Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 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. Neil  ╦  12:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in popular culture
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Delete - another directory of loosely associated topics. Seeks to capture every reference to the film or a character or a line or something that may or may in the opinion of whoever spotted it resemble something related to the film. Tells us nothing about the film or the fiction from which the references are drawn. Otto4711 14:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, trivia collection. --Eyrian 14:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. I need not say more. -- Kicking222 17:05, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * YOU DELETE YOU KEEP NOTHING. GOOD DAY SIR! Will (talk) 17:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge any relevant content in a prose format with the main article and redirect. If this is not accomplished, then delete as listcruft. VanTucky  (talk) 20:28, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I enjoyed Sceptre's comment.  Yes, we all loved the movie.  This type of IPC is a collection of lame references to three classic versions of a modern day fairy tale.  Mandsford 00:32, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Carlossuarez46 18:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep (without prejudice to later renomination) per the comments of User:Melsaran and myself at Requests for comment/Eyrian. The nominator is, broadly speaking, right that wikipedia should be purged of inappropriate trivia: however he and the other delete voters in this and a string of related AfDs are immediatists. The right approach is to give the matter considered thought, to review these types of articles with TLC and to extract from them the items that do have merit, and with what's left to consider whether a transwiki is a better option than outright deletion from the world wide web. The greatest weakness of wikipedia is the lack of respect that some members of the community have for the hard work of others, and an inability to see - or even to seek - the diamonds in the rough. AndyJones 07:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Request to closing admin if this closes as a delete would you, instead, move it (protected if you feel it necessary) to a sub-page of User:AndyJones? AndyJones 07:50, 6 August 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.