Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elk Cove (Overboard)

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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 REDIRECT to Overboard (1987 film). I'm just going to redirect and one of the enthusiasts can merge if they want to. Matthew, that kind of argumentation is completely unhelpful, particularly when you don't return to address the reply to the question you asked, and especially when it demolishes the keep argument quite forensically. -Splash - tk 22:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elk Cove (Overboard)

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A fictional location in a minor 1980s comedy. Not in any way notable. -Branddobbe 17:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment Agree this isn't worthy of redirect per maclean, and "Elk Cove, Oregon" redirects to the dab page, which will serve enlighten anyone trying to find out if this is a real place. Katr67 03:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep appears to be notable town, WP:NOT#PAPER. Matthew 22:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Not to be rude, but on what grounds is this notable? -Branddobbe 03:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
      • On what grounds isn't it? Matthew 07:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
        • From Wikipedia:Notability: A notable topic has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works that are reliable and independent of the subject. From what I can gather, there has been no discussion of this fictional town whatsoever in outside sources; certainly not enough to warrant its own article outside of the article for the movie itself. And unlike, say, Hill Valley, the fictional town of Elk Cove has no cultural impact at all. It isn't a rich, detailed town with a hundred years of backstory, used in a movie trilogy, a TV series, and a theme park ride. It is a name attached to a place in a single 1980s Goldie Hawn comedy and has made no impact on the culture or the world. -Branddobbe 12:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge. Better refed than film article. - Peregrine Fisher 22:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
    • There are three references in the article. The first says "Principal photography was in various California locations" (with no citations thereto). The second is to a table of average Oregon coastal water temperatures. The third is apparently intended to be a link to an article about hypothermia, but is in fact broken. Even a sole IMDb link in the film article would make it a better referenced article than Elk Cove. -Branddobbe 12:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
  • redirect + merge: it will never be a notable town and is very unlikely to ever enter social consciousness. —EncMstr 22:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. "notable town"? How is this notable? I'll reconsider if notability can be establish (ie. a secondary source). None of the sources in the so-called references mention the subject. I don't see the usefulness of a redirect (only the disamgbig links there, and "Elk Cove (Overboard)" is an unlikely search term). --maclean 02:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
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.