Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zombie comedy
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- 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. - Mailer Diablo 10:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Zombie comedy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)
Suspected neologism; non-notable Teflon Don 07:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - definitely a neologism, definitely not-notable. --Haemo 08:20, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - Emerging genre with concrete examples, sure to grow as new movies are produced. Captain Infinity 17:08, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - As per Captain Infinity Raerth 17:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete- it may be an emerging genre, but presently there are no sources to support this claim. As it stands now, it is a non notable neologism. Where else has this term been used? When was it created? Who created the term? None of these quetions are answered in the article. --Cyrus Andiron 19:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- A google search brings back almost 2 million hits. How many would you like cited on the page? Captain Infinity 19:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Followup: I've cited 6 uses of the term "Zombie Comedy" for different films referenced in the article, including two that go back to 2004. Captain Infinity 19:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I did a Google search for the term "Zombie Comedy" and it returned something in the range of 700 hits [1] which certainly isn't bad, but it's not 2 million.Chunky Rice 00:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, I was not using quotes. But as you can see, the term is being used in the industry and is being applied to a good number of films. And, as one can read in the trades, new Zombie Comedies are in the works. It's a growing genre, with enough valid applications to films in the last decade that I think it warrants at least a stub. Captain Infinity 15:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete If there were sources that were actually about the genre as a whole, maybe. But looking at it now, it's just reviews that happened to use the term to describe a specific movie.Chunky Rice 20:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Several of the referenced articles refer to the Zombie Comedy as a genre. Captain Infinity 21:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Refer to it, maybe. But they're not actually about the genre.Chunky Rice 21:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, how many of those would you like cited? I've found literally hundreds of thousands. Captain Infinity 21:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You've found literally hundreds of thousands of reliable sources about the Zombie Comedy genre? Forgive me, but I find that hard to believe. Two or three would do it for me.Chunky Rice 21:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Try http://www.thenewmediator.com/?cat=4 Next to last paragraph. A search on Google shows millions of hits for Zombie Comedy, and 778,000 for Zombie Comedy Genre. The phrase has been in usage for at least three years, there are many film examples around that are not included in the Wiki article, and there are currently films in production that fall squarely in the genre. Let's not forget, the article calls it an "emerging genre". It's not like "Romantic Comedy", which has been around for far longer. But it is a verifiable, recognized genre that shows no sign of going away. It makes no sense to me to ignore the reality and kill the article, which will certainly grow in time to include further examples and growth of the term. I did delete the neologism "Zomedy" from the article, which has not caught on quite yet, although it too can be found across the web from a variety of film reviewers. Captain Infinity 02:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I must not be seeing what you're seeing because all I'm getting is a passing mention in a blog (non-reliable source). Further, I did do a Google search and turned up far fewer hits than you did (see above).Chunky Rice 07:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: I think that's because they did not put the phrases in quotes, which forces Google to look for the exact phrase: using quotes, I get 27,800 hits for "Zombie comedy", and 346 hits for "Zombie comedy genre". -- The Anome 08:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I must not be seeing what you're seeing because all I'm getting is a passing mention in a blog (non-reliable source). Further, I did do a Google search and turned up far fewer hits than you did (see above).Chunky Rice 07:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Try http://www.thenewmediator.com/?cat=4 Next to last paragraph. A search on Google shows millions of hits for Zombie Comedy, and 778,000 for Zombie Comedy Genre. The phrase has been in usage for at least three years, there are many film examples around that are not included in the Wiki article, and there are currently films in production that fall squarely in the genre. Let's not forget, the article calls it an "emerging genre". It's not like "Romantic Comedy", which has been around for far longer. But it is a verifiable, recognized genre that shows no sign of going away. It makes no sense to me to ignore the reality and kill the article, which will certainly grow in time to include further examples and growth of the term. I did delete the neologism "Zomedy" from the article, which has not caught on quite yet, although it too can be found across the web from a variety of film reviewers. Captain Infinity 02:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You've found literally hundreds of thousands of reliable sources about the Zombie Comedy genre? Forgive me, but I find that hard to believe. Two or three would do it for me.Chunky Rice 21:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, how many of those would you like cited? I've found literally hundreds of thousands. Captain Infinity 21:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Refer to it, maybe. But they're not actually about the genre.Chunky Rice 21:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep There does seem to be a consistent use of the term.DGG 00:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep; this is an identifiable, if small, film genre, and this term is consistently used by film reviewers to describe it, as can be seen by Googling for "zombie comedy". -- The Anome 08:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per The Anome. -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 22:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I don't dispute that the term is being used. That doesn't mean that it is notable or should be included here. Please see WP:NEO. To this point, nobody has shown a single source that actually discusses this genre.Chunky Rice 16:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - It's got references and all that. I suppose it could be expanded though__$UIT 19:41, 13 April 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.