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This page in a nutshell: When a subject is mentioned in a Family Guy episode, this need not be added to the article for that subject. Unless that article is otherwise relevant to Family Guy, such mentions should be removed as unencyclopedic trivia. |
The TV show Family Guy is well known for making scattered references to various, almost random topics, mostly from popular culture. Many editors add these mentions to Wikipedia articles, such as Broccoli or Britney Spears. This information is seldom notable; in most cases it is the sort of indiscriminate information an encyclopedia does not include.
In general, unless the subject of an article is otherwise relevant to Family Guy, mentions of that subject in the show are not notable, and should be removed.
Family Guy mentions in non-Family Guy articles usually place undue weight on the show as a perspective from which all other subjects can be viewed. This is suitable for a fan site (such as Family Guy Wiki), but not for Wikipedia.
Family Guy on Muppet Wiki Muppet Wiki contains over 15,000 articles on a wide range of subjects including Communism, David Gergen and almost any animal you could name, all from the perspective of The Muppets. This is entirely suitable for a fan site like Muppet Wiki; in fact, it is a great achievement. However, such mentions would be trivial and inappropriate for most of the 15,000 Wikipedia articles on those subjects.
The following reasons are not by themselves sufficient reason for including trivial references from Family Guy:
Family Guy trivia can be deleted from non-Family Guy articles as WP:IINFO if:
Special:WhatLinksHere/Family Guy is a quick way to find trivial Family Guy mentions. Trivia or In popular culture sections are the most common containers.
This is a
WikiProject advice page. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more
WikiProjects on Wikipedia or its
process, as pertaining to topics within the WikiProject(s) area of interest. This page is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
This page in a nutshell: When a subject is mentioned in a Family Guy episode, this need not be added to the article for that subject. Unless that article is otherwise relevant to Family Guy, such mentions should be removed as unencyclopedic trivia. |
The TV show Family Guy is well known for making scattered references to various, almost random topics, mostly from popular culture. Many editors add these mentions to Wikipedia articles, such as Broccoli or Britney Spears. This information is seldom notable; in most cases it is the sort of indiscriminate information an encyclopedia does not include.
In general, unless the subject of an article is otherwise relevant to Family Guy, mentions of that subject in the show are not notable, and should be removed.
Family Guy mentions in non-Family Guy articles usually place undue weight on the show as a perspective from which all other subjects can be viewed. This is suitable for a fan site (such as Family Guy Wiki), but not for Wikipedia.
Family Guy on Muppet Wiki Muppet Wiki contains over 15,000 articles on a wide range of subjects including Communism, David Gergen and almost any animal you could name, all from the perspective of The Muppets. This is entirely suitable for a fan site like Muppet Wiki; in fact, it is a great achievement. However, such mentions would be trivial and inappropriate for most of the 15,000 Wikipedia articles on those subjects.
The following reasons are not by themselves sufficient reason for including trivial references from Family Guy:
Family Guy trivia can be deleted from non-Family Guy articles as WP:IINFO if:
Special:WhatLinksHere/Family Guy is a quick way to find trivial Family Guy mentions. Trivia or In popular culture sections are the most common containers.