Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slapsgiving

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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. Arguments concerning this article not meeting WP:EPISODE guidelines were persuasive. Lack of substantial WP:RS and WP:V were also factors. Pigman☿ 05:51, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slapsgiving

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TV series episode with no claim to notability given. Does not deserve its own article, per WP:EPISODE. Nehwyn (talk) 21:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Neutral HIMYM has an entire category of episodes so those should be looked at in addition. Nate · (chatter) 02:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Uhmm... If these AfD pass, I see a mass deletion coming per WP:SNOW. --Nehwyn (talk) 07:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Non-notable episode. We cannot have articles for all TV episodes. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 12:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom, fails the everything test. RFerreira 07:33, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep All the other How I Met Your Mother episodes have well written episode pages and to delete some in between would break continuity. However, this article can be improved upon. Vellayappan 13:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello there. Unfortunately, inclusion is not a reason for notability (in simpler words, the argument "if we keep that, then we must keep this" is not acceptable in this sort of debate). Each article is assessed on its own merits. If you believe that the WP:EPISODE guideline should not apply in this particular case, can you provide any reason why? --Nehwyn 14:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
If this your argument, why are all of the stub articles for episodes of other shows, see some Babylon 5 Season 5 episodes, not also up for deletion? If you want to make this argument, I would expect every superfluous article to also face the same consequence. If you want to follow the rules you choose to acknowledge as legitimate, they apply to all situations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.223.19.3 (talk) 18:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Again, the argument "if we keep that, then we must keep this" is not acceptable in this context. If you think other articles should be proposed for deletion, feel free to do so, but in this debate please stick to commenting the article in question. --Nehwyn 18:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or Merge into one large season article. Would having one article for each season be acceptable? Sailor Psychic 18:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
As per WP:EPISODE, you first create an article for the List of Episodes; then if you have too much content, you split it into season articles. Having said that, your opinion is contradictory: would you rather keep the single-episode article, or approve the merge and redirect intention of this nomination? --Nehwyn 18:49, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Sailor Psychic, you present two contradicting opinions here: are you for keep or for merge? They're mutually exclusive. --Nehwyn 18:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
If you were intending to propose a merge and redirect for this article, then why did you bring it to articles for deletion? Please see WP:MERGE for how to propose merges and redirects. DHowell 21:42, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep - IMO article is obviously notable.--Peter Andersen (talk) 11:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello there. Please keep in mind this is a debate, not a vote. If you have an opinion to voice, you need to justify it. Can you elaborate on why you think it is obvious that WP:EPISODE should not apply to this article? --Nehwyn (talk) 12:17, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Well hello there... Article has several sources - even footnotes.--Peter Andersen (talk) 12:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually, it has links to episode recaps and reviews on review sites. What claim to notability would this episode have? Won any awards, raised attention over a contentious issue? Just having a plot is not enough to claim notability. --Nehwyn (talk) 12:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. From WP:NOTE: "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." This topic has received significant coverage in a reliable source that is independent of the subject. And is therefore notable. --Peter Andersen (talk) 13:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
An episode recap can be used as a reliable source that the episode has a plot, yes. But other than that, what claim to notability would this external sources corroborate? And please mind - multiple external sources are required. --Nehwyn (talk) 13:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Delete fails WP:FICT and WP:EPISODE. Maybe merge a severely cut down summary to the list of episodes. Collectonian (talk) 01:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Keep because there are many seperate episode articles for How I Met Your Mother and I don't think getting rid of this would be a good idea.--Stco23 (talk) 02:03, 8 December 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.