Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Für Elise 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. Sr13 07:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Für Elise in popular culture

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Delete - This is a directory of loosely associated topics. The listed items have nothing in common beyond using a segment of a particular piece of classical music. This list tells us nothing about Fur Elise (except that it's public domain and so free for movie producers to use), nothing about the fiction that uses Fur Elise, nothing about how they are related to each other and nothing about the real world. Strongly oppose merging any of this into any other article on the composer or the piece. See for precedent the deletions of similar articles for Adagio for Strings and 1812 Overture. Otto4711 12:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong delete per [citation needed] as a trivial list of... well... trivia. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 12:47, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Trivia collection, WP:5 - Every time _______ was used/mentioned in a tv show/movie Corpx 15:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete thank heavens for WP:NOT#IINFO, which catches this one Ohconfucius 14:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete all %SUBJECT% in popular culture lists, they are nothing but trivia and violate the five pillars of Wikipedia as well. Burntsauce 23:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This article leaves a place for the numerous popular culture references that might otherwise pollute the main article and that deserve mention. Perhaps the article needs to be revised to be less random, but its need is apparent. 205.237.164.127 19:52, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. At last, something that hasn't been copied and pasted. Well done, 205.237, well done. All the same, strongly oppose merging, it's, well... trivia...about every time ____ was used/mentioned, thank heavens, violatin' my pillars. Für Elise is one of the few pieces which merits its own popular culture article, and there aren't many. However, this article isn't it, and it would have to be heavily edited to be of any use. The author puts in too much, including the lyrics to the 1980s McDonald's commercial. However, EVERYONE who hears "Für Elise" recognizes it as something they've heard before, even if they don't know what its named. I agree with you that it's a good subject, and that it needs to be revised. A better written article would be a keeper, I think. Mandsford 15:54, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:TRIVIA. IPSOS (talk) 23:24, 29 July 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.