Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tear jerker


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The result was   redirect to Melodrama. L Faraone  01:02, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Tear jerker

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Literally a list from TV Tropes that makes no sense out of context.  T K K  bark !  20:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Pretty clearly just a term from TV Tropes redefined here.  Even if it weren't a trope moved to Wikipedia, it would still just be a definition with examples, which is dangerously close to falling afoul of WP:NOT.  It's also close to meeting A10 speedy deletion qualifications because of its relation to tragedy, if it doesn't meet them.  Chri$topher  21:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - possibly WP:CSD as well, since it's copied from but not attributed to TV Tropes (I checked their copyright licensing stuff - it's CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, which isn't compatible per WP:COMPLIC). Otherwise, WP:NOTDICT. Ansh666 21:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Removed the copyvio stuff, leaving...nothing. Ansh666 01:44, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete The article makes no sense, and even contradicts itself. A real article on the topic would be called Sadness in drama or something like that.  Maybe we should just be happy content with Tragedy for now. BayShrimp (talk) 22:37, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Melodrama. The term is ubiquitous, mostly with respect to films. 24.151.116.25 (talk) 23:22, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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 * Agree with Redirect to Melodrama. They are the same thing. BayShrimp (talk) 23:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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