Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comedy on screen
- 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 of the nomination was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article is unencyclopedic, not notable, cites no sources, is not in any category, and seems to be just an editor's list of favorite comedies that have been filmed or released on video. Marc Shepherd 16:57, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as a list that could get WAY out of hand. Wildthing61476 16:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per above. -- Gogo Dodo 18:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete now, before someone puts more of their time into this unmaintainable list. Also, the title doesn't really describe what the article claims to list. --djrobgordon 18:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep as a parallel to the articles Shakespeare on screen and Tragedy on screen. Note that the article is not about comedy movies -- only about filmed stage plays. Rick Norwood 12:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- You created both the tragedy and comedy articles, so in practice you could use either one to justify the existence of the other. If this is deleted, I'll probably nominate tragedy next. As for the Shakespeare article, I don't have a problem with it because it's maintainable and finite. However, all of these pages need new names. List articles should start with the words "List of," per WP naming conventions. Also, "on screen" is an idiom. I think something along the lines of "List of film and television adaptations of Shakespeare plays" would be better. But I digress. --djrobgordon 13:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Tragedy on screen is as inappropriate as Comedy on screen, and should be deleted too. Marc Shepherd 14:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- You created both the tragedy and comedy articles, so in practice you could use either one to justify the existence of the other. If this is deleted, I'll probably nominate tragedy next. As for the Shakespeare article, I don't have a problem with it because it's maintainable and finite. However, all of these pages need new names. List articles should start with the words "List of," per WP naming conventions. Also, "on screen" is an idiom. I think something along the lines of "List of film and television adaptations of Shakespeare plays" would be better. But I digress. --djrobgordon 13:26, 11 July 2006 (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.