Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lookwell

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 keep. postdlf (talk) 20:12, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lookwell

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Unaired pilot. I could only find sources mentioning it in passing — "Conan wrote Lookwell in 1991 and went on to write for The Simpsons blah blah blah", that lot. In other words, just passive mentions of it being an early work of his, nothing more. This was the only source I could find that gave more than a small amount of detail. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:06, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's referred to pretty frequently on Simpsons commentary tracks, and articles such as the one here suggest there is a cult, however small, that is interested in this hilarious piece of pop-culture ephemera. Jason Nebergall (talk) 02:00, 23 August 2013 (UTC)nui6882[reply]

I'm inclined to say keep for the reasons noted above. We do often have pages about TV pilots, whether they're picked up or not, assuming that the actors/crew involved are significantly notable; this one is widely available and evidently has a following exceeding the usual pilots the major studios pump out every year. Although this can't be used as a justification for keeping per se, the page view statistics indicate a fairly steady number of views, and for some reason over 1787 views on one day in May 2013. Bob talk 13:06, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notability is not inherited though (see WP:NOTINHERITED). Notable people can work on something that isn't notable in its own right. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 15:41, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Implying it makes any difference, I did a Google search for anything published before 2005, and found a 2004 interview between The A.V. Club and Robert Smigel, with a few paragraphs dedicated to the pilot (here). — Whisternefet ^(talk/_contribs) 16:40, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another good interview published in And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft (here). Interviews do seem to contain a lot of goodies about the pilot (that isn't just brief mentions), perhaps I can integrate them into the article at some point. — Whisternefet ^(talk/_contribs) 16:51, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Went and added those sources to the article (too much free time). Still pretty bare bones, but I think it's in better shape. — Whisternefet ^(talk/_contribs) 18:17, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, worked on it a great deal, calling it a day: do you think my added information did a good job of saving this? — Whisternefet ^(talk/_contribs) 03:38, 26 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, Theopolisme (talk) 00:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above discussion and additional sourcing and content added. Candleabracadabra (talk) 01:24, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per discussion, presence on Trio network, and quality of article. TheLateDentarthurdent (talk) 12:23, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Great work on the article, Whisternefet. Xrt6L (talk) 17:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Whisternefet ^(talk/_contribs) 23:56, 31 August 2013 (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.