Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Defense Intelligence Agency in popular culture

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Defense Intelligence Agency in popular culture[edit]

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Another mostly unreferenced TVtropic listcruft. Like all similar articles (ex. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Navy SEALs in popular culture), it fails numerous policies, guidelines and like: as an 'in popular culture' article, WP:IPC and MOS:POPCULT/TRIVIA, as a list, WP:NLIST and WP:SALAT, as a potential topic, WP:GNG and WP:INDISCRIMINATE, due to lack of references, WP:OR and WP:V. My BEFORE failed to find anything useful to even start rewriting this, plus WP:TNT applies to the current OR list of trivia ("Lost – Kelvin Inman, a member of the Dharma Initiative, is a former DIA officer"). That's what TV Tropes is for, folks _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:24, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Military, Popular culture, and United States of America. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:24, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, textbook example of WP:NOTTVTROPES. No criteria for inclusion, no sources. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:04, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom. Intothat darkness 17:06, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No actual discussion on the topic, just a list of trivia. The only potentially decent source included on the page does not discuss the DIA in popular culture at all, and is merely being used to explain what the DIA is. Rorshacma (talk) 01:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete this topic is WP:OR, as there are no reliable independent secondary sources about this topic. To be clear, the DIA is covered by sources, but there isn't any significant coverage about "Defense Intelligence Agency in popular culture", and so this topic does not meet WP:GNG. As with many of these types of articles, someone might find an independent reliable source with WP:SIGCOV that treats this in an encyclopedic manner with analysis/reception/significance. But there would be nothing to WP:PRESERVE from this poorly sourced article. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Instead we should use Category:Defense Intelligence Agency when it is necessary. Zakaria ښه راغلاست (talk) 21:44, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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