Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of things referred to in the works of Monty Python


 * 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 This article is no more. It's ceased to be. It has expired. The article has gone to meet its maker. This is a late article. It's a stiff, bereft of life, it rests in peace. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. It is an ex-article!.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

List of things referred to in the works of Monty Python

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Delete - indiscriminate list and directory of loosely associated topics. Being mentioned in an episode of Monty Python is not a proper basis for a list article. Otto4711 12:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Very very silly list. Very silly indeed! Springnuts 13:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Although "there is no third [delete vote]," this is as loosely-connected a list of items and concepts as I've yet seen. Totally indiscriminate, the list doesn't even make distinctions between casual mention and being the actual topic of a work. ◄   Zahakiel   ►  13:13, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Carina22 15:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The larch. Fails WP:FICT. The larch. --Dhartung | Talk 16:39, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Far too silly.  However, I'm sure that the creator of this list didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. Hopefully this article will be pining for the fjords soon enough. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * "I wish to make a complaint. This article is dead."  "It's not dead, it's just resting."  We have a category for such things at Category:Monty Python sketches, which serves better than this list.  Delete.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:40, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Although it really IS a List of Things. That would have made a great sketch, wouldn't it?  "Hello, I'm looking for a List of Things.  Might you know where it is?"  Just as the persons who did the "Knights who say Nee" imitation were having more fun than those of us who were listening, this isn't a tribute.  I shall slam my car door repeatedly at 5:00 tomorrow morning in protest.  Mandsford 22:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I intended the list to be a sort of glossary to Python's material, originally intended to list highbrow philosophers etc so fans could find out for the first time who these people actually were whose names they've been quoting in sketches for decades. But then I thought why not add 'lupin' and 'parrot' etc too?  It adds a whole new dimension to the humour.  And this sort of glossary or compendium was never possible before WP came along. "Well, may I ask you to reconsider? I mean, you wouldn't regret it. Think of the tourist trade....I'd just sit at the back and not get in anyone's way." Johnalexwood 01:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * "Response" If you'd started out as a glossary, that might work, but you've still got the problem of enjoying the material enough that you want to quote it in context.  As you can see, a lot of us are fans, but the writing would need to be fixed.  Maybe you should pull this out of circulation (there's a lot of blood gushing out of it already), save it to your hard drive, and come back again in a few months.  By that time, many of us who have posted today will be gone.  Mandsford 16:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete as being WP:OR and WP is not a directory of things referred to in a movie Corpx 02:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Shoe. Megaphone.  Grunties.  Wankel rotary engine.  Delete.  This is a far too silly (and a bit suspect) of a list.  Hopefully, nobody is embarrassed easily. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 21:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Response from article creator - have categorised the items. The categories will obviously evolve as more items come in, which I will manage. I think categories were the missing ingredient as it was a bit of a mess before.  They make it much easier to read and hopefully will encourage others to add more items. Johnalexwood 07:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a list of random stuff to throw together, WP:NOT. (It's only a flesh wound, I've had worse!) spazure (contribs) 08:28, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * How very dare you! This is not "random stuff" but a unique Python compendium or glossary within WP.  It is only possible now that WP is so comprehensive.  That's the thing that's so exciting about it!  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johnalexwood (talk • contribs).
 * Who can honestly say that at some stage in their life they haven't set fire to some great public building? seen an entry like Cardinal Richelieu or John Stuart Mill in an encyclopedia and smiled quietly to themselves? I know I have.  Well, that's what it's all about. Johnalexwood 12:35, 22 August 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.