Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural references to 2001: A Space Odyssey


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The result was take a leak on this article. Krimpet (talk) 23:38, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

List of cultural references to 2001: A Space Odyssey

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giant trivia fork, just a long list of times various parts of 2001 have been parodied or references (or may have been, it's not sourced well). It is an indiscriminate list of information, and a similar page about The Shining was deleted recently. Biggspowd
 * Delete per nom. --Evb-wiki 15:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as indiscriminate list, even though someone put a LOT of work into this one. Useight 16:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as with other "in popular culture" articles. It is popular culture, anyway. Guy (Help!) 18:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as an indiscriminate list and as a directory of loosely associated topics. Otto4711 19:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I think it's important to show the extraordinary impact that 2001 has had on society. I do, however, recommend a thorough clean-up to leave only the very notable references. Ackatsis 06:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 01:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film and TV-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 01:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Zero tolerance with articles that being with "List of...", delete it before it spreads! Dep. Garcia ( Talk   + |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 20:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Whoa, that's a big one.  Although a highly important film, this list is riddled with useless trivia and every single little mention of Odyssey ever.  Ten examples from The Simpsons alone!  TEN.  María ( habla  con migo ) 14:08, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. --Tone 21:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete because this list is trivia. It is not encyclopedic to indiscriminately list every single pop culture reference to a film.  The original research via personal observation is by nature unattributable in its significance.  If a film magazine had an article about the impact of 2001 on popular culture, then it can be reiterated in prose in the film article's Cultural impact section.  This list has no such background to mark any kind of significance among these trivia bits.  Oh, and let's put these up for AfD, too: Dr. Strangelove in popular culture, List of cultural references to A Clockwork Orange, Fight Club in popular culture, and whatever other content forks of trivia exist. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 14:41, 13 June 2007 (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.