Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COLT Studio Group

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 (no consensus). Sjakkalle (Check!) 15:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Why would you even consider removing this? (1) Simply because it ia about a specific company company doesn't make it advertising, and (2) removing it simply because it is about a "taboo" subject is tantamount to censorship. This article in and of itself is not pornogrpahic--it provides information about a topic that is difficult to find anywhere else--as this site does with most of its topics.

More advertizing. This time for gay porn. -R. fiend 22:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as notable porn studio. *cough* ... I researched it. For this AfD. Yeah. That's it :x Rewrite, though. Adrian Lamo · 22:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not advertising. COLT is one of THE oldest, most consistently porducing studio in Gay porn with an archive of almost 40 years worth of material. The history and aesthetic of COLT has been incredible influential on the medium as a whole. It should be listed with other influential porn studios. - OldBattler

• Delete per WP:VSCA. Stifle 01:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• "Influential gay porn studios"? Oh, please - 20th Century Fox this is not. Strong Delete.--み使い Mitsukai 14:58, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as advertisment, non-notable studio. --Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 15:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My sense is that these folks' charge for deletion comes from a place of homophobia. Jim French's COLT Studio group wrote the book on gay male erotica for the past 40 years. Go to ANY bookstore - gay, adult or otherwise and will see COLT titles.

• Keep, articles about companies are not inherently advertisement, and it's needlessly derisive to imply that a gay porn studio is incapable of being influential. Adrian Lamo ·· 20:48, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Seems to be notable in the world of gay porn... which seems to be notable as a subject, even to those who don't like it... The article is somewhat aneimic on the historical details and significance, but real world references seem to support notability here. Georgewilliamherbert 21:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. COLT & Falcon are two of the oldest and biggest gay porn prooducers still churning it out. One might well call them "seminal". Should mention its residual emphasis on straight muscular trade models somewhere. ("Cowboys", construction workers... it's "Village People" with muscles and less annoying music.) - Outerlimits 21:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as per nom.Blnguyen 00:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as well known in gay circles as Penthouse (magazine) or Screw magazine are in straight ones. Carlossuarez46 17:32, 10 February 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.