Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of references in Dead Like Me


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 13:06, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

List of references in Dead Like Me

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This article is the very definition of Indiscriminate Information. A list of "references" in a TV series... to just about anything! A reference to "spaghetti", a reference to "pyramid schemes", "origami", " a mole", "ballroom dancing", "Hill Street Blues" "kite flying", "Richard Nixon", etc. I could give additional reasons for deletion, but the list speaks for itself. Saikokira 00:10, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. Funny, though! Jobjörn  (Talk ° contribs) 00:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as complete WP:BOLLOCKS. Two in a row!  Eliminator JR   Talk  00:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete lol WP:BULLOCKS. Yes, it is. Alex43223T 01:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Umm, wow.  That is a lot of words to say nothing more than "stuff happened". Resolute 04:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I recall that this list started as a small section of the main show article and has obviously ballooned. It's not WP:BOLLOCKS as these are legit references conatined within the show. WP:BOLLOCKS is for utter nonsense articles. But there is no real reason for this to have a separate article. 23skidoo 05:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think it fits quite nicely into WP:BOLLOCKS. As that page says, nonsense articles are complete bollocks, not just ordinary bollocks :)  Eliminator JR   Talk  17:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Per above. Daniel5127 | Talk 06:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as indiscriminate information. --Metropolitan90 06:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - also trim, notable show, WP:NOT. Matthew 09:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge all the good content, and get rid of the rest. - Peregrine Fisher 09:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Whedonette (ping) 16:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete - good, insightful material that would be quite a valuable resource on, oh, I dunno, a fan page. On an encyclopedia, however, it's crufty - not just trivia, but utterly triv ial . Sample entries include: "George references Father Christmas, The Easter Bunny and The Great Pumpkin from Peanuts.", "Above George's clock in the scene just before the graveling turns her TV off is a poster of the virtual band Gorillaz", and of course, the utterly unforgettable "After Mason is duped into believing there is a giant dust cloud causing havoc in China, Rube muses that a trip to the Orient would have been nice. Betty says that she has been posted to Bali four times (three volcanos, one typhoon).". Wikipedia may not be paper, but it's also not an indiscriminate collection of trivia. --Action Jackson IV 16:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Highly indiscriminant. Wickethewok 21:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - Lists like this could go on forever, without actually saying anything interesting. -- Chairman S. Talk  Contribs  22:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment When I started compiling this list, it was fun finding the in-jokes and more obscure cultural references, but then it grew out of control. Oh well. I've saved a copy for my own personal amusement. --Christopherlin 00:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


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