Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Handmaiden's Tale

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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. Secret account 00:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Handmaiden's Tale

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TV episode with no claim to notability. Does not deserve its own article per WP:EPISODE. Nehwyn (talk) 12:24, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


  • Delete - This is an episode of a tv show that has taken its name from the notable book [1] and movie[2] of "The Handmaid's Tale" --Pmedema 19:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
  • If deleted redirect to The Handmaid's Tale 132.205.99.122 21:11, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
  • The famous book is called "The Handmaid's Tale." This is called "The Handmaiden's Tale." There probably should be a disambig note for the confused...

That said, there's several other Gossip Girl episodes up for deletion, all listed seperately, and the same applies to all of them in my opinion... I'd prefer to keep, as I have a very hard time believing that these episodes are somehow less notable than most of the episodes of all these other shows -- notability seems to have been stretched a fair amount when it comes to tv shows. That said, rather than delete entirely, I would merge and redirect content back into the list of Gossip Girl episodes page, which already exists -- people are going to be looking for these pages as it's a current show. -- phoebe/(talk) 06:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

This is an individual nomination process, not a mass deletion. In keeping with the spirit of WP:EPISODE, each episode is assessed separately to try and see whether it has something that sticks out from the rest. Therefore, if you feel you have comments related to this particular episode and to why the above-mentioned guideline should not apply to it, feel free to post it here. Other than that, please keep in mind that inclusion is not a reason for notability (i.e. the argument "we kept those, we gotta keep this" is not acceptable in this kind of debate). Thanks! --Nehwyn (talk) 08:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • " I dont think this needs to be deleted as its as notable as the episode summarys of various other tv shows". Staryeyed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.104.207 (talk) 07:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC) — 122.162.104.207 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Hello there, and Welcome to Wikipedia. The fact that other episode summaries exist is not an acceptable argument here. As for your statement that the episode is notable, can you provide any reason why? --Nehwyn (talk) 09:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless real world coverage from reliable sources is provided. Currently the article is a plot summary with a line of credits. Nuttah (talk) 20:34, 9 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.