Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Long-running jokes in Green Wing

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The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Long-running jokes in Green Wing

TVcruft. Notability not established. This unsourced list of personal observations made by various editors is one big WP:OR violation. Most of them aren't even jokes anyway. wikipediatrix 23:14, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

• Wow, the dedication to producing a WP:POV piece of WP:OR is remarkable but, obviously, Delete Yomangani^talk 23:29, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete frighteningly obsessive fancruft --RMHED 01:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - There are several other TV shows which have a running gags section. There is even a category of running gags, to which the this article is a part of. For other examples of running gags in TV shows, see Recurring jokes in The Simpsons and Running gags in Seinfeld. ISD 08:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Both the examples you named are completely unsourced original research, and should be deleted as well. wikipediatrix 10:25, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

The Simpsons and Seinfeld are TV shows seen all over the world, and can at least claim some kind of global cultural impact, by comparison Green Wing is only mildly popular here in the UK, it hardly has massive viewing figures. --RMHED 11:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Apart from Guyball, these are just listed examples of basic character traits that aren't unique to Green Wing (the hair thing might be an inclination of the writers, although I don't think it's even that, and it certainly isn't prominent or coherent enough to be considered a running joke). The Simpsons and Seinfeld pages are actual lists of phrases and visual jokes that occurred frequently enough to become recurring - aside from Guyball and a couple of random details, all of these Green Wing examples are one-offs. --McGeddon 09:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I would perhaps suggest merging if I knew anything about this show. Themindset 00:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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