Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 23:48, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold)

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I have gone through the history of this article in some detail. There is little doubt that the subject itself is notable, but every single revision I can find contains nothing other than copy-pastes from the primary source (the legislation itself) and "in popular culture" references, most of which are also primary sources - the mere existence of a thing called 5150 is asserted to be a pop culture reference.

I think this is a case for WP:TNT. Guy (Help!) 09:33, 11 April 2016 (UTC)


 * WP:TNT Agreed. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 12:23, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:26, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:26, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  06:26, 12 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. "...if the article's content is useless (including all the versions in history) but the title might be useful, then delete the content to help encourage a new article." I do not believe the content is useless, I do not believe WP:TNT applies. Yes, it may be a mess. But, it's a controversial topic dealing with mental health and the law. It's an important topic, perhaps not globally unless you count the enormous amounts of pop cultural references, and would be recreated almost instantly. And attract the same crowd that brings us the article we currently have. Ifnord (talk) 06:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. Even the nominator acknowledges it's notable, and I think it's salvageable. Everyking (talk) 20:51, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: The article has problems, but it's not total rubbish. Rebb  ing  14:45, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:25, 13 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Topic has received significant discussion and coverage among numerous secondary sources over a sustained period of time. In addition, subject has entered lexicon of society as term used in multiple facets of popular culture, including but not limited to: 5150 Studios, recording studio of Eddie Van Halen, 5150 (album), album by band Van Halen, Peavey 5150 notable guitar, 5150: Home 4 tha Sick debut EP by Eazy-E, and last but certainly not least, the song 5-1-5-0 by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. Wikipedia should have the main core non-fiction article to help provide our readers with educational and encyclopedic context for these other articles. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:35, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep A very, very quick search finds sources. The current content is a reasonable place from which to start improvement; TNT doesn't apply. FeatherPluma (talk) 23:00, 15 April 2016 (UTC)


 * 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.