Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tontines 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. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:18, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Tontines in popular culture

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Trivial listcruft at best. Articles like this are just dumping grounds, to help the main article be "clean" of trivia. If any are notable: put them in the main article and keep an eye on the article so it doesn't bloat. RobJ1981 (talk) 03:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or else merge back to main article. It does no harm. If people are interested in the topic they can check out the list, if not ignore it. Kitfoxxe (talk) 08:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete no objection to a few notable and well-sourced examples in the main tontine article, but this is pure trivia and unsourced trivia at that. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  14:08, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge back with Tontine. The list is not so long that splitting it out was necessary, however the fact that this is a fairly common plot element deserves a fair bit of coverage. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:04, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - It's a big block of trivia. I fail to see how adding trivia to the tontines article improves it.  And that's doubly true when it's unsourced trivia. -- Whpq (talk) 14:40, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- Per Andrew Lenahan, maybe the main Tontine article would benefit from a few properly sourced examples, chosen discriminately. But this list needs to go. It is an indiscriminate dumping ground of unsourced trivia- which is what "List of whatevers in popular culture" invariably are. Reyk  YO!  20:22, 16 October 2010 (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.