Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Bermuda Triangle 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—as users have stated, the article in its current state is an indiscriminate list of fictional appearances; the article fails to show why the Triangle's popular culture references are notable as a whole, and no user has listed sources. Obviously, the article will be userfied per Andy's request. — Deckill er 14:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Bermuda Triangle in popular culture

Unacceptable trivia collection, per WP:FIVE and WP:NOT#IINFO. Since the Triangle is fundamentally a cultural phenomenon, the main article already possesses all the scholarly and citable analysis. What is left is what we have here: detritus --Eyrian 18:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Delete as trivia. Useight 18:31, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Casperonline 20:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote it because the main was getting long, with countless asides, "This rock band recorded a song with the Triangle as a theme" type of additions. Glancing at the original, it seems not so important anymore. So it's not that big a deal with me. dino 19:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reformatted this comment to remove it from the TOC. Otto4711 21:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Completely pointless, utterly un-article-worthy trivia. Bulldog123 22:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep The only one of Eyrian's nominations I've disagreed with so far. This article is well written, and let's face it, the Bermuda Triangle is pure folklore. Yes, there have been lots of real incidents, and the B.T. is the "explanation" conceived by one fiction writer after another, a set of unsolved mysteries open to all types of interpretations. As long as it can keep out the references to things called "Bermuda Triangle", it can remain a good article. Mandsford 01:51, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A lot has been written about The Bermuda Triangle and it should be discussed there, because other than the geographical coordinates it is the synthesis of various events by pop culture writers that gives any notability to the concept. Carlossuarez46 21:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unacceptable synthesis of trivia from primary sources. Cool Hand Luke 03:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Mandsford. Needs proper sourcing, but is notable as a folkloric topic. Bearian 16:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (without prejudice to later renomination) per the comments of User:Melsaran and myself at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Eyrian. The nominator is, broadly speaking, right that wikipedia should be purged of inappropriate trivia: however he and the other delete voters in this and a string of related AfDs are immediatists. The right approach is to give the matter considered thought, to review these types of articles with TLC and to extract from them the items that do have merit, and with what's left to consider whether a transwiki is a better option than outright deletion from the world wide web. The greatest weakness of wikipedia is the lack of respect that some members of the community have for the hard work of others, and an inability to see - or even to seek - the diamonds in the rough. AndyJones 07:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Request to closing admin if this closes as a delete would you, instead, move it (protected if you feel it necessary) to a sub-page of User:AndyJones? AndyJones 07:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Trivia does not belong in an encyclopedia article. It never should have existed long enough to overtake the bermuda triangle article. --Bachrach44 21:54, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for the same kind of reasons the other nomination should be kept: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loch Ness Monster and popular culture. Mathmo ^Talk 22:56, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all %SUBJECT% in popular culture lists, they are nothing but trivia and violate the five pillars of Wikipedia as well. Burntsauce 18:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ctrl-v. NearestAvailableNewt 21:17, 8 August 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.