Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reset button technique

Seems like a fan-made neologism. No sources cited. Googling returns less than 30 unique results [1]. Most Ghits are mirrors or the occasional unrelated message board post. Delete as unverifiable and as original research. Wickethewok 13:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete [2] seems to mention it but its reliability is in question. The phenomenon is never called "reset button technique", just "reset button", but that article was already taken, so the creator must have used this as the alternate title. ColourBurst 14:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The original version of the article called it the "reset button" effect, as do this review of the Magnificent Seven television series, this person writing about Battlestar Galactica, and this person writing about Stargate SG-1. Uncle G 15:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:OR. Even if there is a term that is almost the same, there are huge swathes of examples in this article that have no references, plus "see also" links to other terms that mean the same thing. At best this should get a merged with the Reboot (continuity) article as Reboot even mentions the reset button in its unreferenced examples. Arghh, somebody press the reset button! Yomangani ^talk 16:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I thought about that too, but my understanding is that the two terms are different. Reboot is used to purge all continuity away (like Heroes Reborn in Marvel Comics). Reset Button only wipes away the continuity of a single episode or segment, like some science-fiction shows. ColourBurst 17:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The term itself may turn out to be a neologism but the concept is clearly real enough, with a dozen or so examples already cited by the article. It looks to me like all it needs are some references (ie, web links could be found for the aforementioned examples of the concept), and possibly a better title, and it'd be fine. --Saucepan 17:57, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. The phenomenon is real, and I have no doubt there are proper sources out there to document it. The writers/maintainers of this article ought to be given a chance to find them. Rohirok 18:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep but rewrite and move. We should have an article about the "reset button" type of plots, but it shouldn't contain sentences like "Effective use of this device depends on the audience being unaware of the continuity status, or successful suspension of disbelief that continuity is or will be interrupted, and the eventual communication of the status of continuity to the audience." Chunks of this article are blatant essay/OR. I say keep for the topic, but don't keep the article as is. Also, it should probably be titled Reset button (plot) because it's not really a technique so much as a plot device. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 18:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]