Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vikings in popular culture

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 05:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vikings in popular culture

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Laundry-list of references without any kind of context or analysis. Eyrian 20:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• keep and cleanup. these lists are the raw material for good articles so to speak. Prune them, redirect them, but keep the stuff in edit history for future use. dab (𒁳) 20:06, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• I disagree. These lists tend to cause other editors to emulate them, while distracting those trying to create an articles based on sourced analysis (which would have little in common with this kind of list). --Eyrian 20:09, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as per WP:TRIVIA. No sources, OR, nothing but a list of disjointed references. Corvus cornix 21:14, 26 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 21:22, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
• Rape and pillage then delete what's left. ←Ben^B4 22:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
• Comment I think Eyrian's reply means delete, without prejudice to re-creation of a sourced article? DGG (talk) 23:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• I'm never prejudiced toward the creation of sourced articles. Let me state this clearly: I would love for all the articles on Wikipedia to have "cultural impact" sections. However, I think that such sections need to consist of independently sourced analysis, not random appearances in fiction. --Eyrian 00:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as trivia collection. If some cultural impact is to be demonstrated, this can be done in prose, with references and in the main article. Bullet lists of simple trivia, on the other hand, has no place here. Punkmorten 00:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per not a list of loosely associated articles. Just being about the Vykes is too loose, imo Corpx 02:14, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Corpx. Resolute 04:35, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete all such lists. Golfcam 23:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete this particular list. To an extent, there is something to be said about the loving depiction of these murderers, thieves and rapists as heroes in popular culture. I don't think anybody would have wanted to meet up with a real Viking. However, this list goes too many different ways-- literature, epic films, sports teams (the Oakland Raiders might be Vikings? Only to the extent that they both started in Minneapolis). An intelligent essay about the difference between fictional Vikings and the real thing would be a good article. Mandsford 00:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete WP:TRIVIA. IPSOS (talk) 23:17, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as trivial original research. And I would welcome someone with a good heart to go through Category:Representations of people in popular culture and nominate other such trivia lists. When these trivia lists are part of an article we do our best to get rid of them. They are even worse when set up as stand alone articles. 22:23, 30 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.