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This is a collection of discussions on the deletion of articles related to Popular culture. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by WikiProject Deletion sorting. Anyone can help maintain the list on this page.

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Other types of discussions

You can also add and remove other discussions (prod, CfD, TfD etc.) related to Popular culture. For the other XfD's, the process is the same as AfD (except {{Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName}} is used for MFD and {{transclude xfd}} for the rest). For PRODs, adding a link with {{prodded}} will suffice.

Further information

For further information see Wikipedia's deletion policy and WP:AfD for general information about Articles for Deletion, including a list of article deletions sorted by day of nomination.

Archived discussions (starting from September 2007) may be found at:

• WikiProject Deletion sorting/Popular culture/archive

This list is for "... in popular culture" or "cultural depictions of ..."-type articles.

International Pipe Smoking Day (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Pollia (talk) 20:53, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Redirect to Smoking pipe. There is essentially no WP:GNG (no WP:SIGCOV). The existing independent source (a calendar) is good for exactly one sentence in the Smoking pipe article (that would mention the day). Of the other two, one is a promotional link to an internet store (Smokingpipes), another one to some American club with no apparent physical presence (online?). My attempt to find anything reliable on Google Books ar Google Scholar failed. Викидим (talk) 21:39, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Health and fitness, and Popular culture. Skynxnex (talk) 23:14, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Frenemies (podcast) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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WP:REDUNDANTFORK. Since Frenemies was only a series of episodes of the H3 Podcast, there is no reason for there to be a standalone article about it. This page could be redirected to H3 Podcast#Frenemies and Families, which was the consensus on the previous AfD. The discussion at Talk:Frenemies (podcast)#This was never a standalone podcast also provides some useful information. Badbluebus (talk) 04:03, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Popular culture and Internet. Badbluebus (talk) 04:03, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Redirect to H3 Podcast#Frenemies and Families

Never heard of this podcast, but seeing off of what OP says, and doing some research myself, it does fail REDUNDANTFORK in my eyes. Madeline1805 (talk) 23:41, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: As stated, previous AFD closed as a Redirection.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:36, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 06:11, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Even though it's technically not a standalone podcast, I don't see how this is a WP:REDUNDANTFORK. It's analogous to a TV show season. (Wikidata currently lists this as a "podcast series season".) Helpful Raccoon (talk) 02:47, 25 January 2025 (UTC)