Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yōkai 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. - Mailer Diablo 11:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yōkai in popular culture[edit]

The trend with "in popular culture" topics, wittily captured by this former embedded list, is over the top and is now heading downhill.

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smilodon in popular culture, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Strangelove in popular culture as well as several others just today. Punkmorten 23:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with main yōkai article only if the video game, manga, and anime fans agree to keep information about their favorite pop culture subject to a minimum. For example, InuYasha does not need its own plot summary and explanation of use of yōkai throughout the series, as was put in during a recent edit. 24.14.198.8 00:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC) Chris G.[reply]

Merge some of the info as per the IP said, but otherwise delete most.JForget 00:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/Merge into the main article. Wikipedia is not the place to categorize mentions like this- Too Trivial Corpx 00:50, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - indiscriminate listing and directory of loosely associated topics. The items on the list have nothing in common beyond happening to mention these spirits. Otto4711 03:19, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per other "Merge" suggestions. Hirohisat ^{Freedom of Speech} 03:51, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Yokai may be notable, but every single tiny mention of them is not. --Charlene 04:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Punkmorten. Unencyclopedic and unnotable. Eusebeus 12:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete after reading the article. Some might be merged with a main article, but if this is kept, some type of context needs to be added. It's silly to put up a list, but then to add "For information on yōkai in traditional Japanese culture, please see the main article". Mandsford 16:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Just a list of loosely associated terms, fails WP:NOT#DIR. Jay32183 20:13, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom & ample precedent. Carlossuarez46 22:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete because Wikipedia is not a directory of loosely-associated topics. There is no notability asserted here based on significant coverage by independent, secondary sources -- all the article is is a synthesis of personal observations to establish this muddled, trivial topic. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 15:17, 2 July 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.