Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chasing the dragon 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. The "merge" proponents have not responded to the concerns that there is nothing useful to merge. Sandstein 06:27, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chasing the dragon in popular culture

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Pop culture trivia, with the majority of the article being song lyrics that reference it. The article doesn't explain how 'chasing the dragon' has a cultural impact, and is instead a list of largely uncited trivia, consisting mostly of passing mentions. Fails notability guidelines. Waxworker (talk) 10:15, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Waxworker (talk) 10:15, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Waxworker (talk) 10:15, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTDIR, Wikipedia isn't TVTropes. The topic itself is already discussed at Chasing the dragon and there's no reason to create a fork that's just an overgrown and almost entirely unsourced trivia section. —Nizolan ^{(talk · c.)} 13:05, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:13, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Chasing the dragon. WP:Preserve and WP:Before. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:46, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@7&6=thirteen: Could you expand on which part(s) of this you think could be merged? I'm struggling to see what a directory of lines of dialogue and lyrics from songs mentioning the phrase would contribute to the article. —Nizolan ^{(talk · c.)} 17:13, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:53, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Could be paragraphs instead of a list. Hyperbolick (talk) 07:10, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It is so ubiquitous that it is a meme. WP:Not paper 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:04, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - While I certainly think the main Chasing the dragon article could stand to be expanded with sourced information discussing its presence in popular culture, I agree with Nizolan in the fact there doesn't appear to actually be any content here that would be appropriate to merge there. The only bit of information here that is actually based on a reliable, secondary source is in the intro paragraph explaining the concept of "chasing the dragon" itself, and that information is already included in the main article on the topic. Rorshacma (talk) 17:53, 3 June 2021 (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.