Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Truffle shuffle
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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 Merge Truffle shuffle to The Goonies and delete Sloth (The Goonies). @pple complain 15:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Truffle shuffle
Although I confess that articles like this are what initially what drew me to Wikipedia, I now have hard time justifying their existence. Read the article and have one last laugh before it's gone. Oh, I guess I should probably give a policy-based reason for deletion... let's start with Wikipedia is not an indsicriminate collection of information. The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 14:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I am also nominating the following article, because it has no significance outside the Goonies universe:
None of the other Goonies characters have articles, nor should they.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 15:49, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Keep - This article concerns perhaps the most memorable scene from The Goonies, a movie that is now considered an 80's classic. The abundance of cultural references to the "truffle shuffle" (366000 google hits) make it notable and worthwhile to maintain the article. Keeping this page certainly does not harm wikipedia. Amazinglarry 14:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- It's popular but it's not notable by WP standards. Do you have a reliable source that speaks to the popularity of the shuffle in question? If so, by all means, add it to the article, and you just might save it. Ghits alone are not a substitute for reliable sources.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 14:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- And many, many editors would disagree with your contention that "this page certainly does not harm wikipedia." It harms it by lowering the standards we've attempted to create for keeping nosense and pop culture/trivia fluff out of this project. I'm a big fan of the Dance of Joy, but creating an article about it would degrade the overall quality of the encylopedia.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 14:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Merge to The Goonies Mandsford 14:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Merge into The Goonies. I've seen the film several times, both when it was new and recently and I can't say that the dance is what I would call "memorable". Mildly amusing at best. ---- WebHamster 15:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Merge per WebHamster. See nom's comments above --Markdsgraham 20:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC).
- Comment There are plenty of Google News hits, and even a few Google Books hits. It seems that sources are out there to be had, if someone wants to do the work. faithless (speak) 22:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Merge to The Goonies. VanTucky Talk 22:07, 15 September 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.
