Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pop culture by the decade


 * 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 delete. --Core desat 04:03, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Pop culture by the decade

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Original research-filled piece of overly broad scope. Arbitrary (didn't realise pop culture started in the '60s). Reads like an WP:ESSAY. Prod removed by creator.  tomasz.  19:19, 28 October 2007 (UTC) -Thanks for all the debate on this page, we'll definitely keep these things in mind on future attempts. We'd obviously like to keep it around, but understand if you decide to remove it. We have been using a few encyclopedias on Pop Culture for the topic (as cited.)I guess we just don't have it pointed out very well.Russe304 16:19, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete overly broad, covered better elsewhere, not an encyclopedia article. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  19:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's quite decent, but reads more as a personal essay than an encyclopedia article, and we have this covered elsewhere anyway in more objective, coherent ways, and seems to contain WP:OR. If the creator wants to move it to their userspace then that's fine (in fact I did that for the user in question as a favour).-h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 20:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and wikify. Inclusion criteria for article contents are always ambiguous; this is nothing unique. I don't see how this is OR, we just need to move citations to inline references. — xDanielx T/C 21:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is a very interesting piece, however the tonality and lack of attribution strongly indicate that original research is a problem here. Creator should be emailed the article should it be deleted. the_undertow talk  21:55, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The big problem with this article is that, as the nominator said, the scope is extraordinarily broad, attempting to cover a period of close to 40 year, and incorporating aspects of music, film, television, social trents, political sentiments, and much more. The article does indeed resembe the very early seedlings of an essay that has the potential to be expanded to the length of several books (and I'm sure even more). Indeed, it is very interesting, but the fact of the matter is that it is just not appropriate material for a Wikipedia article. Still, there may be a bit of information in the article that could be added to existing articles about popular culture and social trends, although the article as a whole warrants deletion. Calgary 23:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, there are plenty of books on, say, nanotechnology, as well. I don't think this attempt at a summarative article is entirely futile. — xDanielx T/C 02:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above; all original research, and throwaway topic that sometimes is used on a slow news day in newspapers. Try something easier like "History of the World" Mandsford 00:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It's nice you stayed civil. It's even nicer that you stayed civil in light of the useless comment above you. Happy editing. the_undertow talk  18:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and wikify. It doesn't seem that out of line with other things on Wikipedia (Decade nostalgia, for instance).  I think it would be unfair to delete the article before others were given a chance to improve it.  Just because it starts in the 60s does not mean that it could not be expanded into earlier decades.  Even if there is better coverage in other articles on specific themes does not mean that an overview article with appropriate links to content would not be useful.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nilast (talk • contribs) 20:57, 30 October 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.