Deletion of List of fat actors

Comment: Please take a look at the article, its talk page, its numerous references, and its history before "voting" to keep or delete or rename. The primary reference is to "Warner Brothers' Fat men"http://www.danagioia.net/essays/efatmen.htm by Dana Gioia from the book "O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors." All names are referenced to sources such as that book about the character actor genre of the fat man. None are just someone's personal opinion that an actor needs to go on a diet, and there has not really been a problem with keeping such original research out of the article. The list has been stable for months. It does not include present day comedians who put on a fat suit to play a role, or who happen to put on a few pounds, but only those whose girth was their fortune.  The men listed made their livelihood by working as a character actor in that genre. Most of the individuals are from the golden age of Hollywood, such as Sydney Greenstreet, who played "The Fat Man" in "The Maltese Falcon". He certainly did not play "The Obese Man." Likewise on the list is silent movie comic "Fatty Arbuckle" who we should not try to rename  "Obese Arbuckle." I searched each name which I found on the original list in such databases as the New York Times to confirm in their obituaries that they were there referred to as "roly-poly character actor" or "rotund character actor" to conform to the definition made in "Warner Brothers Fat men." Disagreements should be dealt with by the normal editing process, not be eliminating a valid type of character actor from the golden age of movies. The nominator should also have notified me on my talk page since I am the principle contributor to the article with 49 edits, per 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD)

Comment: please note that the "essay" was a chapter in a published book, which should satisfy . The term used for the genre varied over the years. In the obituaries of many of these men or in reviews from the 40's they were often referred to as "rotund character actor" or "roly poly charactor actor" which seem more objectionable than "fat" but if the collective wisdom is to term the genre "obese" I could live with that. It was and is clearly treated as a genre like "leading man" in reviews and casting calls. At present it is still a genre. The IMDB bio of John Banner refers to him as "roly poly character actor" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052308/bio. Ditto for Buck Taylor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852076/bio. Please check the references for documentation of references to all the names listed as "roly poly " or "rotund" character actors
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Comment: although I agree that the current ''title'' doesn't imply the kind of selectivity that's actually being used in this list.  Should probably be renamed somehow, but I'd rather let someone be  than try to make consensus happen on it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Be bold (WP:BOLD)

Comment: No objection to List of obese actors. If the article gets deleted (looks now like there might be a consensus for Keep) could those on the list then be added to a category such as Obese actors? Dead obese actors?corresponding to the list?   Does it seem right to restrict it to male actors (some actresses refer to themselves as "actors") and would it be ok to limit it to nonliving ones (takes out some  issues and maintenance issues everytime a present day actor puts on a fat suit for a Saturday Night Live sketch.)  Input welcome on the discussion page of thee article
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP)

Comment: as other seem unsure above, let's get real. First of all, it shouldn't be '''fat''', it should be obes or something like that. Secondly, it DOES |NOT belong here
Stance: delete
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