Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of highest-grossing South Indian films

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The result was keep. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:07, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of highest-grossing South Indian films[edit]

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While Cinema of South India is recognized as an entity in some form, this list appears to be a WP:CFORK of List of highest-grossing Indian films and/or the respective language cinema articles. There is little need to maintain a distinct article for a set of four languages as the content is/can be covered in the aforementioned pages. More lists mean less editorial oversight and more prone to disruptions. Ab207 (talk) 15:08, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Ab207 (talk) 15:08, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Ab207 (talk) 15:08, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force. Ab207 (talk) 15:13, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. While I do not see a need to have any of these articles either at an Indian level, or a South Indian level, I do not see why this should be deleted. As recognized by the nominator, there definitely seems to be a Cinema of South India, and there are recognitions that clearly treat the 'South' as an agglomerate of the four languages - think Filmfare Awards South or the South Indian International Movie Awards. Ktin (talk) 15:25, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: While it could indeed be a WP:CFORK, I am swayed by the fact that there is an aspect of regional identity, like "European" and "Eastern European". Chumpih. (talk) 16:03, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:34, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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