Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of deaths in the Friday the 13th series
As an above argument for deletion stated, this list serves no purpose other than to create a quick reference of deaths in a particular series of horror films.  However, this particular series of horror films is seminal, very popular, spans over two decades, and has been the focus of scholarly works ("Games of Terror" by Vera Dika is one that comes to mind).  The list itself avoids common pitfalls we've seen on other horror movie death lists (pointless pictures, lengthy plot recapitulations, unnecessarily gory details) and meets the guidelines at .  Would it really be a better solution for readers to have to go to eleven different articles to see, for example, how many people have been killed with a machete in the Friday the 13th series? (Okay, I know some of you can't imagine anybody wanting to know that information ever . . . but anyway
— User:Janejellyroll, 23:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LIST (Wikipedia:Lists)