Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ford Pinto in popular culture


 * 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. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Review Me!) 01:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Ford Pinto in popular culture

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Delete - an indiscriminate list of trivia seeking to capture any appearance or mere mention of a specific car with no regard to the importance or lack of same. See for precedent Articles for deletion/List of films featuring Mini cars which was deleted despite being composed strictly of actual appearances of the car rather than just someone saying "Mini." Otto4711 15:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per the same as I say with the rest of the in popular culture Alf Photoman  15:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, subject is covered adequately (3 sentences) in Ford Pinto. ObtuseAngle 15:49, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per:
 * Scrabble references in popular culture
 * Cultural references to pigs
 * Cultural references to masturbation
 * Cultural references to accountants
 * --Infrangible 16:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is not a compelling argument for keeping this article. The other articles you've listed should probably also be deleted. Otto4711 19:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is not a compelling argument for keeping this article. The other articles you've listed should probably also be deleted. Otto4711 19:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete in popular culture mind you, I laughed when the Pinto in Top Secret! burst into flames after a tiny "ting!" from a truck. But no amount of precedent can make a collection of cruft with no article around it into anything other than a collection of cruft. Guy (Help!) 17:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's see if it can be done better. Half of the incidents in there have a Pinto used just as a cheap small unreliable car, and amount to negative product placement. But half are more specific about its more sensational defects, and might make an article. I'm going to remove the nonspecific ones right now. Then, maybe a title change. We have "exploding whales;" I know that kind of precedent is not a good argument, but "Exploding Pintos", maybe. If it still doesn't make sense, then out with it. It didn't take much work.DGG 05:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't see your edits as an improvement. It's still just a collection of times that the word "Pinto" was used in a movie or on a TV show. Otto4711 05:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:TRIV. As with previous cases, I reject the notion that this violates WP:NOT as "indiscriminate".  It is, on the contrary, rather discriminating as to its subject.  The subject receives some coverage in the main article and expansion (sourced and in prose form, of course) should be undertaken there.  -- Black Falcon 20:18, 15 March 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.