Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Running gags in Seinfeld

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 of the debate was no consensus. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Running gags in Seinfeld

Content of this page is (or can be) sufficiently covered in the articles Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld (character), Elaine Benes, George Costanza, Cosmo Kramer, or the articles for individual episodes, or it's simply not worth including. There's also a fair amount of unsourced editorial opinion, for example:

• "George will go to any length to prove a point, no matter how minor."
• "George is obsessive about minor details..."
• "Elaine, though considered more intelligent than the other three characters..."
• "Cosmo Kramer is the most mysterious of the four..."

There are lots of "always," "usually," and "(character) thinks that," none of which are verifiable.

Finally, the nature of the article title is problematically vague; what constitutes a "gag" and not simply character development, what constitutes a "running" gag (several of the listed items, such as Elaine's bad dancing, occur only once), etc. Dylan 02:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep This obviously needs a clean-up, but I think it's worth keeping. Danny Lilithborne 04:59, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge A disciplined cull and merge into individual characters and/or Seinfeld would be ideal. Subjective and crufty as an article subject. Rockpocket ^-talk- 07:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge as per above. Do we really need articles this crufty? Ydam 11:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. I liked Seinfeld, but this is crufty. Paddles 14:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge Many of these are character traits rather than running gags. Take what's good and merge into the individual characters' pages. SubSeven 18:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

It's crufty.

• Delete and do not merge Fancruft Bwithh 16:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - per above. Crufty and beyond repair/redemption. B.Wind 01:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vauge and unenclyclopedic. HighInBC 16:34, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge While this page in and of itself is inadequate, the intent to classify all of Seinfeld's running gags and quirks is an admirable one. This should absorb the "Culture of the Seinfeld Universe" articles as an index to the individual pages, and it needs a full re-write. Sgm 12:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Armon 15:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Good use of list form to examine comic motifs in this pathbreaking show. Requires more time to gestate. --JJay 16:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep What if the article were edited and modified so it was more like the Running gags in Friends page? It definitely can't stay in its current state, but could be a really good page if some Seinfeld nuts went to work on it. Dalton Imperial 19:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I made some changes to the entries under Elaine and George. Are these better or is the consensus still that it should be deleted? Dalton Imperial 20:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge. Zaxem 12:04, 5 June 2006 (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.