Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of celebrities who have been parodied on The Simpsons


 * 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 of the debate was delete. Kimchi.sg 17:08, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

List of celebrities who have been parodied on The Simpsons
Simpsonscruft - the potential for this list to expand is very large, given the sheer number a) of Simpsons episodes, of which I would warrant nearly every single one contains parodies of celebrities, (b) the sheer density of parodies actually present in each particular episode and (c) the record-holding status of the show with regards to celebrity guest appearances, practically all of whom poke fun at themselves (parody could mean anything from the guest appearance of Tony Blair in a jetpack to more indirect parody characters such as Krusty the Klown as a parody of the TV clown Rusty Nails. Any information can be part of the voluminous number of pages which are dedicated to each and every Simpsons episode and the associated pages. Listcruft. Jammo (SM247) 06:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Simpsoncruft. Danny Lilithborne 07:09, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This list has well-defined borders and while it may get long, it's certainly maintainable, verifiable and all the other good things we require of lists. I much rather use a list to find the episode that parodied than go through each episode in turn. - Mgm|(talk) 10:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, fancruft. KleenupKrew 10:19, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, excessive fancruft. -- GWO
 * Delete - This would just be a list of pretty much every celebrity. Wickethewok 13:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, duplicates information elsewhere, and virtually indiscriminate (what celebrity hasn't been parodied in the 15 seasons or so we've had of the Simpsons?). Listcruft must die.  Proto ///  type  14:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Unlike the movie parodies list, above, this one is a bit more cut-and-dried. Alternately, it could be turned into a category. 23skidoo 15:41, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep A big list and it'll get bigger, but not unreasonably so. The topic is certainly verifiable, can be written NPOV and doesn't involve OR. In addition it has notability, triply so: through the importance of the show, through the importance of the celebrities and, finallly, through the importance of celebrity parodies on the show. It's at least as important as the chalkboard gag Bart does at the beginning of the show. Inter lingua talk 15:56, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's article worthy, probably not category worthy. --The Editrix 20:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, subjective ("celebrities"), permanently incomplete, fancrufty. Deizio talk 22:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If you've been parodied on the Simpsons there's nothing subjective about your celebrity status. - Mgm|(talk) 07:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Possibly maintainable if restricted to characters actually named in the episode.  (Which this list is not.)  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to an article similar to this Anonymous_  _Anonymous  17:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral but leaning more towards delete due to the sheer broadness of this topic. Fr e ddie Message? 23:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of celebrities on The Simpsons. User:Clay4president
 * Delete - Even with as many Simpsons articles as I have on my watchlist, and as active as I am in WikiProject The Simpsons, I am leaning towards delete with this one... there is no verifiability as to the fact that the writers planned on making some of these characters specifically in the likeness of said celebrities... although there are some (like Roofi) that are obvious, characters like Wolfcastle have a little bit of several real-life celebrities, not just Arnold... I also removed a couple that played themselves, as such entries by definition are not parodies... if kept, this list needs to be merged with List of fictional characters within The Simpsons... - Adolphus79 04:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I find this list troubling, because it is hard to verify if it truly is a parody of a certain, and because it is hard to define what should included and should be excluded. --Maitch 13:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I personaly found this to be a very useful list, it really isn't that long and will certainly, even when complete, not be as long as some of the other Simpsons lists. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.102.142.220 (talk • contribs) 21:46, June 26, 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.