Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/References in On the Road


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The result was   delete. Note: Every one of the folks who participated mentioned there might be some limited content worth holding onto for upmerging, I'll be happy to provide a reference copy of the article to anyone who'd like to make editorial improvements to the parent article. j⚛e deckertalk 01:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

References in On the Road

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This is a list of miscellaneous items, such as cars and films, mentioned in On the Road. The only source being a 1997 Penguin reprint of the novel.Per WP:INDISCRIMINATE, "To provide encyclopedic value, data should be put in context with explanations referenced to independent sources." There are no explanations or independent sources, simply the miscellaneous lists with no commentary. Per WP:PRIMARY, we should "not base an entire article on primary sources" - this is a list of items selected from one primary source, with no clear rationale of why the items were selected. Per WP:TRIVIA we should "Avoid creating lists of miscellaneous information." The page appears to violate two policies and one guideline.

Potentially useful aspects of the page, such as tracing the journeys described in the book, can be created using reliable sources and included in the On the Road article.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  00:44, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:58, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete, not an encyclopedic article and not supported by reliable sources. Whatever is needed can be upmerged into the article on the book.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:00, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete, as above, this should not be its own article. However, the inclusionist in me would like to retain some of this information if it can be verified - would there be any objection to putting it in some nested collapsible tables or something in the main article?  AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 13:13, 7 July 2014 (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.