Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troll in popular culture

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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. Sr13 06:48, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Troll in popular culture

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Delete - another "oh look, a troll!" directory of loosely associated items. These things have nothing in common past the presence of or mention of a troll. It tells us nothing about trolls or the fiction from which the references are drawn or their relation to each other or the real world. Oppose merging any of this laundry list of trivia to any other article. Otto4711 14:38, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete WP:ATRIV was made for a reason. Delete this along with all the other trivia articles in Category:In popular culture (as of typing, there are 120 other articles on Wikipedia like this). Spellcast 14:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: laundry list of analysis-free, trivial mentions. --Eyrian 15:07, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge and improve with references, pictures, etc. all of these "in popular culture articles" per User:Fresheneesz/Don't Destroy. I'm concerned that a campaign to destroy these lists by a handful of Wikipedians is going to alienate who knows how many editors who contributed to making these fine additions to our project. Best, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 15:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as a violation of WP:NOT#INFO. Unsourced, unencyclopedic listcruft. María (críticame) 15:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete None of these random jottings are legitimate articles. Golfcam 16:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I prefer "Wikipedia deletions in popular culture." Realkyhick 17:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Pure trivia - WP:5 Corpx 18:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per everyone. Get RID of them all. Bulldog123 19:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, and I've said it before, and so has Eyrian, and Fresheneesz and Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. I call deleting articles in this manner a near approach to vandalism. DGG (talk) 01:59, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete -- oh come now. Calling the deletion of articles like this "vandalism" shows a serious lack of good faith here. I mean, this is just a list of trivia related to trolls. It isn't even an article; it's a list -- and the only inclusions criterion is "vaguely related to trolls, or things that look like trolls, or things associated with trolls". I mean:
    • "Tony Joe White's album The Train I'm On includes the song "Even Trolls Love Rock and Roll", in which White's band meet a Troll by a bridge."
    • "Trolls are an intelligent race in the role playing game Earthdawn."
    • "Marvel Comics superhero Thor is often depicted fighting trolls similar to those found in Nordic legends and myth."
    • "The Norwegian singer and musician Mortiis dons a prosthetic troll mask when preforming on stage. Reminicient of the troll character, Blix in the movie Legend."
  • This is not an article; it's a list. And it's a list of trivia. --Haemo 02:04, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Being about a common subject, or having a common major these is not trivial. What something is about is the most important characteristic of a subject.DGG (talk) 00:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Being "about" a subject can most certainly be trivial, when you make the entire article a list, and the only inclusion criterion "vaguely related to trolls in some way". --Haemo 00:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete there are apparently no WP:RSes that this "pop culture" phenomenon is notable. Carlossuarez46 04:30, 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)
  • Merge Delete all? Get those eyes checkedked! Might as well merge this with the Wikipedia article about trolls which are, after all, imaginary items whose existence I tend not to lose sleep over. Mandsford 00:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, Otto hit the nail on the head. Punkmorten 10:24, 27 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.