Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonestown 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 Delete. Jersey Devil 20:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jonestown in popular culture[edit]

Delete as badly indiscriminate list of trivia, almost universally unverified. Mango juice^talk 20:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, an indiscriminate list of every single reference or parody relating even in the vaguest way to Jim Jones's cult. Krimpet 21:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as above Red Skunk ^talk 23:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete as indiscriminate list and directory seeking to capture every instance where the word "Jonestown" is mentioned with no regard to the importance of the reference, not to mention things that remind editors of Jonestown but lack relaible sources to back them up. Strongly oppose the notion of merging any of this content to any other article on Jonestown, People's Temple or Jim Jones. Otto4711 01:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete - "Trivia", "Popular Culture References", and "X in Popular Culture" section are the bane of most Wikipedia articles. Indiscriminate collections of unverifiable information do not below in articles, and they certainly don't belong on their own pages. --Haemo 02:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, Category:In popular culture seems to encourage articles like this. Krimpet 03:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It probably doesn't help, but I think Wikipedia:"In popular culture" articles better explains where these articles come from. Mango juice^talk 12:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question. I agree that passing reference in films, songs, or books be deleted. But, should something like the fact that two movies were made about the event also be ignored (see [1] and 2)? -- Black Falcon 20:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- There probably aren't that many adaptations of the entire story with articles; I would figure we could just list them at Jonestown. Mangojuice^talk 20:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I agree and do not oppose the deletion of this article. However, how can we add the two movies into the Jonestown article without opening the way for a new list of (mostly) trivia? Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metatron in popular culture for my related comment. I would appreciate your thoughts on the issue. -- Black Falcon 23:28, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - See, for instance, Matthew Sheppard. His story has been retold in a few works that have articles, and they appear in the "See also" section. I don't think that opens the door for unwanted trivia. Mango juice^talk 14:02, 7 March 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.