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The result was delete. Proto::► 10:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of wrestlers in movies[edit]

List of wrestlers in movies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. This is pretty indiscriminate "List of [your choice of profession] appearing in movies". Delete. Ohconfucius 06:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Indiscriminate, arbitary, unmaintainable listcruft. --The Way 06:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - you stole my deletion reason. MER-C 06:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per norm. meshach 06:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete that's gotta hurt! Guy (Help!) 10:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Not indiscriminate at all. Has clear inclusion criteria and appears to be of a manageable length. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• keep, wrestling/movie crossovers aren't that common and have been something of a noted phenomenon. The Rock got a lot of press for it, so this would make sense as a list of similar examples. Needs cleanup and reformatting though. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 12:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment "it's not that common" doesn't seem to be borne out by the large number of names on the list. Legis 16:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the more interesting phenomenon is the few wrestlers who have a large number of movies, demonstrating something of a career, which this makes visible at a glance. If we wanted to prune it, we could separate out those who have only appeared in one movie from those who have done several. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • As Night Gyr mentioned, it is an uncommon phenomenon. If you had checked that list, it covers a span of several decades with those few representing a profession whose members number in the thousands. Vladamire Steelwolf 07:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as an indiscriminate list. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 16:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Night Gyr. ← ANAS ^Talk? 16:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:NOT. The nom says it all. Agent 86 23:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep "indiscriminate:" failing to make or recognize distinctions [1]. I see some clear distinctions in what this data is. The movie-wrestler crossover is a lot more special then something like a plumber-movie crossover. Then again, this could be dealt with in a category... so I'm wishy-washy on this. ---J.S ^(T/C) 00:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Categories can't tell you which movies they appeared in, or how many. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 01:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Night Gyr. Sharkface217 05:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:NOT. NeoJustin 22:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as unmaintainable. Who is going to be responsible for this list the next time a wrestler appears in a film? Aside from the people adding cleanup tags to this, it has been sitting in a vacuum since creation. Salad Days 05:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling? It's not going to be that frequent an event, and usually garners some media attention. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 21:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nomination. Fancruft at best. What's next? Sports stars in movies? Reality stars in movies? RobJ1981 00:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Night Gyr. Vladamire Steelwolf 07:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• (Delete) but convert to a Category. Yep at the moment this is just a list. What the page really needs is a couple of paragraphs on how the wrestlers evolved from wrestling to acting. A few pictures inserted. This shouldn't really be a list at all. But what can be done is make a category of wrestlers in movies. That would be better. Govvy 12:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. No category is needed for this. As far as I know: we don't have a category for sports stars in movies, or anything similar to that. Wrestlers roles in movies, should be mentioned on the wrestler articles only. No article or category is needed. RobJ1981 03:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Aaru Bui ^DII 09:24, 13 December 2006 (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.