Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Killer Whales 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   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Killer Whales in popular culture

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Unsourced OR, terribly written. Search for sources found none. Had prodded this without realizing it was previously prodded. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 16:37, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge anything savable back to Killer whale. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or (better) Merge sourced material back to Killer Whale. I hate having these articles spun out as separate unless it is an animal with a huge history of symbolism such as lion, cat, dog, horse etc. The article was split out arbitrarily. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:37, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep however, I would rather see a separate article, rather than a merge, since these "In popular culture" discussions tend to get really long-winded and it would probably be an eyesore on the Killer whale page, which is already quite long. Also, the OR issues should be fixed, but OR issues by themselves are not a criterion for deletion. Danski14(talk) 22:35, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * See Killer whale. That section is already fairly long, so I feel a sub-page is warranted. Danski14(talk) 22:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per Danski14. The community has been all over the place in the past three years with these "animal X in popular culture" articles.  This one is a keeper, based on what's already there and its possible sources. Bearian (talk) 23:50, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:UGLY is no argument for deletion, therefore merge back into Killer whale. This content was moved out of the article in this edit by User:Mintrick, who apparently (according to user page) thought of "in popular culture" sections as some kind of otherwise useless playground for new users, that are better moved out of sight. This is a stupid view in my opinion, "bad" content that is just hidden away in orphan articles is unlikely to get improved. --memset (talk) 17:25, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep based on the addition of sources by Casliber; it's been improved since 10-# nominated it. Unlike many i.p.c. articles, this one is about the depiction of the subject in popular culture, rather than a list of mentions (e.g., "in the 15th season of The Simpsons, Lisa sees a killer whale").  The depiction of whales in fiction has changed a great deal between (make your own joke here) Moby Dick and Free Willy.  Mandsford 18:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:41, 11 September 2010 (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.