Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mario in popular culture
only the decidedly acceptable, encyclopedic, and notable material to the Mario article, which already has a section so entitled: Mario#In popular culture (and curiously that does not even link to this article in an immediately obvious way (as of now)).  I do not believe we need to be responsible for hosting a comprehensive list documenting every minor and casual reference to Mario outside of the world of gaming.  There could be tens of thousands of other items out there that editors may feel compelled to add in along with the rest.  A sub-section called "Examples of ..." and list a dozen or so of the best of the Mario extra-game-world appearances: those which are especially notable and which would appeal to large segments of society.  These would have to be well documented with |reliable sources - preferably with cross reference links to other articles where the same event is mentioned, and ideally with an external source link which includes some sort of editorial commentary.  For example, if Mario appeared in an episode of The Simpsons, then we would expect to see a link to The Simpsons, and to the episode in question, where Mario's appearance is explained in context as part of the synopsis or plot summary, and then an external link to a respected commentator's reaction to that appearance.  It is a tall order, but that is the sort of thing that establishes notability.  Otherwise all we have is a useless but perhaps curious list, which may not be particularly reliable or encyclopedic, and end up being deleted as unsourced and non-notable
— User:T, 23:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)