Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as international phenomenon


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The result was   delete. Nakon 04:21, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as international phenomenon

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This seems to be an excessive split from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and largely states the obvious e.g. the Adams books were published and broadcast in a large number of countries (this could be summed up in a couple of sentences in the main article). Overall this seems to be a rambling, unsourced, over-detailed fan page, cited only to the books themselves. At best I'd say there should be a selective merger to the main article. Sionk (talk) 23:33, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and heavily rework focusing on cultural impact and legacy; trim out the publication cataloging. —  Noah  00:03, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Seems to be an overflowing dumpster of trivia. Certainly not an encyclopedic title as named. Carrite (talk) 12:27, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete : once you remove the excessive publications WP:IINFO, (nothing notable about books being translated or published in a country) you're primarily left with stage and TV adaptations, and undue, possibly OR comparisons of translation notes. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy already covers stage, radio, TV, and film adaptations, and any non-redundant, actually noteworthy content on "international phenomenon" should be concisely summarized in the section. --Animalparty-- (talk) 17:49, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Delete as per above regarding the adaptations. And the rest - lists of what books have been translated into what languages - simply doesn't deserve its own article. Nwlaw63 (talk) 18:53, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - The current article title kind of terrible, much of the text undue and poorly sourced, but there are enough extant sources to sustain a Cultural impact of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy article (which seems to be another way of framing this). I'd also probably suggest merging Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy into it. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 02:52, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michig (talk) 08:17, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Rhododendrites' idea is interesting, but I just don't think I could ever vote to keep an article with this title.  If we're not going to keep this title or content, why not just start over from scratch?  You could just rename the Phrases article into cultural impact, couldn't you?  Maybe I'm missing something. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:42, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I think you might be on to something there. —  Noah  05:08, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 07:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete There's obviously no need for a separate article on this topic. Any relevant information can go in the article about the book/radio series. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 01:49, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
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