Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of popular culture references to the Four Symbols

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. Peacent 02:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of popular culture references to the Four Symbols

Delete - another "spot the reference" directory of loosely associated items that have nothing in common past a possible reference to these Symbols. The possible representation of the Symbols in these items tells us nothgin about the Symbols, nothing about the items which include them, nothing about how they are related to each other and nothing about the real world. Oppose merging any of this trivia into any other article. Otto4711 12:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, loosely associated topics with no analytical depth. --Eyrian 13:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:ATRIV was made for a reason. Delete this along with all the other trivia articles in Category:In popular culture (as of typing, there are 120 other articles on Wikipedia like this). Spellcast 14:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete None of these random jottings are legitimate articles. Golfcam 16:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not another pop culture reference list! (Hey, that would make a good rock song title.) Realkyhick 17:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Trivia Collection - WP:5 Corpx 18:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete why can't we just list and delete these 'in popular culture' articles en masse if that's the zeitgeist at the mo?Merkinsmum 20:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't work. --Eyrian 20:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And it's also wrong. Canuckle 22:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and move to Talk:Four Symbols (Chinese constellation) due to concerns about lack of clarity. Looks like trivia but main article could stand some mention by an expert of these figures' modern representation.Canuckle 22:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - at this point, I should like a massive broken record, but all of these articles are cut from the same pointless cloth; they're a list of trivia all loosely connected to some central topic. In theory, an article could sometimes be written about the subject in popular culture; however, these articles don't even make an attempt. They're not even articles; they're poorly disguised lists, and they are lists of trivia. --Haemo 01:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete there are apparently no WP:RSes that this "pop culture" phenomenon is notable. Carlossuarez46 04:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete "This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers. Please improve the article or discuss this issue on the talk page. This article has been tagged since May 2007." "This article may need a complete rewrite. Please discuss this issue on the talk page". Doesn't look like anything's changed. It's too sophisticated for me, I guess. Mandsford 01:45, 27 July 2007 (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.