The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. This could be merged, but probably can stand on its own. --Tony Sidaway 07:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of women bass guitarists[edit]

This looks like more listcruft to me. I don't think this page would be particuarly useful in an encyclopedia. Delete Beno1000 20:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge - with List of bass guitarists. Ac@osr 20:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment OMG, we have a list of bass guitarists? Delete them both as listcruft, how can you maintain that? ***mutter mutter mutter growl*** But since 1) I'm too lazy right now to nom that, and 2) I suspect it woulc confuse things, Merge per Ac@osr. KillerChihuahua^?!? 21:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep — The list is sufficiently lengthy to stand separate from list of bass guitarists. — RJH (talk) 22:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with List of bass guitarists. I mean, seriously, should we also have a List of men bass guitarists? Can't you use the list of all of them and determine the gender yourself? GassyGuy 23:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Didn't, like, every rock band from the '90s have a female bassist? Danny Lilithborne 05:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Unmaintainable lists like this, and the non-gender-specific one, should become categories. That way, the criteria for inclusion on a list/cat or the same as the criteria for an article. See [[Category:Bass guitarists]] -- GWO
• Keep. FWIW, this page was used to answer a question at the reference desk about two weeks ago, and for that reason alone proved its worth. It's far less listcrufty than many other articles we have here and is maintainable so long as it is limited to bassists of bands that we have articles on. Grutness...wha? 08:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. There are many lists like this on Wikipedia (guitarists, drummers, violinists). Regarding gender, while many '90s bands did have a female bassist, I think it's still rare enough to warrant its own list. GentlemanGhost 16:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question If we already have a list of bass guitarists, is there really any need to separate the female ones into another list also? Could not everyone seeking info on bass guitarists use one list, and those wishing for a gender breakdown derive that information? I am just wondering why this separate list is necessary. GassyGuy 18:26, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Sure, one could do it that way, but it would be more time-consuming. GentlemanGhost 23:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Useful and uncrufty. ~ trialsanderrors 23:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Please Keep This List. I have a fetish for kick-ass female bass players [[1] [ESSAY: The Last Great Female Bassist]]
  • In that case I recommend Lani Purkis of Elemeno P - [2] :) Grutness...wha? 01:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.