · · 17:37, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. czar · · 17:38, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• Keep Clearly defined list with notable entries. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 17:40, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
• Keep as a fully appropriate list topic per Northamerica1000's argument. However, I am not sure if the term "historical drama film" is more common than "historical film", for which there are numerous results in Google Books Search. In addition to keeping this list, I would also advocate for creating a film genre article (as historical drama film and its synonymous terms) redirect here). EDIT: [http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Historical-Film-Robert-Rosenstone/dp/1444337246 This] is a recent book that very much demonstrates the notability of the genre, and it is common to have lists of films that fall under an established genre. Erik (talk | contribs) 17:46, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
• Keep per Northamerica1000 comments. MarnetteD | Talk 17:59, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
• Keep as a list article with clearly defined inclusion criteria. To disagree with the nominator's feeling it "indescriminate", it nicely meets WP:LISTPURP and serves Wikipeidia readers as a functional navigational aid. To agree with NA1K's analysis, as a list of notable historical drama films, a notable genre of film, it's not particularly indiscriminate. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 09:23, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
• Keep per Northamerica1000 comments. Sound, well organized.Truth or consequences-2 (talk) 12:02, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
• Comment: My concern is that if any historical drama can be added to this list, there are thousands of potential entries. At which point, the article becomes too large to be much use. 1292simon (talk) 12:41, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
• :Simon, your concern is understandable, but the answer is not to delete this list but to split the content into smaller lists. For example, see List of actors and List of science fiction films. We could discuss how to do that, but it is not a reason for deletion. Erik (talk | contribs) 12:48, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

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