Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Kung Fu cast members

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The result was delete. The one "keep" seems to have been rebutted. Sandstein 21:56, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of Kung Fu cast members

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Featureless unencyclopedic list. WP:INDISCRIMINATE; WP:LISTCRUFT. --wooden superman 08:58, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 10:34, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 10:34, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This was created over 10 years ago by a bot from the equivalent category. Per WP:CLN, lists are valid alternatives to categories and should not be deleted as inferior. The nomination's argument is just WP:IDONTLIKEIT per WP:NOTENCYCLOPEDIC. Cast information is obviously wanted for this major series and you would certainly find it in relevant works such as The Kung Fu Book of Caine: The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western; Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary; The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies; &c. The worst case is that we'd merge into Kung Fu (TV series)#Cast per WP:ATD and WP:PRESERVE and so there's no case for deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 14:39, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems all the information is currently at Kung Fu (TV series)#Cast anyway, but presented in an encyclopedic manner with context, so there is clearly no need for this list. --wooden superman 15:15, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. We already have a list of cast members on the TV series article and a similar one can be made for the movie article. Ajf773 (talk) 17:29, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. These are actually guest stars. We have lots of lists of those: Category:Lists of guest appearances in television. If this is deleted, then they should be as well. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:04, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As mentioned, this is a rather unnecesarry Fork of Kung Fu (TV series)#Cast, where the same information is presented in a much more informative and encyclopedic format. Any potential information that is missing there can be easily merged. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 22:17, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. These aren't regular cast members though, grasshopper. These are nearly all ~~one-shot~~ guest stars. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:09, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

- Comment - Yeah, and those guest stars are already listed in the section I linked to on the main series page. With much more detail.64.183.45.226 (talk) 16:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Are there recurring characters in Kung Fu? If it's all guest stars, it should be renamed as such like List of The Love Boat guest stars AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:23, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. Yes, there are his teacher Master Po, Master Kan (head of the monastery?), and the kid who played Caine as a young boy/grasshopper. They're all in 40+ episodes. Everyone else is is listed in IMDb as appearing in less than 10 each. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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