Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/On-screen clichés

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 of the debate was keep. Thryduulf 15:20, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On-screen clichés

Original research, and for what it's worth, Jimbo Wales called it "absolute crap." Brian G. Crawford 02:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Also see the previous related AfD here. --Alan Au 02:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Royboycrashfan 02:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, though calling it absolute crap is a bit harsh --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 02:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Kukini 02:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep While it is original research it isn't the bad kind. kotepho 03:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete As just another list. As for Jimbo's response, it may not be civil. However, Jimbo's not known for being polite on talk pages so that has no influence on my vote. Short of hitting the article on random, I'd say NN. Besides, isn't it an honor if he comments on any page of that you are involved in? ;) TKE 04:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment It isn't even a list? There are at least two books that cover the subject (ISBN 0836282892 and ISBN 1852274743) and I would not be suprised if a course discussing film would at least mention this. There are also multiple media references [1] [2] [3] I believe you would be hard pressed to call this not notable. kotepho 04:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Withdraw my vote based on the references above, and I am now neutral. It's a coin flip, I'm leaving it to experience. TKE 05:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep' This is both factual and notable. All it needs is sourcing. JoshuaZ 04:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep if it can be verified. JIP | Talk 07:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. needs sources and to be expanded. But it is a notable topic. And cliches really piss me off. --Midnighttonight 09:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to cliché, and put a few of the more notable examples in there, ensuring that they are suitly emphazid with references. Proto||type 14:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per JoshuaZ. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 14:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable technology. Needs some sources. --Terence Ong 14:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

  'Notable technology' ... huh? A concept is not a technology. Proto||type 14:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete This article isn't even a list of movie clichés. Even if it was, it would still be unencyclopædic. Better off on its own website.  (aeropagitica)  15:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge with List of film clichés by genre Stev0 18:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Terry Ong. Film technology, plot techniques- It's all good. I don't see any OR and this seems to be an important part of our coverage of film analysis and the lead-in to our cliché lists. Could certainly be expanded, for example to the porn genre. I hope Mr. Wales contributes...-- JJay 01:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Eusebeus 07:02, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Cliché -- Astrokey44|talk 12:06, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with cliché Nigelthefish 14:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with the header of List of film clichés by genre, it'll make a good intro. FreeMorpheme 16:06, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable concept. It does not matter what adjective Jimbo used to describe this article. {{sofixit}} Silensor 07:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge Moe ε 02:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, this has been much improved. Wiwaxia 00:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --MaNeMeBasat 08:01, 2 April 2006 (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.