Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/An Instinct for Murder


 * 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 article about series. Jaranda wat's sup 23:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

An Instinct for Murder

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This is an article on one of the nine episodes made of the TV series Star Cops. This is a minor topic that does not require a separate article for each episode made. The article itself consists of little more than a plot summary and there is not much scope for expansion due to the limited number of potential sources related to this subject. I see no reason why any significant points pertaining to this episode cannot be incorporated into the main Star Cops article where better context can be given to them. On the grounds that it contravenes WP:FICTION and WP:NOTABILITY, I propose it should be deleted. Joe King 10:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete pure plot summary and fails WP:EPISODE in lacking real world notability Corpx 16:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:EPISODE is not policy - far from it - and contradicts Wikipedia's longstanding tradition in which individual episodes of a show are notable for the exact same reasons that the show itself is. That this is the pilot episode would make it even more encyclopedic. wikipediatrix 16:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no longstanding tradition that individual episodes are notable.  I could pull up lots of examples AFDs of this Corpx 16:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no problem with articles for individual episodes of series when there are a large number of significant books, articles, websites etc. written for them that can be used as sources such as with, say, Doctor Who or Star Trek or The Simpsons or even short-lived series like The Prisoner or Firefly but having articles for every episode of every TV show is plainly ridiculous; you wouldn't, for instance, allow articles for each of the 6,000+ episodes of Coronation Street even though it must be one of the most important television articles on Wikipedia. As I've said, there are precious few sources available relating to Star Cops, maybe two websites worth a damn and about half a dozen magazine articles. So, where is the material to give the real world context for this article to come from? - Joe King 18:47, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * SMERGE Shorten and merge to the article about the series. Could not find substantial coverage of this episode in reliable and independent sources. Also per WP:EPISODE. Edison 17:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Shorten and merge, possibly to a "list of episodes" page, per WP:EPISODE. Ne ra n e i   (talk) 16:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Wikipediatrix. Academic Challenger 02:00, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete TV episodes do not inherit notability from the TV series, and this is simply a plot summary.  --Phirazo 16:55, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom and Phirazo.Harlowraman 20:42, 29 August 2007 (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.