Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Land Shark (Saturday Night Live)

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The result was keep. Or merge. I suggest a merge discussion be opened. Mark Arsten (talk) 12:59, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Land Shark (Saturday Night Live)[edit]

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Not notable. Refs provided (and present in Google News) fail to meet WP:GNG. Already adequately summarized at Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1975–1976. -- Wikipedical (talk) 19:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect as lacking in-depth coverage in reliable independent sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:38, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 04:52, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This was one of the best known and most often referenced of the classic SNL skits. A few sources are already provided. As noted on the talk page, a very long list of "popular culture" references has been removed from the article, and under current editing practices those removals were almost entirely correct. But there are a few items on that list that might actually deserve inclusion (for example, the connections between the skit and (1) Jimmy Buffett's Land Shark Lager and (2) the Columbus Landsharks, which connections appear to be mentioned in a few (paywalled) news articles). So I think deletion is not appropriate here. A merge and redirect to Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1975–1976 is OK, allowing the incorporation of a limited amount of additional detail, and preserving the history for anyone who should ever feel inclined to find more rigorous sourcing.--Arxiloxos (talk) 19:41, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I trimmed the popular culture list of things that may be in doubt, and restored what was left to the article. [1] Ample news coverage of the time mentioned this. Lot of reliable sources mentioning the land shark also, lot to sort through, but it shows its cultural significance. [2] Dream Focus 16:25, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Dream Focus. Theoldsparkle (talk) 13:45, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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