Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Isis in modern 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. —Kurykh 18:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Isis in modern culture

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Trivia collection, adding nothing to an understanding of modern perceptions. Unacceptable per WP:FIVE. --Eyrian 17:52, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

  • keep - Seems like it could have additional explaination of uses that isis has in modern culture. Needs work, not deletion. --Rocksanddirt 18:06, 26 July 2007 (UTC). Also it seems to be a piece taken from the general isis article likely to make that one more consice. While it has been around since Nov of 2006, there have only been a few (less than 50) edits to it. --Rocksanddirt 18:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong delete just like all other IPC lists. Too hard to maintain, too frivolous (so Dylan cut a song called Isis... big whoop). Needs to be killed like all other "popular culture" lists. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 18:09, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep need fuller discussion,but that is just an editing problem.DGG (talk) 18:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - this article is a mish-mash of actual decent information that belongs in a variety of other articles but not bunged together in a separate article. The section on modern-day Isis worshippers should be sourced and in Isis, the stuff on the TV show and its comic book adaptation should be in The Secret of Isis, the DC Comics stuff should be in Isis (DC Comics) and so on. In the case of the fictional characters, it looks like most of it already is. And of course, the trivial "ooh, he said 'Isis!'" garbage like Isis was the name of Bud Bundy's blow-up doll on the sit-com "Married... with Children." and Lost Our Lisa, an episode of the television series The Simpsons, was based on the viewing of the "Orb of Isis" by Lisa. should be removed entirely. Otto4711 18:47, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, violates WP:TRIVIA, OR, no references. In particular, I would question the claim that Isis worship is spreading amongst pagans. Corvus cornix 21:25, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Scrap and rewrite. Isis is actually quite an influential aspect of mythology and I am once again certain that there is scholarship out there that discusses it, and that a really well written article (and NOT a list of indiscriminate references) can be written. In any case, the most relevant of these references can be put into a category Category:Egyptian mythology in popular culture or Category:Egyptian mythology in art and literature. CaveatLectorTalk 22:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Could have been prod'ed. Slower but less acrimonious. Doesn't even link to Isis (disambiguation) which is actually a better resource than this article. Canuckle 23:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm pretty sure both prod and AfD take 5 days. --Eyrian 23:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Prod is more contentious, since anybody can remove the prod tag for any, all or no reasons whatsoever, and then you just have to come to AfD anyway. Corvus cornix 01:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - not just an editing problem, these articles do in general form a broader problem. They are trivia collections. If some cultural impact is to be demonstrated, this can be done in prose, with references and in the main article. Bullet lists of simple trivia, on the other hand, has no place here. Punkmorten 00:31, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
If you thing paragraphs are better, just go right ahead and change it into paragraphs so we can judge. Nothing wrong with improving an article during Afd. DGG (talk) 03:36, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Trivia collection, WP:5 Corpx 02:01, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Trivia, collection of loosely associated topics. Resolute 04:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - subject adequately covered by Isis and Isis (disambiguation). Addhoc 15:54, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Nobody cares if Al Bundy's cat is named Isis, and shows about Isis (like the Saturday morning CBS show of the 1970s) have their own article. Mandsford 02:10, 29 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 17:05, 1 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.