Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hare Krishna 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 no consensus.  E LIMINATOR JR  10:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Hare Krishna in popular culture

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Delete - Directory of loosely associated items. These references of greater or lesser triviality drawn from, well, anywhere that someone in a robe and a bald cap wig shows up in anything, tells us nothing about Hare Krishna, nothing about the things the references are drawn from, nothing about their relation to each other and nothing about the real world. Oppose any merger of any of this to any other Hare Krishna article. Otto4711 00:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Hare Krishna.  James   Luftan  contribs 02:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT and no merge. Oysterguitarist 03:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom Harlowraman 05:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - It has become a long list of trivia over time, but also contains relevant information. I have just trimmed the article down to contain only the useful details regarding the Beatles and Straight-edge culture etc... as suggested by another editor. Gouranga(UK) 08:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The remaining items are still trivia and unrelated to each other. Otto4711 12:36, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The items all have a common theme in that they include the Hare Krishna mantra, or discuss artists who have been particularly inspired by the mantra or associated philosophy within their songs. This is especially noteworthy in regards to George Harrison of the Beatles for example who had a no. 1 Hit song in the UK based on Hare Krishna. This can hardly be considered trivia, but I agree that other items such as mentions in The Simpsons etc... is not encyclopedic, and ones such as this have since been removed. Gouranga(UK) 13:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - As per GourangaUK. Siyavash 12:32, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge. It appears that the article has been improved since the nomination, and deserves the benefit of the doubt. RandomCritic 14:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep A more substantive, non-list article would be better, but the items on this list don't seem trivial, they're explicit (as opposed to "This character on this TV show said something about something that sounded kind of like this one thing that's connected to Hare Krishna"), and I guess I feel kinder towards this sort of article when the central topic isn't a piece of pop-culture media itself. Propaniac 14:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all %SUBJECT% in popular culture lists, they are nothing but trivia and violate the five pillars of Wikipedia as well. Burntsauce 17:14, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Culturecruft, yet again. A pox on them all. Realkyhick 18:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - As per GourangaUK, article is much improved. Chopper Dave 18:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Hawkestone 19:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep common theme is close association. or what does the nom. consider close association to be, if theme is not enough?DGG (talk) 00:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * KeepThe article, in its newly edited format, has a sufficient level of importance and relevancy.--Stormbay 01:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete No, theme is not enough. Why should it be?  What purpose does this article serve?  Anything that is contained here is better suited inside the articles linked.  Is Hare Krishna important various Beatles songs? Of course.  Put it in the articles for the songs.  If there are enough verifiable references to Hare Krishna in pop culture elements, create a category.  If there is an ongoing tradition in the arts that revolves around the Hare Krishna's influence, create an article on the tradition and not merely a list of items which teaches its reader nothing.  CaveatLectorTalk 03:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - The common theme is both notable and interesting enough to merit a page. Baka man  15:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, this is much better than the usual IPC articles as it concentrates on the most notable examples. Of the last 20 articles of this type listed at AfD, this is the only one that does it properly. Crazysuit 04:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep -- at least GourangaUK has made an effort to improve the article, and it's more than the usual laundry list of trivial references in these In popular culture articles. Saikokira 03:06, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * - As there is no concensus to delete this article can we now consider this discussion closed? Gouranga(UK) 08:00, 6 August 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.