Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural references to Alien


 * 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. Krimpet (talk) 03:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

List of cultural references to Alien

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List is entirely unsourced and is almost pure cruft. Obviously Alien is influencial but this is pretty well covered in the main article and could be covered further in an actual article titel Cultural influence of Alien rather than a list like this. Daniel J. Leivick 18:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and Wikipedia is not a directory of loosely associated topics and original research has no place here. Article is stuffed full of any sighting of anything that references the film or that in the opinion of an editor resembles the film (generally speaking if you have to say that something is an "obvious reference" to something else it means that's unsourced opinion). Strongly oppose merging this information to any article related to the films and I question the use of this information as a basis for the suggested "cultural influence" article. It certainly should not be renamed to "influence" and kept. Otto4711 19:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete all unsourced material by the end of this AfD, per the list guidelines. Specifically:
 * Any edit lacking a source may be removed, but some editors may object if you remove material without giving people a chance to provide references. If you want to request a source for an unsourced statement, a good idea is to move it to the talk page.
 * This article is a totally unsourced collection of loosely associated trivia, rife with original research, and opinion. The solution to unsourced trivia being added to an article is to delete it, not sequester in these quarantine articles.  --Haemo 22:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I could probably come up with yet another snarky metaphor but for now I'll abstain and just put it in plain English - the appropriate action to take when an article becomes overburdened with trivial content is to delete it and not fork it off into its own article.  This is yet another "Guess where I saw some obscure reference to (insert subject)?" type article that is unencyclopedic, unsourced, and should never have been created in the first place.  Do not merge back into the parent article.  Ark yan  &#149; (talk) 22:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Another 'spot the one line passoff to something famous' article. Delete. -- saberwyn 00:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 15:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete An article on the cultural impact of Alien might be possible to write, but this is just a list of very minor things that are not even close to being of encyclopedic interest. Merging is not a good idea. Pax:Vobiscum 21:24, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Yet another glorified cruft/trivia section that thought it could be a page. Biggspowd 21:13, 21 May 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.