Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scream (trilogy)

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. My reading of the debate is that there is a good case for an overview trilogy article that covers all three films, but the previous text on this page did not fulfil that adequately, so the article should be deleted as it stood. As it happens, it was turned into a disambig page during the debate, and there is a need for a disambig page. However, this is not really suitable as no one is likely to search for "Scream (trilogy)". I have therefore added Scream 2 and Scream 3 to the existing Scream disambig page to meet the need more usefully. If I have misread this and there is a need for a "Scream (trilogy)" disambig, then I will undelete it. As it stands, it can be recreated with good content, if anyone wishes, for an overview article. Tyrenius 00:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scream (trilogy)

Redundant of Scream (film), Scream 2 and Scream 3, all of which are more developed than this article. I didn't notice anything new worth merging. ccwaters 12:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as duplicate of existing material. Yomangani^talk 14:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as duplicate... could also be disambiguated to the movies if anyone cares to do so.--Isotope23 14:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, I'm fine with the dab page that currently appears.--Isotope23 15:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Change - we could change the article into a disambigua page about the films. If not, then delete.--andrew 15:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• There is a reason to have articles like this, see WP:LIST and WP:SUMMARY, but .. it needs work, that's for sure. WilyD 15:26, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per reworking. A stub that could use expansion, but quality is fine. WilyD 19:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - I don't think converting it into a disambiguation page is a particular good idea - hardly likely that anybody will search for Scream (trilogy) when looking for one of the films. The second and third films could be listed on the Scream page if it is necessary to disambiguate them. Yomangani^talk 15:46, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Disambiguated. thanks/MatthewFenton (talk • contribs) 16:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I don't think removing all the content and turning the page into a disambig-only page was a good idea. Whatever unites the movies as a trilogy should be the topic of the article as was done for other films. See The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_trilogy and Star Wars. Flying Jazz 00:01, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
  • If you're interested in adding good content, go ahead. WilyD 14:19, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Heh. No thanks. I've never seen one Scream movie and never intent to. Flying Jazz 14:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
      • Well, alright - but they're surprisingly good. WilyD 15:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep disambiguation page but as Flying Jazz notes, there are already articles on overall film trilogies (as well as many literary trilogies) so if someone writes an article is isn't just a rehash of the existing articles, then it should replace the disambiguation. 23skidoo 01:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge all four into Scream (trilogy) with redirects from their original entries as well as a disambiguation page. Mugaliens 15:05, 3 September 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.