Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chico in Popular Culture

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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. Not merging because it seems these mentions were originally cast off for being too trivial. Cool Hand Luke 00:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chico in Popular Culture

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Well, I'm not even sure what this list is really about, which should spell out the problem enough. I think it's about the location. Seems like another WP:NOT#IINFO "in popular culture" list, that provides no substance. Bulldog123 08:36, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete As usual, unsourced, non-notable listcruft. -- Kicking222 11:53, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep: I guess we could take the view that "in popular culture" isn't substantial in itself. However that is obviously not the prevailing position at Wikipedia. I don't know if you have considered the word "indiscriminant," very carefully. Every single item on this start level page connects the city of Chico to an event of national notability. I would call that a significant loss of supporting material for the main article (and I think it is important to realize that it is a page that supports another page). Rather than proposing to delete things so that they get lost forever, perhaps you could back off a bit and take a more incrementalist approach? Also, when people say that they "don't know what it's about;" that isn't a very good position from which to propose a deletion. I'll never understand wholesale deletion of perfectly good information. Worried about disk space? I'm pretty sure it will be okay! Gregbard 11:58, 26 August 2007 (UTC) Gregbard is the creator of this list. Crazysuit 02:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I think "Every single item on this start level page connects the city of Chico to an event of national notability" is rather overstating the case. The very first item in the list is, after all, "Herb Caen called Chico the city where you get Velveeta in the gourmet cheese section." And I wouldn't call any of the entries under "Television" an event of national notability. The use of Chico as a location for films (as well as Mr. Caen's quip) can be covered in the city's article, but this article fails WP:NOT#DIR #1. Deor 13:23, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - directory of unassociated topics. Otto4711 13:31, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - per WP:NOT#INFO. A clear collection of trivias. --Hirohisat Kiwi 17:43, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into Chico, California Even less likely than Fresno as an item of pop culture, only civic pride can explain the existence of this article. Honestly, I never would have heard of it if it hadn't been for the one-liner by Bob Dole. To his credit, "E.D." is not referred to as "Chico" although both are associated with Dole and something falling. Mandsford 20:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong delete. Indiscriminate list of trivial references. Is there a worse IPC list on Wikipedia? Crazysuit 02:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per loosely associated items. We do not need a list of every time a town/city is mentioned in fiction Corpx 04:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  • The section about the movies filmed there can be merged back into Chico, California -- at least the more notable films that spent a significant amount of filming in Chico. (Just a background shot of the mountains doesn't count.) None of the rest of the article is all that significant, so delete the remainder. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 12:49, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Just a bunch of trivia mentions, the fact that a small town got mentioned a few times doesn't mean a whole page should be made. Dannycali 22:16, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete This one is indeed indiscriminate--a list of filming locations, 2 references to a college, a trivial political campaign event, 2 incidental uses of the town, and a reality show contestant who came from there. This is a muddle. If all the proposed deletions had been like this, there wouldn't be much argument. DGG (talk) 01:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge The main Chico, California article has a trivia section. Why not include the information in this article in that section? N Yo FACE 03:26, 30 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.