Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/"In Popular Culture" (Wikipedia)

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 Snowball delete of this bad idea with wrong title anyway (what's with the quotes". Fails almost everything. Fram (talk) 22:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"In Popular Culture" (Wikipedia)

Del or merge to Wikipedia:"In popular culture" articles MacStrong (talk) 13:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm pretty sure the article was created just so the "In Popular Culture" article can have an "In Popular Culture" section. :) --Conti|✉ 13:22, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This can be moved to the same place as all those essays about what Wikipedia ought to be. I agree with Conti that it's sort of funny to see a section that amounts to "'In popular culture' in popular culture". I have it on good authority that there's going to be a film in 2010, that hasn't been released; well, it hasn't actually been filmed nor is there even a script yet; but in the film, Will Smith is going to ask "Why isn't there an "in popular culture in popular culture" article on Wikipedia?" Then there will be a page called "'In popular culture in popular culture' in popular culture". Mandsford (talk) 14:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This whole "In popular culture" page thing, again? Did somebody just find this xkcd comic and read the alttext and decided it was a good idea? it's been done already. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 15:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete dumb. JuJube (talk) 16:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as an obvious attempt to disrupt Wikipedia, per WP:POINT, and the general principle that we don't put information about writing for Wikipedia in the main namespace. AlexTiefling (talk) 17:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, i'm pretty sure this is a WP:POINT vio/an attempt to be vaguely funny. The sentence "There is some dispute over the notability of 'In popular culture' sections and articles, and the Wikipedia community has failed to reach a consensus" is referenced by the Wikipedia article Velociraptor (velociraptor attacks are a running gag in the xkcd comic) The talk page for the creator admits this is a joke, but we already have an essay already covering this subject. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 19:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete obviously not encyclopedic, being the subject of xkcd (the only external source cited) does not confer notability. Hut 8.5 19:31, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I wouldn't go so far as to suggest a WP:POINT issue, but I just don't see this being a viable and notable topic for an article on Wikipedia. 23skidoo (talk) 20:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.