Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/There is no God (list of works with phrase)

There is no God (list of works with phrase)
was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE

I abstain from voting but list this article here because I'm not sure whether it should really be here. I don't have anything against this article myself, I was just wondering if we really need it. - Cymydog Naakka 11:47, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Not encyclopedic. Geogre 13:19, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * A list of occurrences of a particular phrase does not seem useful- a list of works with this as a major theme would be encyclopedic, but listing every time someone in literature has ever said this? Delete. -FZ 14:45, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Unsure. Perhaps Wikiquote would be a better place for this? No vote at this stage. Andrewa 15:42, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's not just that this is a very common phrase in fiction, and maintaining this list would be a monumental task.  It's also that the appearance of this phrase in a work of fiction provides no real or applicable information about that work of fiction, and therefore the usefulness of such a list as a reference source is extremely doubtful.  You might as well write List of works in which the word "flower" appears seven times or List of works featuring characters named Bob.  Wikiquote is welcome to it if they want it, but I didn't think this was the sort of quote they collected.   &mdash;Triskaideka 16:15, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yes, it would certainly be a new direction for Wikiquote. Andrewa 17:54, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Agreed: It would be good on Wikiquote. Geogre 18:49, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not encyclopedic.  Not well done.  NFUTMNB. GWO 16:19, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. It would be encyclopedic to discuss views of God in literature, but this is just an incomplete concordance. AlexG 19:41, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Transwiki. -Sean Curtin 20:02, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - This page is completely pointless! -- Crevaner 21:24, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-encyclopedic. Poor design; just the phrase will not capture what might be useful. Hence, the useful references are missing -- like the Time Magazine cover--all black--that proclaimed in red "God Is Dead!"  The non-usefulness of the design is illustrated by the worthlessness of what is listed on the page.  ---Rednblu 00:34, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The number of useless lists we have on Wikipedia is ample evidence for the truth of the phrase, but still no justification for another addition to the same. Not encyclopedic. Lists almost never are. --Improv 17:46, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - requires additional context to make a good article but I would find such a list interesting and can imagine such a thing in an encyclopedia. - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  19:03, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, it serves no purpose. -- Old Right 22:46, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Interesting indeed. bbx 23:05, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-encyclopedic. --G Rutter 20:02, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm a sucker for lists. -Litefantastic 12:29, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This seems like it would be of interest and useful in research. BTW, shouldn't the nominator be sure before listing on VfD?--[[User:Nricardo|Nelson Ricardo >>Talk<<]]
 * Move to wiki-quote or wiki-books where it would be more appropriate--Plato 09:21, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lists are fine--even trivial lists--but this is a little too arbitrary. -- WOT 18:06, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. We are not going to have an article for every common phrase or saying used in fiction. --Lowellian 19:36, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. If we have TINC, we can have TING. Gzornenplatz 19:49, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: There's an important difference between There is no Cabal and There is no God (list of works with phrase). One has actual background and explanation, and the other is a list of works with nothing significant in common and no background or explanation.  If somebody wants to write an article called There is no god on the meaning or usage of the phrase in religion, philosophy, popular culture, etc., I won't vote to delete it.
 * Delete. This list is useless, and has no place on an encyclopedia. Nadavspi 20:24, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless. I'm hoping though for Are you sure? (list of works with phrase), I think it could be really useful and interesting. --Fastfission 23:43, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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