Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elevator episode


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 18:21, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Elevator episode

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I am the author of this article. It was prodded with the text "Can't find any sources, original research better suited for tvtropes.org." I'd like it to stay. However, I'm not in a position to find sources right now. Richard Cavell (talk) 04:25, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete the lack of sources would tend to suggest this is like a neologism or original research. Ohconfucius (talk) 07:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I prodded it so delete. This is a real thing but I couldn't find any sources about it on google, google books, etc.Prezbo (talk) 07:16, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Like Prezbo, I looked and couldn't find any sources that discuss this, which is too bad; I'd vote to keep if Leonard Matlin or Roger Ebert had written about this. Getting stuck in an elevator is a fairly common plot device on situation comedies, although I disagree with the reason stated by the author for its use (i.e. the ultimate in low budget).  There are other ways that characters can end up spending the entire episode together, in a confined space out of which they cannot go, talking about their innermost thoughts, but the elevator is the one that most people can identify with.   If someone can go into labor while everyone is trapped in the elevator, that's a true sign that the sitcom writers have run out of ideas.  Mandsford (talk) 13:23, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There is a better term for this, as a LOT of television shows use this commonly, is there one about Deserted Island that we COULD possibly merge this into. Otherwise, delete. Its sad, this is a lot like Enemy Mine--Cleave and Smite, Delete and Tear!  (talk) 13:49, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Good idea for an article, but this one appears to be OR.--JohnnyB256 (talk) 14:18, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge into Bottle episode Declan Clam (talk) 20:51, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete as unreferenced at this time. Simonm223 (talk) 21:32, 6 October 2009 (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.