Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional holidays

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 12:41, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of fictional holidays[edit]

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No evidence this random obscure topic is at all noteworthy. Also conflates the use of fake-in-universe “holidays” as gags with actual, significant fictional holidays and doesn’t even have citations for almost all its examples, at least one of which is wrong (“Decemberween” is a nonsensical version of Christmas, not a “Christmas Halloween hybrid”). Overall nothing salvageable from this WP:INDISCRIMINATE WP:FANCRUFT mess. Dronebogus (talk) 10:46, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 10:46, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:48, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 13:13, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Searches actually did bring up some sources talking about the subject of "fictional holidays", but these all came in the form of the typical low quality "Top Ten Best X!" lists that do little to actually discuss the topic in any meaningful way or demonstrate notability. Even if proper sources did exist that could allow the creation of a prose article on the topic of Fictional holidays, this almost entirely unsourced list of largely non-notable trivia would not be useful for the development of that. Rorshacma (talk) 15:28, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's missing Life Day! Mostly one-off mentions, not actually notable holidays that need to be grouped together. Reywas92^Talk 15:37, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep The article needs some work but its scope can just about be interpreted to encompass fictional holidays invented for brands, which are notable as a group on their own. [1][2][3] COI: I think this article is a work of art and I can't stand to see it deleted. small jars tc 00:33, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and strongly disagree with the suggestion of conflating this with advertising-driven holidays. If they are a notable group of their own, then that list should be created as a List of brand celebration days, or similar. As is, this list isn't notable or discriminate. Shooterwalker (talk) 02:02, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Sadie Hawkins Day is the only real article I see linked to. The rest are just linking to television episodes that mentioned an imaginary holiday one time for that episode, and other brief mentions of things about. Not enough legitimate links to justify a list article for this. Dream Focus 02:32, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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