Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homicide vs. NYPD Blue

No, it's unfortunately not the name of a lawsuit... Nonencyclopedic, to say the least. An article on cop shows generally could make valid comparisons, but I don't think any of us want to go down this particular road...eventually we'd see every variant of "The first season of Star Trek v. the fourth season of Babylon 5." I can't see this poorly written stub becoming anything at all in its hopefully short life, let alone anything NPOV. --Postdlf 11:38 24 June 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete it. "Worst episode ever." Geogre 13:36, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete.
 * Delete - this is not an encyclopaedic entry. Average Earthman 14:43, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Not even close. Kill it. - Lucky 6.9 16:16, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete for all the above reasons. DJ Clayworth 18:36, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Michael L. Kaufman 18:50, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons listed above. Andris 00:41, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
 * It's so bad I almost want to say keep it, for humor's sake. But this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. DELETE. Spleeman 04:37, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Exploding Boy 04:42, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep it! (I wrote the stub and planned to expand it shortly!) My idea was not to argue on which show was the best one. My aim behind this page was to show how, by the late 90s, TV shows have been able to tell quite similar stories in some various different ways, (esthetics, philosophy, ...), in order to meet the different expectations of people watching TV shows.     Regarding the "poorly written", sorry folks, I do my best to write in English, which is not my primary language ! Any corrections and suggestions are welcome !     Lvr 09:54, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * In that case, I might suggest that you start anew at something like police melodrama, and broaden your coverage to the dozens of tedious clones of similar shows. There's something rotten at the core of a country that seems to be endlessly entertained by Method-acted browbeatings and moralistic courtroom speeches in action-free police procedurals. Smerdis of Tlön 11:48, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I don't know enough on cops shows to write an entire sociologist article on the topic. All I know is about these two specific shows that have been widely compared and analyzed on usenet (that's the reason I know about this topic). Maybe I should start a stub for police melodrama based on the material and reflection I have gathered for the article Homicide vs. NYPD Blue. But if you all agree this is a totally unuseful issue, I just give up with it ! I have plenty of other stuff to write about ... Lvr 12:45, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * If you do write this article, it needs a different name (Commonalities in 1990s police shows?). But even then it would be an essay. DJ Clayworth 14:05, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Could be a good article if it had some detail, would be quite useful as an example of these things. Keep if the author does indeed expand it. Everyking 15:42, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll buy that. I feel that we all prefer keeping a potentially useful article over a deletion any day, and the author makes a compelling argument.  Can this just sit on the back burner after the discussion period and see what develops? - Lucky 6.9 06:06, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even if there were a way to make this an encyclopedic article which isn't original research, this wouldn't be the proper title for it anyway. anthony (see warning)
 * Delete it. I think this issue may provide a good article if treated with some depth. I will come later with an article with a larger overview, covering not only the US shows I know but also some of the EU ones I know, and trying to compare them. Lvr 09:52, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)