Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soviet war in Afghanistan 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 Keep. Eluchil404 02:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet war in Afghanistan in popular culture

This is a trivial unsourced list of mentions. In other words: a dumping ground for anything to be listed with no end in sight. This is yet another splitted off section that should've been made into a prose on the main article, instead of moved. RobJ1981 05:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The article starts off with a single, unsourced, POV statement and from there contains a list of trivia. The nominator hints at a merge into Soviet war in Afghanistan, but I don't think that this list (even after being converted to prose) has a place in the main article. Pablo Talk | Contributions 06:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, of course. Unless you delete all of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:In_popular_culture. --HanzoHattori 18:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Excellent use of WP:ALLORNOTHING. Crazysuit 04:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. List the few notable books and films in the main article, delete the rest. Crazysuit 04:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I do not know whether we should keep them all, but we should keep this one. I'd change the title to "books and movies about the soviet war in Afghanistan". The theme is notable, the items are relevant, of the first 6 in the second section, 5 are clearly important (as a sample). that they are based on the war is first of all evident mostly, and they can all be sourced from reviews. I'm not sure what citing the review actually adds, but it can be done. DGG (talk) 04:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree that this topic is notable and with the suggestion for a title change, although I might add that it should probably be "Soviet War." Enough significant works seem to cover this topic to justify its inclusion on our project in some capacity and with the ongoing war in Afghanistan it is a topic that readers will be interested in. Best, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 05:35, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I originally split the "pop culture" section from Soviet war in Afghanistan into a separate article, and my sole intent was to separate fact from fiction. But now, thanks to Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles, I see that this could be turned into a serious article. I also agree with DGG that some entries are notable, and worthy of serious study. Many of them, however, are nothing more than trivia and fancruft, and should be removed. Raoulduke47 11:12, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I think it's worthwhile to have a place to read about the cultural "glasses" worn by the west (in this case, popular culture via books and movies) in viewing the Soviet war in Afghanistan. milnews.ca 00:24, 29 October 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.