Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Scarlet Letter 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. Overall consensus is for deletion. North America1000 16:16, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

The Scarlet Letter in popular culture

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This is a mostly unreferenced list of all media mentioning The Scarlet Letter, violating WP:NLIST, WP:GNG, WP:IPC, WP:INDISCRIMINATE, WP:NOTTVTROPES and WP:OR, as well as likely some other policies or best practices. Note that this was split off from the main article, where there is an unreferenced tiny section The_Scarlet_Letter. Undeniably, the topic (adatpation and influences of TSL) is an important one, but this is not how to go about writing what should be a reliably referenced prose section, no a kitchen-and-sink OR collection of trivia. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Literature, Popular culture,  and Lists. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  11:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete yet another indiscriminate fancruft list, WP:TNT applies. Maybe merge notable adaptations back to the main article. Dronebogus (talk) 13:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Don't see the need for an unsourced independent article from The Scarlet Letter. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Honestly, this article is an indiscriminate collection of mostly uncited nonsense. &#8213; Susmuffin Talk 18:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete/Very Light Merge - I do think the actual notable adaptations (i.e., the blue linked films/plays) should be mentioned on the main article of the book. However, as they are also listed at Scarlet Letter (disambiguation), if the consensus is to delete, this could still pretty easily be done, even if this list is not preserved. Of course, without question, all of the copious amounts of trivial "it was mentioned in this thing" examples should not be merged in any way. Rorshacma (talk) 01:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge The_Scarlet_Letter_in_popular_culture to The_Scarlet_Letter.  D r e a m Focus  01:06, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:OR. Could be a reliable sourced section at the main article if someone finds those sources. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:39, 23 December 2022 (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.