Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plotline of Death Note

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 wasDelete there was also substancial group opinion for a merge into Death Note, this article already has a plot section, character details, and section called Death Note all of which combine to provide more detail than that of this article. Gnan garra 11:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plotline of Death Note

Delete - The article is in violation of Wikipedia articles are not plot summaries. 十八 04:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. -WarthogDemon 04:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge trimmed content into the main Death Note article. This article goes into incredible detail. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 04:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge most of it to the episode list, which is currently about one sentence of summary per episode, the section on the pilot might be useful to the main article as well. --tjstrf talk 04:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I feel as if this is a violation of WP:NOT because WP:NOT states that Wikipedia articles are not plot summaries.--†Sir James Paul† 05:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per †Sir James Paul†'s comment above. Likewise, a simple summary, as provided on the Death Note article, is enough. Drumpler 06:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and Merge per tjstrf. JJL 15:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply You mean redirect and merge, I hope. Deleting and merging has GFDL compliance problems. --tjstrf talk 16:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't see a need for this particular term to be redirected; I'd suggest copying anything useful on this page to the Talk page of Death note, then deleting this page. JJL 16:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment You can't merge information then delete the page. An accurate page history needs to be kept for the GFDL stuff. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 17:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Redirect and Speedy Merge as per User:tjstrf. Greg Jones II 16:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge per WP:NOT#IINFO. Either one works for me, we don't need more bloated plot summaries. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 18:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Although I personally have no problems with it, I'm wondering if "episode guides" would fall within the bounds of WP:NOT#INFO? Drumpler 19:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, though TV schedules (timetables) do. In fact, lists of episodes are one of our more common types of featured list. --tjstrf talk 19:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Sorry to interject here, I just had to know. :) Drumpler 20:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:NOT#PAPER and WP:SS. Matthew 12:47, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SS is there so that reading artilces becomes easier and organization becomes better, but that in no way supports doing something like inane plot summaries.--十八 14:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. An ecyclopedia is not a story book. Wikipedia is not Death Note. The sourced analysis parts (themes/meanings) can be merged, but most is just re-telling of the plot. --maclean 19:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Would we be permitted to write a more detailed re-telling of the plot under GFDL than the company who holds the copyright is willing to tell in their plot summaries? --maclean 19:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in agreement with the first post on here and that is, Wikipedia articles are not plot summaries. I just think the simple description on the Death Note article itself is sufficient. Drumpler 19:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DeleteWhile a longish summary is needed, this one is far too long, and crap.

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.