Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naga in popular culture

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 03:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naga in popular culture

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More laundry-list trivia. Unacceptable per WP:FIVE. Eyrian 21:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as a pure laundry list of trivia, totally unreferenced, hard to verify, you name it. Nagas are pretty cool though. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 21:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge back to Nāga. And properly reference each statement to avoid wikilegal issues. Shrumster 22:07, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete with no merger - yet another directory of loosely related topics. Otto4711 22:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Otto4711 as obviously another useless and unsourced IPC article.--JForget 23:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Culturecruft. Will it never end??? Realkyhick 23:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The criterion I use for judging "X in popular culture" articles (and sections) is "Does this material contribute to an understanding of X, or of X's influence on later works or thought?" If not, it's nothing but a repository of loosely associated topics. This list, like so many others, is just a collection of mentions of a word or thing that contributes nothing to an understanding of the topic. "In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Shadow, the antagonist Glory summons a large snake-like creature with a humanoid face and arms. The term Naga is not mentioned" is a particularly egregious example of irrelevance, but the other entries aren't much better. Deor 00:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Deor seems to share my rationale, and assessment. --Haemo 01:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete A collection of un-assessed factoids is not a legitimate article. Abberley2 01:56, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, damn spot, delete! Oh, and possibly Categorize actual notable instances into Category:Japanese folklore in popular culture. CaveatLector^Talk 02:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No WP:RSes that Nagas' role(s) in popular culture is notable. Carlossuarez46 03:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I really dont think this popular culture list helps the mythical character. Trivia - WP:5 Corpx 05:01, 25 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 18:54, 26 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.