Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Takes a Bath

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete (blk-cmp error). – ABCD 22:43, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Gary Takes a Bath
Talk 01:07, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This article is one of hundreds on wikipedia about an episode of a television series. I see no reason why this one should be treated like anything special.  Sirkumsize 08:36, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * But why should every television series have every single episode as an article? -- Riffsyphon1024 08:49, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Because wikipedia's whole objective is to be a complete authorative guide to all things even TV shows. I don't make the rules.  If you don't like then vote to delete and maybe we can go through and start deleting out the Star Trek episodes.  See how long that lasts.  lol.  Sirkumsize 08:54, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, that's actually somewhat contested. Its usually the theme Wikipedia is not a general knowledge database vs. Wikipedia is not paper. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:25, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote as you will. Sirkumsize 13:06, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This was apparently never listed on vfd, so I'm putting it on today's page. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 04:12, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think that individual episodes should have individaul articles, there is certainly nothing to suggest that this is an episode of note, delete--nixie 05:19, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to SpongeBob SquarePants - very few TV episodes deserve articles in their own right. Slac speak up!  05:30, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep. "Why shouldn't there be a page for every Simpsons character, and even a table listing every episode, all neatly crosslinked and introduced by a shorter central page like the above? Why shouldn't every episode name in the list link to a separate page for each of those episodes, with links to reviews and trivia?" Wikipedia is not paper Kappa 06:34, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Primarily because "reviews and trivia" on their own are *not* encyclopedic content. What effect has this episode of SpongeBob, as compared to any other episode, had in the world?  What information does a reader gain from this article that they could not by stopping down at their local video hire store? (Or maybe we're writing SpongeBob episode articles for the benefit of children in Africa). Slac  speak up!  21:56, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * You are free to disagree with Jimbo, but looking things up in wikipedia is a lot more convenient and slightly cheaper than a trip to my local video hire store, and I don't think everyone on the planet has a local video store with Spongebob in stock. Of course, I agree that children in Africa don't need to know about what children in other countries enjoy, they probably don't contribute to WP anyway. Kappa 22:43, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I think Dr Zen said it best&mdash; If the point's just to make another Britannica, why not just buy a bunch of Britannicas and give that to the kids in Africa? Oh well, back to Catfight.  &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 22:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. It can always become a seperate article if it becomes larger. Mgm|(talk) 08:04, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with MGM. Merge for now. WP:FICT once more :) Radiant_* 08:30, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I vote delete as this episode is nothing special. -- Riffsyphon1024 16:00, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Or, at worst, merge into list, but be prepared to split out again if it grows. Meelar (talk) 16:10, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to SpongeBob SquarePants. Gorrister 17:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Do not merge.   &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 18:48, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Almost no actual information in the article, and no real possibility to be encyclopedic. --Calton |
 * Merge No information is lost, but the encyclodpedia becomes clutterd. Klonimus 01:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge If/when this episode ever gets a long drawn-out description, then it could be split off to its own article. But not before. linas 05:59, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unlike Pokemon and so on, theres no interest in completing an episode collection. Hedley 18:31, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's trivia and not encyclopedic. Gmaxwell 20:42, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with a list of the show's episodes. There's no need to have a page for every show when a paragraph will do. Episode itself does not stand alone. --Asriel86 23:34, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to an Episodes of Spongebob Squarepants article as per WP:FICT. -- Lochaber 13:13, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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