Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Captain Trips

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 No real consensus, Keep --  jj137 ^♠ 02:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Captain Trips

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This article asserts no notability through reliable sourcing, and as such is just plot repetition of the occurances of the virus in various Steven King novels. It is therefore duplicative and should be deleted. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 07:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep -- "Captain Trips" is a term that is in fairly common usage. I believe that Wikipedia should be a place where someone can come to find the meaning of such a term. There is (essentially) no limit on the size to which Wikipedia can grow; if we can afford to have articles about anime characters, we can afford to have an article about Captain Trips. -- Atlant (talk) 13:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete should be covered either in a King wiki or in article on the entire Dark Tower story arc. Ridernyc (talk) 13:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment -- It's a main plot feature in The Stand as well; this cross-series usage is one of the reasons it has a free-standing article. -- Atlant (talk) 17:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep - it's a plot device used in at least three of King's works and wouldn't be adequately covered in any one of the individual articles. There may be issues with some minor WP:OR, but that's fixable. Matt Deres (talk) 15:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment -- Nice to see the Pokémon test is still alive, now using anime instead. Might have to tweak that a little. Redirect to The Stand. Hiding T 15:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Aside from the redirect, I'm going to also suggest delete based on WP:PLOT. Either that or start sourcing the article to page numbers and the like. Yes, we can source that it exists. We can source plot detail. What else can we source? If there's nothing else, it has to go. Surely Stephen King has discussed this in interview and we can improve the article with stuff from that? If so, let's do it. Hiding T 10:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per verfiability and real world notability. It appears in a major novel and miniseries and can be verified through reliable sources. Best, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 17:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep This subject is referenced in enough different works that it is notable, and wouldn't fit neatly into an existing article because of the need to be mentioned in the others. It is a major plot element in several important novels and short stories, in a well-known miniseries, and has been referenced in pop culture (example: the Anthrax song "Among the Living")Ghost of starman (talk) 02:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
  • comment: also, it's reasonable to assume that somebody might search for the meaning of the phrase "captain Trips", and Wikipedia should provide that information to them. Wikipedia is not paper, and this article is obviously useful and informative about the subject. Ghost of starman (talk) 02:19, 5 January 2008 (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.