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 Keep Eluchil404 11:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Springfield Isotopes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log) NN Simpsons fan cruft, written from an in-universe perspective. Yes, the team has been in a few episodes, but it's really not that notable. It's not like Duff Beer, where real Beer has been created solely because of the show. If there was an actual team based off of the Isotopes, then it would be slightly more notable. -- Scorpion 05:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: per nom. Gran2 06:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as one of the few things from the Simpsons that has real-world significance, as the source of the name of the Albuquerque Isotopes. Otto4711 06:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect: To most significant episode in which the team is important. According to above statement, a team was created becuase of show. AlphaShroom 06:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• To clarify, the real team was not created because of the fictional team. The real team was named for the fictional team per the outcome of a "name the team" contest. That still in my opinion establishes the sort of real-world significance required for the article. Otto4711 06:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The Albequerque Isotopes took their name from the Simpsons universe Isotopes. Has a real world connection and significance. Resolute 06:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep nominator's condition has been met, but I'd say keep, or at worst merge or redirect to an appropriate Simpsons article. No obvious candidate springs to mind though(no single episode is appropriate since they've been featured in several, and they're not really a character or location...) That said, the article itself needs serious improvement, such as listing the episodes they have been important in. FrozenPurpleCube 07:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Albuquerque Isotopes, maybe? It's not significant enough on its own to have an article, but the team named after them is. --UsaSatsui 15:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Why can't that just be mentioned in the Albequergue Isotopes page? Why do the Springfield Isotopes need an entire page just because of that? -- Scorpion 16:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Because they're not that team, but a fictional one found in the Simpsons (And in several episodes to boot). If this were Mr. Burn's employee softball team, I'd say redirect to that episode, but you can't redirect to 3+ episodes. So the best thing to do is describe them, their connection to the Albuquerque team and expand further as needed. I honestly don't see any reason to delete. FrozenPurpleCube 22:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Dancin' Homer would probably be the place to point if the redirect were going to a Simpsons episode. --UsaSatsui 22:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Except....Hungry Hungry Homer and Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play would be equally valid. FrozenPurpleCube 04:52, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• keep per significance of the Albuquerque Isotopes as outlined above. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 18:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Resolute . Mathmo ^Talk 10:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- uhh.. fan-cruft? mmmm... don't think so - seems perfectly note worthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 21:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep has been featured numerous times in the Simpsons, and is actually a noteworthy article and topic. Jmlk17 10:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep they have been in many Simpsons showsSlideAndSlip 21:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/redirect to some Springfield-related list article (e.g. "characters in The Simpsons"). >Radiant< 14:33, 14 February 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.