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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 16:33, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Film and television clichés (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Delete - for all the same reasons the similar articles on video game plot clichés, video game item clichés, animation clichés, comic book clichés, stand up comedy clichés and even the list of clichés were deleted. Otto4711 02:58, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - inseparable original research. Rhobite 03:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The fact that this article tagged as unreferenced for four months now with no sources added whatsover further underscores the fact that this topic is inherently OR. As has been discussed in the prior cliche list AfDs, the very concept of a cliche is ill-defined and POV, and there is no way to source this without synthesizing information to draw one's own conclusion. Krimpet (talk) 04:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per precedent. YechielMan 04:36, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - aren't these cliché articles becoming cliché? No sources, completely OR, unencyclopedic. Arkyan • ^(talk) 15:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. — As per precedent and previous comments. — Grstain | Talk 15:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Yet Another Cliché List. JuJube 18:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete in agreement with the reasons listed above. Acalamari 18:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, because fun and fascinating articles like this keep Wikipedia interesting and hip! :) --24.154.173.243 21:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete as per everything above, also many grammar and spelling mistakes, and is in an (almost) unreadable list format for the duration of the article. Unreferenced and unsourced. Patar knight 21:53, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• "Strong Delete" copied from evil overlord list. 70.184.32.37 03:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep well-written article on a notable topic that merely needs references. References could be found, since many articles have been written about these. I don't see why video game plot clichés, video game item clichés, animation clichés, comic book clichés, stand up comedy clichés and even the list of clichés have any relevance to this AfD since most of those are too narrow or too broad to exist well as articles anyway. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 03:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. This article is one of the biggest crap-magnets on Wikipedia, compiled by hundreds (thousands?) of passing editors adding anything they think is a cliché. Extreme OR. Croxley 04:05, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as original research. The subject of clichés in film and television is surely an encyclopedic one for which there are many sources, but this article is too much like the "Evil Overlord" list. So, delete without prejudice to proper recreation. -- Black Falcon ^(Talk) 09:07, 2 May 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.