Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lockdown drama


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:39, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Lockdown drama

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The definition fails verification and no such definition appears in any RS that mention lockdown dramas. It is not clear that any genre definition for this neologism is possible or that a consistent usage exists yet. A WP:BEFORE search shows only one characteristic in the usage: that a story is set in a domestic setting during the current pandemic. Trivially setting a story in a contemporary reality is not enough to posit a new genre. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep The 'genre' does appear to be gaining some traction;   althogh it is seemingly only being used to describe 1 show at the moment. Part of my reason for voting keep is that shows about lockdown will most likely be made after lockdown has ended. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 20:26, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete one experimental series does not a genre make. Does not meet WP:GNG; way more sources are needed before you can say its even a "thing" yet. Curdle (talk) 07:46, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - such a genre may develop but it's not time yet. See the essay Too soon. Doug Weller  talk 17:31, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   16:11, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - What Doug said, a neologism that isn't ripe for an article. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 16:15, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - Simply WP:TOOSOON. Needs to gain lots of traction, shows, and reliable coverage for a genre to qualify. (Also I want a lockdown drama involving a family of rocks.) ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki  (talk | contribs) 17:08, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television. Per above, it's not ready for its own article yet. The impact article is a good destination because, while so far it's mainly about productions being cancelled, it's where we should put content about how the pandemic has affected the type of TV being produced once someone gets around to writing it. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 20:14, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete It has two current existing examples...that isn't a genre. Also, it needs to be generally successful for a number of years and series/films/books to prove itself as a genre. So thus, calling my rationale as WP:TOOSOON, and if there's public resistance to these projects, then the genre will never exist. No redirect to the above, as again it has only two examples and can be thought of as an aberration.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 22:32, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails WP:GNG and WP:TOOSOON. Not enough literature to support the claims of its existence. Examples seem anecdotal. — BriefEdits (talk) 01:34, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


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