Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cultural references


 * 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 no consensus, but merging as always remains available as an editorial decision. Seraphimblade Talk to me 07:45, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

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Very trivial listcruft of many mentions and references. As I've stated in many AFDs of these pop culture/cultural references: condense the section in the main article. Don't just move it to a very cluttered and massive list of it's own. Hitchhiker's Guide is popular, but proving popularity by listcruft isn't the way to do to it in my view. RobJ1981 17:53, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Rename to "Cultural influence of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; rewrite article to make it less list-like. Incidentally, some of these lists are really interesting; they should be transwiki-ed somewhere so they're not lost forever. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 21:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep but rename, as suggested by Tlogmer. Usually, this type of article is nothing but a laundry list of every time someone has mentioned It's a Wonderful Life or said Rosebud, but this actually shows an influence on culture by a popular show, rather than pop culture references.  Mandsford 02:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * merge into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It makes no sense to have seperate articles, but the content can stay.-- Sef rin gle Talk 04:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletions.   — María ( críticame ) 19:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and do not merge as a violation of WP:NOT: indiscriminate information with no cultural importance established by any entry. Therefore, it does not help define the topic and lacks notability.  It's a bloated list of trivia with any mention of 42 or "thanks for the fish" as fair game -- any properly referenced item that is able to prove notability of the subject matter's place in popular culture can be integrated into the main article. María ( críticame ) 19:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I would characterize this as trivia, and a violation of WP:FIVE Corpx 23:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge per Mandsford and Talk . Best, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 00:11, 22 July 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.