Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ambrose, Louisiana (2nd nomination)


 * 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 was   redirect to House of Wax. NW ( Talk ) 15:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Ambrose, Louisiana
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The previous AFD happened in the dark days of early 2006, just a few months after the change from VFD, so it looked a lot like a straw poll for yay/nay deletion. The original nominator's rationale still stands: this article is about a fictional location with no assertion of its notability. The other articles User:Proto mentioned as examples are a) merged, b) real places which have the same name as a fictional place, c) well-referenced, or d) part of a long-running series and not just one, single movie. I support deletion over merging because all the relevant content is already mentioned in the plot section (this over-detailed description doesn't really help understand the movie better) and the lawsuit content existed before this article. Axem Titanium (talk) 04:01, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Per WP:BEFORE, alternatives to deletion should be exhausted before an article is brought to AfD. In this particular instance, Axem Titanium appears either not to have considered, or to have rejected, the possibility of a redirect to House of Wax.  Why is that, Axem Titanium? Pending a response, I shall go with an interim recommendation of redirect to House of Wax.— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  09:23, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, to respond to your question, it's an extremely unlikely search term; the average user will remember the name of the film before its setting. There is nothing to merge, and since the redirect isn't useful, I suggest deletion. Axem Titanium (talk) 04:26, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirects are cheap, and policy suggests using them in preference to AfD (which is expensive, in editor time and stored word-count for the encyclopaedia). I understand what you say but I still think policy should prevail in this instance, so after due consideration I shall stick with my !vote.— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  09:13, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect per above. The lone occupant of what may be the dumbest idea ever for a category Category: Fictional cities and towns in Louisiana, this is an extended plot summary of the 2005 remake of House of Wax, and I can't see merging this much detail.  There aren't that many fictional towns that are memorable.  I don't even consider the remake memorable, but this ain't no Mayberry, NC.  Mandsford (talk) 20:04, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
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