Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mediocre American Man Trilogy (second nomination)


 * 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   Redirect to Will Ferrell. It's hard to take the contents of this article very seriously, but the material will still be available in the history. By editor consensus it might be merged into Will Ferrell or somewhere else appropriate. 22:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Mediocre American Man Trilogy
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Where to begin? First of all, there is no third film; Semi-Pro was not it, and no one knows if a third one is coming. That leaves this article basically a combination of brief recaps of the two films with a completely originally researched synthesis describing similarities between the two films (most of which are beyond trivial and probably even coincidental). My guess is that this was a throwaway reference made by Ferrell one day and not an indication of a broad plan for a Named Trilogy. Powers T 19:27, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep It exists, see this and this; there are other g-hits that could also help. It might also deserve of merging, if there's an article detailing the group of Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and others, that have done a whole bunch of movies together, but I don't know if their group has a name and/or article. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 21:38, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think Frat Pack would qualify as such an article. Powers T 22:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I still don't see why this has sufficient importance to jsutify more than about a sentence or two in Will Ferrell. Merge remains my vote. --Dhartung | Talk 22:42, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Will Ferrell. I was leaning keep, but there's not enough material in the article worthy of standing on its own. With the sources McCracken just provided, it'll make a really nice section on Ferrell's page - and should the presumed trilogy ever gain specific acclaim or notoriety (like a special box set with extra features or something), then we can consider splitting it out. Duncan1800 (talk) 00:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Will Ferrell. This "trilogy" is an aspect of Ferrell's career rather than a series unto itself; the films don't share characters from one part of the trilogy to the next. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can find nothing to support the claim that these films form any sort of official trilogy. It's like trying to create a trilogy out of selected Jerry Lewis films in which he plays a goofball. The term is being used, according to Ferrell, but I'm not seeing it as something that is being treated as anything official. If it's not official, then it falls into neologism territory. 23skidoo (talk) 17:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. It's brief plot summaries which exist elsewhere and a bunch of OR/trivia. I also don't see this being some sort of official trilogy so the concept itself of the article may be invalid. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 18:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Will Ferrell or Frat Pack, the term does seem to be sparingly used but I don't see the kind of coverage by reliable sources that would be needed to write a neutral, verifiable article. No predujice to recreation if at some point (say if a third film comes out) the term is more widely discussed. Guest9999 (talk) 12:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Will Ferrell. The trilogy does exist, but at this point of time there is not enoguh to warrant it's own page. Maybe when the third film is announced it can come back to its own article. It's rather pointless to talk about a trilogy without three films -- Plasma Twa  2  02:03, 30 May 2008 (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.