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The result was no consensus. postdlf (talk) 13:32, 18 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Article exists solely to list DVD contents and fails WP:GNG, lacking significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
Seinfeld#DVD releases already exists. And "Easter Egg" section completely fails
WP:NOTGUIDE, as it instructs readers how to find content. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 21:07, 24 July 2014 (UTC)reply
KEEP - A few quick searches reveal that there are numerous DVD lists on Wikipedia (Deep Space Nine, etc). I guess the "List of Seinfeld DVD releases" page could be improved, but deletion would remove this useful information completely. The DVD part of the main Seinfeld article does not have any the details present in "List of Seinfeld DVD releases" page. Keep the "List of Seinfeld DVD releases"! -- A user of the List of Seinfeld DVD releases page
The same DVD contents can be found at Amazon or other retailers, but that information in a stand-alone article fails Wikipedia policy. A summary should be present at the main Seinfeld article. Also, see
WP:USEFUL. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 23:29, 30 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete. Reads like a marketing catalog; useful only for those who want to buy or those own the whole package and want to find an episode. All of these fall into unacceptable uses of Wikipedia written in
WP:NOTCATALOG.
Fleet Command (
talk) 07:43, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
It's not different. Those other pages will definitely be put up for discussion based on the outcome of this AFD case. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 17:47, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
So this one little discussion on the Seinfeld DVD page will set the precedent for deleting all the "List of XYZ DVDs" pages? You might want to get input from the users of those pages as well. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
108.48.197.55 (
talk) 20:32, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Precedent's not a good word, per
WP:ALLORNOTHING. And yes, getting input from other editors would definitely have to take place. But this article simply lists DVD contents, which by itself is not inherently notable. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 02:46, 8 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --
RoySmith(talk) 13:13, 10 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep - It's just too much information to merge into the main article, and too much of value will be lost by deletion. Perhaps this needs to result in a discussion of policy on these lists, but I'm definitely on the side of keeping this, time to think about
WP:NOTHING.
XeroxKleenex (
talk) 19:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Release information is an important part of an encyclopedia information on a media product (e.g. a film or TV show). If there is too much information for it to be conveniently included in the main article on the product then clearly a sub-article is warranted. The assertion above that
WP:GNG is not met is ridiculous as there are literally hundreds of articles available in reliable sources discussing releases of DVDs of this show (examples:
[1][2][3][4] etc). The article is currently lacking important information (i.e. the dates on which these various sets were released in different regions) which is usually present in other similar articles (e.g. the above-cited
List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases), but as
the article's potential eventual state is what is relevant here I do not see why we cannot simply wait for this information to be added later. If some of the content (e.g. the easter eggs section) is deemed inappropriate, that should be removed from the article, rather than having the entire article deleted.
JulesH (
talk) 20:35, 10 August 2014 (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.
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 no consensus. postdlf (talk) 13:32, 18 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Article exists solely to list DVD contents and fails WP:GNG, lacking significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
Seinfeld#DVD releases already exists. And "Easter Egg" section completely fails
WP:NOTGUIDE, as it instructs readers how to find content. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 21:07, 24 July 2014 (UTC)reply
KEEP - A few quick searches reveal that there are numerous DVD lists on Wikipedia (Deep Space Nine, etc). I guess the "List of Seinfeld DVD releases" page could be improved, but deletion would remove this useful information completely. The DVD part of the main Seinfeld article does not have any the details present in "List of Seinfeld DVD releases" page. Keep the "List of Seinfeld DVD releases"! -- A user of the List of Seinfeld DVD releases page
The same DVD contents can be found at Amazon or other retailers, but that information in a stand-alone article fails Wikipedia policy. A summary should be present at the main Seinfeld article. Also, see
WP:USEFUL. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 23:29, 30 July 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete. Reads like a marketing catalog; useful only for those who want to buy or those own the whole package and want to find an episode. All of these fall into unacceptable uses of Wikipedia written in
WP:NOTCATALOG.
Fleet Command (
talk) 07:43, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
It's not different. Those other pages will definitely be put up for discussion based on the outcome of this AFD case. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 17:47, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
So this one little discussion on the Seinfeld DVD page will set the precedent for deleting all the "List of XYZ DVDs" pages? You might want to get input from the users of those pages as well. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
108.48.197.55 (
talk) 20:32, 7 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Precedent's not a good word, per
WP:ALLORNOTHING. And yes, getting input from other editors would definitely have to take place. But this article simply lists DVD contents, which by itself is not inherently notable. --
Wikipedical (
talk) 02:46, 8 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --
RoySmith(talk) 13:13, 10 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep - It's just too much information to merge into the main article, and too much of value will be lost by deletion. Perhaps this needs to result in a discussion of policy on these lists, but I'm definitely on the side of keeping this, time to think about
WP:NOTHING.
XeroxKleenex (
talk) 19:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Release information is an important part of an encyclopedia information on a media product (e.g. a film or TV show). If there is too much information for it to be conveniently included in the main article on the product then clearly a sub-article is warranted. The assertion above that
WP:GNG is not met is ridiculous as there are literally hundreds of articles available in reliable sources discussing releases of DVDs of this show (examples:
[1][2][3][4] etc). The article is currently lacking important information (i.e. the dates on which these various sets were released in different regions) which is usually present in other similar articles (e.g. the above-cited
List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases), but as
the article's potential eventual state is what is relevant here I do not see why we cannot simply wait for this information to be added later. If some of the content (e.g. the easter eggs section) is deemed inappropriate, that should be removed from the article, rather than having the entire article deleted.
JulesH (
talk) 20:35, 10 August 2014 (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.