[WikiEN-l] WP:EPISODE

[Wily D]

On Dec 21, 2007 11:51 AM, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bryan Derksen wrote:
> > joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, I've asked at that page if there is any real consensus for the
> >> guideline. If
> >> you have an opinion, feel free to comment. I'm about to go on vacation
> >> now, and
> >> will leave therefore thankfully miss any ensuing drama.
> >>
> >
> > I've chipped in too now, for folks who want a direct link it's at
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Television_episodes#Is_there_any_actual_consensus_for_this_guideline_at_all.3F>.
> > I'm of two minds here whether I should start actually reverting and
> > restoring some of the more obviously wrong-headed deletions that have
> > already been done; on the one hand of course revert-warring is bad, but
> > on the other hand I'm worried about the fait accompli gambit that
> > appears to be in play here.
> >
> > Really, this is a stupid overreach of notability-mongering. Any given
> > random episode of a show like Scrubs has been seen by millions of people
> > and is going to be available in DVD box-sets for years and years to
> > come, that _alone_ puts it above 90% of the articles we have about books
> > or wee little towns or dead congressmen or what have you. We've got
> > articles on hundreds of asteroids that are known only by a few orbital
> > parameters in a catalogue someplace and there's nary a complaint. I'm
> > extremely annoyed.
> >
> >
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> You are welcome to B, but I will likely R and start to D. Secondary
> sources or not. That applies to asteroids too, but they can always be
> listified later.
>
>

Asteroids have excellent secondary sources - there's just usally not a
ton of information on them, although for any number'd asteroid most of
the important information is generally known.

I mean, please don't pick on asteroids -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/WilyD :(

WilyD