Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Indian film series

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) 🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 23:09, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of Indian film series

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Articles are not categories. Dronebogus (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 22:40, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Just because something is a list, doesn't mean it should be deleted. Bkatcher (talk) 12:50, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, articles are not categories. Wikipedia has rules about this (of course we have: we have rules about everything). In this case we have a guideline called Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates, which has a paragraph that specifically addresses this situation. It reads:- It is neither improper nor uncommon to simultaneously have a category, a list, and a navigation template which all cover the same topic. These systems of organizing information are considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative. Furthermore, arguing that a category duplicates a list (or vice versa) at a deletion discussion is not a valid reason for deletion and should be avoided. Redirects of list articles to categories are highly discouraged: list articles should take the place of the redirect. (This paragraph has its own shortcut at WP:NOTDUP.) And I agree with the rule here because I can see why it applies to this specific topic. Unlike categories, lists have the advantage that you can put citations in them, and we should definitely encourage that. So I'll go with keep.—S Marshall T/C 17:06, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep You can't delete an article because you think it looks like a category, that not a valid reason to nominate something for deletion. This is a perfectly valid list article, and is more useful than a category because the films are separated clearly based on what series they are in. Dream Focus 07:14, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree it does not require deletion only because it happens to be a list. TheodoreIndiana (talk) 03:28, 23 October 2021 (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.