Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cultural references to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


 * 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; no merge. (ESkog)(Talk) 17:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

List of cultural references to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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I suppose the deletion of this "...in popular culture" article will raise a few eyebrows as this is among the most popular films of its time. However, let's look at this article and ponder: does it actually have any value? Is it anything else than an incomplete, unreferenced list of trivial information which in no way participates in an encyclopedic understanding of its subject. Pascal.Tesson 03:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom and as an indiscriminate list and directory seeking to capture any reference to the film or the creature or a line from the film or a scene that reminds an editor of the film. Otto4711 03:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This entire article could be summed up with a line or two, a paragraph at the outside ("The character of E.T., along with some of the characters' lines from the movie, make numerous minor appearances in fictional works"), and a incredibly limited selection of "references" that are more important than ~10 second appearances or use of 4-or-less word lines from the movie (the use of ET as part of a road safety campaign may be one of these that make the cut) could possible be merged back into the movie. In my personal opinion, the fact that things from the movie appear elsewhere is not necessary for an in-depth "spot the cliché" competition to be held here... anything more than acknowledging that such appearances exist would be sufficient (although I am open to the idea of expansion if some externaly verified, published, scholarly material on the subject can be found). -- saberwyn 06:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge. The road safety campaign alone is worth merging material into the main article. - Mgm|(talk) 12:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge notable stuff like the road safety campaign back into the main article, but the bulk of this indiscriminate list should be trashed altogether. Krimpet (talk/review) 13:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment As is always the case with such things, the problem with the merge is that significant contributors of the main article will most certainly be very unhappy about anyone dumping this back into an otherwise quality article. Pascal.Tesson 14:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. I am uncertain of how the buckle-up campaign is especially notable or inclusionworthy - it's a bit of humorous trivia, but bits of humorous trivia are generally what spawn these X in pop culture articles.  Anyway, as usually goes my opinion on these articles, they are little more than a trivia section under the guise of an article and should be deleted.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 15:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm all for axing trivial cultural references articles, and I created this article. WikiNew 19:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete but merge the significant ones such as the BT advertising campaign and Saturday Night Live into the main article as these feature E.T. "himself". Croxley 21:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete everything that isn't referenced - so the whole thing - and merge the rest. --Haemo 00:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't delete material, merge it. Jakerforever 01:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) 12:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Whatever but do not merge anything back. These articles are not created to generate more drama on AfD but to decrease the burden put on the backs of serious maintainers of the main articles. If the references get back into the main text dedication of these people will drop very soon. Pavel Vozenilek 09:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete fails my three strike rule: starts with "list", is an X in pop culture article, and is unreferenced. Jerry 22:08, 1 April 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.