Talk:List of American former child actors

message: It would be nice to see a list of child movie stars separate from a list of child television stars.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonwithwings (talk • contribs) 02:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not inclined to support splitting the article by medium, as child actors do obtain roles in multiple media, generally of course being noticed on stage or TV before getting film roles. - Fayenatic (talk) 08:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I would like the list to be broken down more 

message: These two lists are evidently US-centric. I propose that they be renamed:
* List of former child actors -> List of American former child actors
*List of child actors -> List of American current child actors
The few non-American entries can be the start of new lists by nationality. I would set up :category:Lists of child actors so that readers can browse all such lists. - Fayenatic (talk) 07:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed rename as "American"

message: Petula Clark isn't an American. Not sure if anyone intends to make pages for other nationalities or not. Also, why does the redirect to List of child actors come directly to this page? This should be fixed as well - not all child actos are Americans. This whole thing gives me a headache. Giorgio Cantarini is now the sole listing on an orphaned page.  ExRat (talk) 02:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See the links in the discussion section above. The "Current" list has already been split by nationality and this "Former" list is about to be split. In retrospect, I should have split it before requesting the move. I'll put a "work in progress" sign up. - Fayenatic (talk) 06:57, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Petula Clark & other nationalities 

message: I only glanced through the page briefly, but I noticed at least one major child actor missing. Kirsten Dunst. Not sure how she got overlooked, but she does have a wiki page to link to. I'm new to editing, so I'd rather someone else do it, just wanted to point it out. Thanks!  Redaera (talk) 20:00, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I added her. For An Angel (talk) 23:40, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Hi there, typically we only add people to lists like these if they are deemed to be notable, i.e. if they have an established Wikipedia article where our notability criteria has been adequately demonstrated. (See WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR.) From a quick glance at IMDb, the longest stint she had on a show was four episodes of Bold and the Beautiful, so she likely doesn't meet WP:NACTOR, our specific notability guidelines for actors. And doing a quick Google News search, I don't see any substantive independent content written about her from multiple reliable sources. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:14, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing child actor 

message: I'm not aware of a MOS for this type of "list" page, but It seems some have added rather long filmographies for some actors while it appears most have chosen to add a list of the top five credits (or less).  I realize some child stars were rather prolific and a handful became superstars as children, but it seems like a list of the top five most well known credits (determined either by Wikipedia traffic stats, or IMDb traffic stats) would keep things under control and keep the page easy to read.  I'm willing to perform this "cleanup" myself, but I just wanted to mention it here to get other editors' thoughts before i started removing anything.  It looks like this talk page doesn't seem to get a lot of traffic in recent years, so I'll leave this here for a few weeks to see if we need to reach a consensus before I start any cleanup on the page.  If I don't see any objections by this time next month then I'll assume it's non-controversial and just go ahead with the changes.--- Crakkerjakk (talk) 00:51, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmographies 

message: For all you fellow article lurkers, I think we should maybe establish consensus for how many examples of a child actor's works should be presented under their names.  Personally I think 3 examples are sufficient.  The scope of this article seem primarily to list child actors, not their works.  Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:19, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limit to examples 

message: Every name in this list is formatted in boldface font. I believe this is contrary to the MOS:BOLDFACE guideline for the use of boldface formatting in Wikipedia, and that it should be changed. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:45, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. —BarrelProof (talk) 19:20, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boldface 

message: Please stop adding articles of child actors that are not 18 yet. Sorry, this is the article of American former child actors that are 18 and above, some of them are still minors. Janlanuzo (talk) 17:23, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former child actors that are 18 and up