Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of nude celebrities
The appropriate title for this article isn't "List of nude celebrities", but is "List of celebrities who have appeared nude in some capacity". In order for a list to be warranted, the subject of the list itself must be notable, and the subjects who appear on the list must be notable. In the case of this article, however, you have almost the exact opposite, as it makes a point of excluding pornographic actors, nude models, and anyone else whose career focuses on them exposing their bodies. In this case, what you end up with is a list of people who have appeared nude in some form of media, but are still not notable for their nudity. In addition, you have the problem of the scope of the article being far too broad. Even a list of actors who have appeared nude would be close to unmanageable, yet the term "celebrity" extends to virtually all members of the entertainment media. One could argue that the term "celebrity" would narrow the possible number of people who could be included on the list, but in the opposite ends up happening, as "celebrity" is a highly subjective term. Yes, Pamela Anderson is clearly a celebrity, but it Gillian Anderson a celebrity? I don't know, maybe, maybe not. Furthermore, the article actually goes a step further, to include people who have appeared nude in some form of medai, as well as people who have appeared nude ''outside of the entertainment media''. What this ends up coming down to is a list that is inconcievably vast, which has the potential to include any entertainer who has ever been seen nude, while giving little regard to notability or subjectiveness. The information may appear to be well organized, but in the end the inclusion criteria alone is not, and this is a prime example of an |indiscriminate collection of information
— User:Calgary, 19:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:DIRECTORY (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)