Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cop and a Half-wit


 * 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 Family Guy (season 15). Arguments such as "there is a Wikipedia article for every episode of the series" fall into WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, which is a not a valid argument at AFD. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 01:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Cop and a Half-wit

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Could be a redirect to the series, but no indication of stand-alone notability regarding this particular episode. Was a redirect, which was reversed, but almost solely consists of a plot summary. Fails WP:GNG.  Onel 5969  TT me 02:14, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes, the article needs work, but there is a Wikipedia article for every episode of the series. There's no need to delete this page when 1) the article can be improved and 2) a redirect would be the most appropriate course of action IF a standalone article were deemed inappropriate. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:56, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - Let this page stay. I am agreeing with Another Believer on this one. --Rtkat3 (talk) 00:54, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The parent structure Category:Family Guy episodes includes 300-odd articles. This is an episode that aired two days ago and every reason exists to assume that this article will be expanded and sourced to match the hundreds of other such episode articles. Alansohn (talk) 18:07, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. I don't see why we have to have an article for every single episode of a show. The articles for this and the previous season lack a significant amount of independent reviews/coverage and are basically just plot summaries with one or two reviews mentioned. If enough meaningful content can be added like Road to the North Pole, it can be re-created.-- Molandfreak  (talk,   contribs,  email) 22:25, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Family Guy (season 15). Most every one of these episode articles have only plots. This isn't a case of "wait and see" for expansion. Articles should be researched before creation, especially episode articles which have become plot dumps of late. —  Wylie pedia  16:08, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Family Guy (season 15) per CAWylie, or delete. Individual episodes are subject to the same notability guidelines that everything else is. There is no reason for us to have hundreds of articles on each individual episode of Family Guy, unless there has been significant critical or media coverage of an episode for some reason. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 20:52, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 04:42, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Wyliepedia. We need to start looking at FG articles much more closely as the show gets older and new episode articles have now now declined into 'type what I see' plotline reviews that the most rudimentary recap site would reject, a cite to the plot from Fox PR, followed by an episode grade from some random site (usually IGN, a gaming site, and even that's now getting the dreaded 'expand section' tag for newer episodes, meaning we're it for a synopsis on the web outside of fansites, which should not be where we are).  Nate  • ( chatter ) 14:38, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect per above. It is a plot-only episode summary.  There is nothing that shows this specific episode has any independent notability, as the only sources are generally just plot synopsis that do not go into any non-plot discussion.  The fact that there are articles are other FG articles is meaningless if this particular one does not meet the notability standards.  64.183.45.226 (talk) 16:27, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: Are folks actually searching for sources before commenting on the lack of sources? We should not merge/delete this article if has potential to grow, just because the article is currently incomplete. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:22, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I can't answer for anybody else, but I did, and, as I said, could find nothing but plot synopsis. I have yet to find any reviews on the episode from any notable sources, nor any information saying anything meaningful about the development of this particular episode.  64.183.45.226 (talk) 17:45, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I did (and have for most of these articles that have come to AfD); We've got under 60 G-hits under the episode title + review; without the 'review' appendage we have this article as #3, then Family Guy wiki and its IMDb entry, then TV.com before we decline to 'buy this episode', 'watch on Fox or Hulu.com' or 'stream this episode illegally and obliterate your PC through spyware' links. There is no there there; it's an average episode of an animated sitcom. The reason this lethargy still exists is that in the past multiple TV sites were hiring people to recap anything with a 22-minute plot on a screen so sources are plentiful, but since 2015 when AV Club decided to cull down to high-hit reviews and other sites did the same, these episodes somehow still get articles because of the past, even though it's just IGN and some site called 'BubbleBlabbers' reviewing it at this point in just 'acknowledge and move on' style. Enough is enough; this isn't going to grow, become a classic episode or be mentioned again beyond season reviews. This isn't the Wikipedia of 2007 and its time to be more judicious about what shows deserve episode articles or not at this point.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 19:00, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Redirect per above. I like Family Guy, but see no reason why every episode should have an article, especially if they are simply going to be all plot as most of the current season 15 episode articles are. Dunarc (talk) 19:11, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:11, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


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