Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional works in mass media


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 17:24, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

List of fictional works in mass media

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This is not a list of fictional works in mass media. It is a list of slogans in fictional works. Since that list would be so WP:INDISCRIMINATE, I don't know why it has been limited to a few particular ones, and even then has a section called "Miscellaneous" - if that's not WP:INDISCRIMINATE I don't know what is. Notable slogans can have their own articles but either this needs to be renamed or deleted. Si Trew (talk) 20:26, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Actually it's not even that. It's a rag-bag of a few quotes from books somebody read once, some things they found funny off of US television, and so on. It seems fairly obvious to me that if this is a "list of x (since it's certainly not a list of fictional works in mass media)" then x must be so broadly defined as to be not worth having. It's OK for lists to be incomplete but surely there is no point in having eight books, two films, twenty or so US TV programmes (which of course is not WP:WORLDWIDE but that could be fixed by expanding the list to every TV show someone once liked that was broadcast somewhere in the world)? Si Trew (talk) 20:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm not sure what this list is supposed to be, but it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia.  Hot Stop   06:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm also having trouble understanding the scope of this article.  Too indiscriminate by far. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete- Yeah, this doesn't really have any merit. It's a list with badly thought out scope and poor sourcing, and is generally a big pile of cruft. Reyk  YO!  07:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per rules. Wikipedia is not everything. --Iniciativass (talk) 07:48, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep as a list of lists but delete the Advertising section. It's sensible to have an article that lists all articles like List of fictional musical works, List of fictional plays, List of fictional books. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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