Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dear Dad...Again

Dear Dad...Again

Prodded almost two years ago; no independent assertions of notability. ThuranX (talk) 00:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain for now. I like M*A*S*H, but this I think is a hair on that side. We aren't an episode guide necessarily. Not sure it should be deleted, though. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply It's been prodded for two years with nothing but trivia, which I removed, an IB and one line of plot. Now it's one line of plot and the IB. What notability does it assert? ThuranX (talk) 01:53, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all of these episodes seem to have entries, and deleting this one will break the scheme and the navigation in the sidebox. If these are to be deleted/pruned then a policy is needed to judge amongst them, and decide what is a reasonable fork-for-length and what isn't. JJL (talk) 01:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply My intent is to delete more, but mass deletions of such messy situations inevitably lead to accusations of bad faith and vendettas and so on. One at a time is the way to go. If I had nominated a mass of the episodes, I'd likewise be opposed for NOT nominating one at a time. As well, OTHERCRAPEXISTS isn't a reason to keep. Further, nothing says the navbox cannot send readers to a list of episodes. ThuranX (talk) 01:53, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment well, this isn't so much a case of WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS as it is a lengthy list of very similar articles from this and other TV shows. A single policy is the best way to handle it. I can view this one on its own as failing WP:N and in contest as passing WP:SPLITTING and deleting it as being unfortunate to delete just some of them in light of WP:Summary_style#Subarticle_navigation. In the context of M*A*S*H and all the attention it has garnered, and thinking of how so many TV shows are handled this way on WP, I don't think going piecemeal is the right approach. Some discussion on how TV shows like this should be handled would useful (cf. the recent success of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject International relations/Bilateral relations task force for the raft of builtaeral relations articles). JJL (talk) 02:31, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gaming the system isn't appreciated. Had I nominated the dozens of bad MASH articles which all fail PLOT and have been prodded for years, then you'd be here complaining the same damn thing, instead you're complaining that I nominated one, and should instead formulate a policy single-handedly before nominating crap for deletion. This is far easier to resolve than you think. The South Park episodes have a different navigation system than MASH does; using that system would take readers to the notable articles directly, and to the list of episodes if not notable. And insisting that without a uniform policy this can't be nom'd is a form of OTHERCRAPEXISTS, it'st 'other crap will still exist and that's somehow unfair. ThuranX (talk) 02:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I encourage you to WP:AGF. JJL (talk) 02:58, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Most episodes of TV series are not invidiually notable. I see nothing that makes this one notable. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Many otters • One hammer • HELP)} 03:04, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge to M*A*S*H (TV series). No assertion of importance or significance. Drawn Some (talk)