Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legion 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. Though even some "keep" opinions suggest that the list should be limited to quotes from notable work; that is probably the minimal consensus resulting from this discussion.  Sandstein  10:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Legion in popular culture

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This is a list of all the times somebody has used the phrase 'my name is legion', or featured an enemy called Legion, or something that sounds a bit like 'legion'. In theory, these are all references to the Biblical Legion (demon), but in practice there are so many of them it just isn't useful. As an IP commented on the talk page, 'Wikipedia is not TV Tropes' (which exists for just this sort of thing). Needless to say, the whole article is Original research. Robofish (talk) 01:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, I agree with the nominator, this is basically a list of places where someone has mentioned the word "legion". J I P  | Talk 07:12, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete these "in popular culture" articles are getting way out of hand. Some of these should be mentioned in Legion (demon), most are just trivia. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions.  —Milowent (talk) 15:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above concerns with listcruft, original research, and trivia.  Them From  Space  00:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Showing how many times this has appeared throughout history in notable places, is an encyclopedic worthy topic. Is it noteworthy to see how something from a Bible verse written thousands of years ago, has managed to inspire writers and whatnot over the years?   D r e a m Focus  07:48, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Trivial listcruft at best. Wikipedia isn't a trivia guide. RobJ1981 (talk) 13:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- Wikipedia and TV Tropes are two different things. This list is just a collection of trivia. Reyk  YO!  21:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable expression, used repeatedly in notable works. Major figures of speech of this sort and their uses can be notble, including this one. As long as it is confined to uses in works which as notable  enough for Wikipedia articles, it is not indiscriminate. It's not all the places someone has used the term--that would be indiscriminate, and would be a few thousand times longer.      DGG ( talk ) 06:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Very notable expression, but the article could be better sourced, but that is no reason to delete. North North-West (talk) 00:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Could use a bit of pruning, and some better references, but recurrent figures of speech like this--particularly ones with so long a pedigree--are eminently notable. Ford MF (talk) 09:20, 24 March 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.