Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Differences in versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


 * 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 no consensus. W.marsh 18:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Differences in versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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per WP:OR Chris! ct 02:36, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep (2nd choice: merge). A reason hasn't even been provided for this article to be deleted.  (Or, for that matter, the other similar articles that have been nominated.)  At worst, it should be merged. --Roger McCoy 03:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete At best these types of articles are uninteresting collection of trivia; of course the versions are going to differ between media. At worst these articles bleed off the few facts notable enough to have a citation from the main articles. Merge any sourced differences to the main articles. SolidPlaid 03:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment While a lot of this article reads a bit like a trivia list, unlike some of the other noms of the same ilk, there are some actual sources regarding the differences in the versions. They don't necessarily speak to the SPECIFIC differences, but there have been published interviews with Douglas Adams as well as scholarly papers about the intentional differences between the versions. Unfortunately, I'm not "all here" enough to look for them right now. At best, this article could stand some serious cleanup. At worst, the pertinent information could be merged with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy article, as there is some underlying discussion about this in there already. LaMenta3 04:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Where are these "scholarly papers"? SolidPlaid 22:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a well sourced article whose material spans books, radio shows, LPs and a film over 30 years. Hitchhikers is one of the most influential and memorable sci-fi/comedy creations of our time.  This is far too long to be absorbed into the main Hitchhiker's article and deserves a place on its own merits.  Even the nominator doesn't offer a good reason to delete it. Nick mallory 06:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Merely being verifiable, doesn't mean the information is suitable to include it in an encyclopedia. Last time I check, violating WP:OR is a pretty good reason to delete it. Also calling Hitchhikers the most influential is simply your opinion. That is irrelevant to this discussion. Chris! ct 02:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Comparative literature is the stuff of college level English classes. Its not original research, it is sourced from primary documents, thats a big difference. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 18:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per SolidPlaid, this is, at best, original research.  Bur nt sau ce  19:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Please see Articles for deletion/Harry Potter film/book differences (2nd nomination) for similar precedent. Chris! ct 20:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Nick mallory, who said it better than I could. —Quasirandom 00:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pains me to say it, as this would be good stuff anywhere else but Wikipedia.  But I can't see how it can be anything but original research.  Doesn't matter if it cites to the original works, or even cites to broader comments about differences. The content itself is unique and original.  -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 22:23, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. This could easily be fixed.   See the cleanup that sgeureka recently did on the (also up for deletion) Differences between Stargate and Stargate SG-1 page.  While the final decision hasn't been made on that page either, the changes are now clearly cited and all unsourced changes were been moved to Talk:Differences between Stargate and Stargate SG-1.  An excellent solution to the problem IMHO. --Roger McCoy 18:27, 11 October 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.