Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of stage mothers

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The result was nomination withdrawn. PhilKnight (talk) 20:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of stage mothers[edit]

If this deemed a necessary or useful description, then a category could be created. At the moment this list implies there is something wrong with the living people mentioned. PhilKnight (talk) 13:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Cliff smith ^talk 19:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I don't think the list implies that there's something wrong with a "stage mother"; it's a common enough term for the parent of a child actor who looks after the interests of her child. Perhaps the problem is the title, although there seem to be more stage mothers than stage fathers, such as Kit Culkin. Granted, there are some cases where an actor's parents have exploited the child, particularly in the case of Jackie Coogan, but more commonly, their role is to prevent exploitation and to protect the child's right to have as normal a life as possible. The list doesn't comment on how they've done their jobs, so there's no BLP concern here. One can go to the "Jaid Barrymore" article to find stories like that. The number of blue links shows that may of these women are notable in their own right. Mandsford (talk) 15:37, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I am puzzled how this list a violation of BLP. Being a stage mother is nothing bad, child acting is not any kind of illegal child labor, thus BLP has nothing to do here. The list should be referenced and improved. Lists are meant to complement categories per WP:CLN. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 16:00, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment, the article says "There is sometimes a negative connotation for the term, sometimes implying a mother who exerts unreasonable demands for the child's treatment, or puts undue pressure on the child, or who may take advantage of the child's income or notoriety for her own selfish purposes." PhilKnight (talk) 20:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poof!! That sentence is now gone. Mandsford (talk) 20:15, 13 September 2008 (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.