Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of PlayMania E-Mail Themes


 * 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 Delete. Deathphoenix ʕ 19:59, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

List of PlayMania E-Mail Themes
This does not seem important enough to have it's own article, nor is the subject matter encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. I suggest that anything relevant be merged into PlayMania. Khatru2 06:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep This article informs people of what email theme was done on each episode. If a viewer goes "Wait, what theme was done on so and so day", they can refer to this page. I vote to keep this page.  — JT (TRAiNER4)   [ T·C·E ]  11:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * — Possible single purpose account: TRAiNER4 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other contributions outside this topic.


 * Comment. This discussion is about if having this list is notable to WP, not if hypothetically someone might actually have a query as to what a theme is that day (and in all honesty, I don't know who would). That's just totally stupid reasoning. Giant onehead 01:03, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete article, Merge some content Fancruft that could be described just as well in a paragraph within the main article. Nate 12:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How the hell are you going to get all 39 E-Mail themes into 1 paragraph without the use of a table?  — JT (TRAiNER4)   [ T·C·E ]  12:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Mention a few of the themes in passing, not all of them. They can be generalized into broader themes about family, friends, the show, contests, and hosts. Nate 22:57, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This was originally part of the PlayMania page and no one had a problem with it, but the length become too long for the page so it was moved to its own in order to keep everyone happy. I feel that it should stay on its own for the time being, but if it continues to get longer or if it its "unimportance" continues to grow (which it shouldn't because PlayMania itself is growing), then we'll talk. If television programs can have episode guides on Wikipedia, PM can just as well have a guide for themes. — Chad "1m" Mosher EmailTalk Cont. 17:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Additional Comment: I am the creator and co-main up-keeper of both this and the PlayMania articles. — Chad "1m" Mosher EmailTalk Cont. 02:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete this to fancruftian hell. — Joshua Johaneman [[Image:Flag_of_New_York.svg|30px|]] 20:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Any particular reason why?  — JT (TRAiNER4)   [ T·C·E ]  20:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Guyanakoolaid 09:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is a good resource and a compliment to the PlayMania article. Mariah10Carey88 20:55, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: Above user has only 16 edits under user name. Giant onehead 01:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete. Again, we are talking about a late night show on a fairly minor cable network. This portion of the show is not even very notable within the context of the show. It has potential to be a gigantic page and it is just unnotable cruft in the context of WP. As I had suggested to Chad and Trainer (who really should butt out of the discussion some), why not just create your own webpage and include the table and work on it from there. This just isn't important and should be removed soon. Fancruft at its very worst to a low-rated late night cable show. Giant onehead 00:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment AFD equitette states "Please disclose whether you are an article's primary author or if you otherwise have a vested interest in the article." By this, I believe that Chad and Trainer should state this, as they both have stronger than usual interests in the show and one of them created the article, and the respective talk pages should say even more. That should be mentioned to make a clear decision. Giant onehead 01:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I think this list was started in the Playmania article when there was a sense that it might be a limited term publicity stunt. That clearly is not the case given the expansion to six nights a week and the presence of at least one competing show on another network. We don't keep track of a list of Letterman top 10 List themes here, so we shouldn't keep track of a list of Playmania email themes. It's an excellent idea for a part of a fan page, but that's not what Wikipedia is. Erechtheus 16:20, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I am having suspisions that Trainer4 has a single-purpose account, which I have tagged, and said user keeps removing the notice because they do not agree with it. I have restored the tag (again, it's not confirmed, it's suspected, if you don't think you are, you should be alright) and it should be kept until the debate closes (and I'm a tad confused to why it has not). Giant onehead 00:52, 4 October 2006 (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.