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. — TKD::Talk 07:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of common situation comedy plots[edit]

List of common situation comedy plots (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

WP:NOR. The creator and primary contributor to this article even admits it is original research on the talk page; "much of this article (such as the examples) comes from actually watching sitcoms." This is like the various lists of cliches in film, television, literature, etc, that were also deleted for being Original Research. Masaruemoto 02:39, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. wikipediatrix 02:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. --Targeman 02:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. This is original research; the list would be difficult to maintain and would never be complete. Although it is interesting. Useight 05:48, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - strongly akin to various "(medium) cliches" articles deleted not too long ago (List of video game cliches, List of comic book cliches and the like). Dependent on original research and POV to decide what is and isn't "common." Otto4711 15:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fun to read, but not encyclopedic. ... discospinster _talk 17:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 20:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Though I would point anyone who finds this interesting to the TV Tropes Wiki. the wub "?!" 20:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Nice, but no. Not here—Twigboy 20:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment — I am the "primary contributor" and "creator" of this article from two years ago. Actually, if someone wouldn't have pointed me to this article, I would have not even noticed it was gone. Frankly, I've moved on (and learned a lot about Wikipedia since 2005), and while this article was nice while it was up, I guess I would not do anything to stop you or offer a defense. Perhaps wub's suggestion — the tvtropes.org site — would be a good place to put this, I don't know. Anyhow, that's all I've got to say, although I will say thanks to everyone who did find the lists "interesting" and "fun to read" [[Briguy52748 21:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)]][reply]
• Keep TV Land explores the hackneyed plots that come up again and again, and this was even a chapter in a book put out by the cable channel. If you could cite some sources, it wouldn't be "original research". As others note, there are websites about this. There's room for an article about unimaginative writing, which often comes up given the pressure of creating weekly episodes for a TV series. I'm saving this one to my computer so that I can read it before it gets cancelled, with no prospect of a rerun. Mandsford 03:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. I still can't get over people who recognize that articles should be deleted, and then still !vote "Keep". /Blaxthos 03:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment It's not that. I always prefer improvement to deletion. Some articles that I have read, however, cannot be improved. Lists aren't inherently bad; indeed, they are an efficient way to organize information. Some information, however, like "list of hat sizes of World War II leaders" is not at all informative. Mandsford 14:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Mandsford, as I see how it possibly could be sourced. I am not sure it is worth it for an encyclopedia article, but who am I to say? It would be informative for an average college student doing a research paper on popular culture. Bearian 18:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete scenes à faire as a concept is notable, lists of them aren't, and then what consitutes "common" and how much of the "plot" is absorbed in that element (here's a common plot: all the people alive at the beginning are alive at the end, my guess admittedly pure OR is that 99+% of all sitcom episodes have that plot in common.) Carlossuarez46 21:51, 2 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.