Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur

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 redirect to Minder (TV series). for the time being, information can be merged if necessary but most of these articles fail badly individual notability and so as mentioned below the long-term solution should be a merge to List of Minder episodes or suchlike Black Kite 11:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur[edit]

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Not an article, merely a plot summary and cast list Orange Mike | Talk 01:52, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I find it difficult to understand the logic of the person who proposed the deletion of this summary of an episode of 'Minder'. It it one of a continuing series of the episodes, which will eventually be complete. I have done most of them over the past few months and propose to continue them. Maybe the poster doesn't like it, that's his choice, but if it's not OK then all the other episodes are also not OK.

I've done my best to write them authentically, with reference to the DVD's which I watch and the 'official' guide which I have bought.

I object in the strongest possible terms to the suggestion that it be deleted. There is no logical reason that I can see.

Of course it's not an 'article' - it's not meant to be. It is a concise summary of the action plus a short (not complete) cast listing.

Please explain why you object.

--Robert Fraser (talk) 09:32, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because by your own admission it's not an 'article'! If it's not an article, then it doesn't belong in this encyclopedia. If the other episode descriptions by your own admission are not articles, then obviously they are "also not OK" and should also be deleted! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:33, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 00:22, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this and all the other 'Minder' episode articles. I think these might fall under WP:PLOT. Can't this show just get a list of episodes page like so many other shows? ~ neko-chan :3 (talk) 01:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it could, but isn't deleting the information it should contain a step backwards? Someone another 19:25, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying delete the information. Just condense all these pages about separate episodes into a single 'List of.' Possibly with a layout similar to List of Stargate SG-1 episodes. ~ neko-chan :3 (talk) 01:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's cool, but the information can't be merged after deletion, they would all have to be redirected to the new list article with their article histories intact, IE they can't be deleted first, which is your !vote, if you see what I mean. Someone another 03:05, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep by default This is good content about one of the most iconic 80s British TV series, and shouldn't be deleted out of hand. It's coming from a book which has details of every episode (I checked Amazon and one of the customer reviews states that every episode is covered), therefore it's verifiable. These should all be consolidated into a Minder series 8 episode list, which would easily be doable with a little trimming. Someone another 19:20, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and set redirect (thus saving the history) to Minder (TV series)#episodes unless an individial episode notability can be shown. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, merging if necessary. Wikipedia is NOT epguides.com. --Sussexonian (talk) 23:33, 6 March 2010 (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.