Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charmed trivia (2nd nomination)

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. - Mailer Diablo 17:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Charmed trivia

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Wikipedia isn't a trivia guide. This guideline explains it much better: Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles. When a whole article is just trivia, that's an issue. While the information is "interesting" to fans, it certainly isn't very encyclopedic at all. The previous AFD debate can be found here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charmed trivia. It was a keep vote, with very little discussion overall. RobJ1981 23:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• Keep the page was made to keep this info off the main article because of its length. Some of it could use a bit of trimming, but most of it is sourced information. It also contains pop-culture references. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 23:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Comment. Pop culture references are yet another form of trivia. These "moved to relieve stress on main article" pages get just as cluttered as the main page (if not worse). This belongs on a Charmed Wiki (if one exists), or a TV wiki. Sourced or not: it's still trivia, which Wikipedia isn't for. RobJ1981 00:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - completely indiscriminate information of no encyclopedic value. The color of Piper's car and her license plate number and whatnot is pointless. The rare tidbit of information that has some worth, like how the same actor played two major demonic roles, belongs in the articles on the actor. This article is crap. The notion that these garbage dump articles have some value in keeping the garbage out of the main article is unconvincing. The correct course of action in dealing with bloated trivia crapfests is to resolve it as a content dispute on the main article, not fork it off into a steaming pile on its own thereby making it someone else's problem. Otto4711 01:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - merge what can be salvaged into the main article, season article, or individual episode articles, but delete the page. Like the nomination says, WP:TRIVIA says to avoid trivia sections and whole trivia articles are even worse. Many of these points can probably be saved into other articles main sections (like the Behind the Scenes section could become a part of a Production section, etc.) to give them some sort of context, but pages like this, with just random, non-relating points are against policy and should be deleted. Just my opinion. Phydend 01:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - horrible, horrible collection of trivia. Save what you can, and the rest can burn. --Haemo 01:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a trivia guide for fans. The "better here than there" argument doesn't hold water, because the information should not be on Wikipedia at all. If the main page is getting bombarded with this, then keep a closer eye on it. Jay32183 05:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge the most important information back into the Charmed article. Many tv shows, film, books, etc have a small triva section, I see no harm in it. Having a whole seperate article for triva should be avoided though. Think outside the box 12:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Actually, trivia sections are to be avoided as well. "Trivia sections should be avoided" is part of the automated peer review script. Jay32183 18:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - virtually all "trivia" is by its very nature unencyclopaedic. - fchd 11:34, 11 May 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.