Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Classic film lines


 * 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 Delete -- JForget  23:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Classic film lines

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An unencyclopaedic list which could never be comprehensive and could never be neutral depending as it does on subjective interpretations of what is "classic", "well-known", "iconic", "ironic" and "witty". Wikiquote exists for a reason. nancy (talk) 15:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Exactly what the nom said. This list could never be comprehensive or neutral. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 15:48, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Probably written by someone new to Wikipedia, so I don't want to be too mean about this. One of the toughest concepts to handle for a newcomer is the bar against "original research", where one creates their own list of items, or comes up with their own theory.  While it may seem like a harsh rule, it's one of the better ones here; if everybody compiled their own list of what they consider "classic" anything, the results would be widely different.   Even if one were to quote from a published source of "classic film lines" (say, for instance, a top 100 compiled by Entertainment Weekly), it's not a very good topic.  We encourage you to contribute.  Everything gets published on Wikipedia, but not everything gets to stay on Wikipedia.  Don't get too upset when this gets deleted, it's nothing personal.   Best wishes.  Mandsford (talk) 15:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not a repository of quotations. --Lu Ta 15:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Total POV, no way round it.--Tefalstar (talk) 16:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete POV. Probably someone mistaking Wikipedia for Wikiquote (but nonetheless, who decides what lines are "classic" and what ones aren't? Because of that it's also WP:OR) Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 16:14, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can you handle the truth? What we've got here is failure to communicate. Well, nobody's perfect. Clarityfiend (talk) 17:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - For the reasons previously stated, although the author of the article should be thanked for citing the sublime Carry on Cleo on the list.Ecoleetage (talk) 18:22, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - no possibility of this list ever being complete, comprehensive, or neutral. - Chardish (talk) 20:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Impossible to judge in an encyclopedic context what "classic" is. This is why we don't have anything at classic songs, classic movies, classic TV, etc. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as an indiscriminate list with POV / OR problems. B figura  (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Of all the AfD lists in all the wikis in all of the world, this article had to walk into this one. Delete - hardly an encyclopedic list at present, and with the current title, hardly likely ever to be. Hell, any list of "classic film lines" that fails to mention "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" ain't worth a damn. Grutness...wha?  00:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * We're gonna need a bigger Delete JuJube (talk) 01:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * This article can serve no purpose Delete - per everyone. Lugnuts (talk) 17:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't know what we're yelling about! JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 18:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest of them all... WilliamH (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete due to lack of objective criteria and in-depth analysis of such quotes. Wikiquote is more suitable for this. — Erik  (talk • contrib) - 00:09, 30 April 2008 (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.