Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White to Play

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. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

White to Play[edit]

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I'd like to refer to the deletion debate on "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (FlashForward)". The issue here is not really notability; if enough information on production, reception etc. is added, I'd be fine with separate episode articles (see "No More Good Days" for an example.) The problem is that Wikipedia policy explicitly forbids plot-only description of fictional works. Not only this, but overly detailed plot summaries, such as these, may actually be in violation of U.S. copyright law (see this summary of the Twin Peaks Productions vs. Publications International case.) There is really nothing else of any value in any of these articles; whatever information has been added is poorly sourced and could easily be given on the series main page or the episode list. Lampman (talk) 17:05, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages:

Delete: I agree, these plot summaries are much too long and could be a problem. Cutting them down would leave nothing of value. There are already sufficient (brief) plot summaries on the List of FlashForward episodes page. Richard75 (talk) 22:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Good precedent for future episode articles. Shii (tock) 19:27, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Far too much plot detail, potentially a copyright violation; and the only source in the entire article is an IMDB cast listing. Reach Out to the Truth 00:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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