Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Space shuttle in popular culture


 * 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. the keep votes are not policy based and the delete arguments OR, RS, NOT#indiscriminate are all solid policy based reasons Spartaz Humbug! 04:11, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Space shuttle in popular culture

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 * Not one of these entries is sourced. It's become a huge list of trivia and fancruft with an apparent goal of listing EVERYTHING that can possibly deal with the space shuttle. It doesn't discuss the importance of the space shuttle; it's just an indiscriminate list. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 16:57, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. No question that this list is, like other such articles, a horrible mess. Better to delete the article and have a brief section in Space Shuttle that mentions a few examples of notable works that deal with the shuttle&mdash;not a shuttle-like vehicle, not a generic spaceplane&mdash;in a substantial fashion. With said caveats the number of applicable examples falls greatly. The only two films I can offhand think of that qualify here are Space Cowboys and SpaceCamp; Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Core, and 2001: A Space Odyssey would not. Two examples to follow, if I may say so myself, are Caltech and Area 51. YLee (talk) 17:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sort Of. Whoa. Something happened to this article. I say, rewrite, smaller size, every exampled sourced. No 'shuttle like vehicles'. For example Defiant (G.I. Joe) would be cool, the crashed craft from Alien 2 would not be. Lots42 (talk) 23:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:34, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - This topic is worthy of inclusion. This article is a complete fucking disaster, if you'll pardon my french... As it sits, this is an original essay. A focused article 1/3 this length with good sourcing is what is called for. I'm not wise enough to say whether this should be deleted without prejudice or whether someone should wade into it as it sits A/O with a meat cleaver. One of those things needs to happen. Carrite (talk) 00:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Awwww, what the hell. Upon further review, the sourcing is so bad that this thing needs to be blown up as an unsourced original essay. No prejudice against recreation of an article on this topic if done correctly... Carrite (talk) 00:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete – long awful pointless list. Wasted Time R (talk) 03:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - While I agree about what you all said there are other popular culture articles such as Eiffel Tower in popular culture (the list on that page is even longer) and New York City Subway in popular culture and they have very few references. After all, this list is of a notable icon of the world (like the previous 2 I mentioned). trainfan01 6:34, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Note to Nom/(N)ACerer - The talk page contains linking its previous nom. This discussion should probably be pagemoved/should note it's a 2nd nomination, and be relisted. 92.30.85.175 (talk) 01:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Fictional uses of the real Space Shuttle are of interest to many. Often one man's cruft is another man's important relevamt matter. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:53, 8 September 2010 (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.