Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cultural references (2nd nomination)
An important work it's true, and there might well be scope for an article about its influence. However, one can't merely compile a list of barely related factoids and claim them as evidence of its influence - that would be |original research, specifically a |synthesis. An article which began with something like "HHGttG is a very influential series of books (reference)" and then launched into a laundry list of trivia would be scarcely better. Rather, it would be necessary to find |sources which discuss the book's influence, and then provide a meaningful discussion of the topic, perhaps with reference to some of the examples cited by the sources. In short this isn't even the beginning of a good article. It can't be salvaged by pruning the worst of the trivia or adding a couple of references. It would have to be rewritten from scratch, and probably renamed as well, to be of any encyclopaedic value
— User:Iain99, 08:47, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOR||WP:SYN||WP:RS (Wikipedia:No original research)