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[edit] John Liang

This is a very long vanity page on a 20-yr-old film student with no directing experience yet, and no accomplishments. Includes phrases like: Always intent on directing film, it was in 1997, when Mr. Liang first saw American independent filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" that he became enamored with the idea of writing his own scripts. At this time, Mr. Liang wrote several rudimentary screenplays that have since been lost. Translation: after watching a movie, he wrote some scripts, but he then lost them. Negative notability, and blatant self-promotion. Delete. Harro5 00:05, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete. - Vanity, non-notable biography page. -- Marcika 00:09, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Vanity. Furthermore, the original author, User:207.237.6.27 (presumably Mr. Liang himself), has first removed the VfD notice and then blanked the page entirely. I doubt anyone's gonna miss it, seeing as even the author obviously doesn't... -- Captain Disdain 00:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Vanity. DS1953 01:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, since he's never run for public office. Perhaps we should add text to the new article form warning people that vanity pages are not likely to be around long. ----Isaac R 01:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.

[edit] H.R.

Delete non-notable. Revolución 00:06, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
VERY STRONG KEEP Important artist with numerous released albums, both solo and with Bad Brains. The article needs help, though, I'll rewrite into a nice stub. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 00:25, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Since being rewritten, this article seems worthy of Wikipedia inclusion. Kel-nage 00:48, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge: My problem isn't with the figure. Bad Brains were a great band, and he's important, but "HR" is a common acronym for Human Resources. I'm a bit worried by this name priority. If HR and H.R. were disambiguations and pointed to a H.R. (musician) article, I'd be delighted. Geogre 02:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep/Move I think Geogre has a good idea. --Etacar11 03:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Move to H.R. (musician). JamesBurns 04:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong Keep Definitely notable, one of the most influential hardcore/punk musicians ever. -CunningLinguist 08:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and move as Geogre. Capitalistroadster 10:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep as per Geogre. Very notable (though CunningLinguist exaggerates slightly methinks). Certainly could be expanded too. -R. fiend 22:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 03:53, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep per Geogre. Redirect 'H.R.' and 'HR' to disambig page.Fabartus 05:01, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, Move, Disambig. And here I was thinking it stood for home run. See also TD. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:02, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
Keep Human resources needs some disambiguation, though not a seperate dab page; it's usually abbreviated as "HR" with no periods, not "H.R.". siafu 20:28, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aryia

Delete patent nonsense. Revolución 00:08, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Nonsense doesn't get any more patent than this. (Unless there was a reality shift while I was asleep or something.) And that means we can skip the debate -- PN is subject to speedy deletion. So I changed your VfD to a simple Delete. If the administrators disagree they can change it back. ----Isaac R 01:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: This one is hi-larious. This takes the concept of micronation to a new level. I love it. Geogre 02:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- No, micronations dissent from traditional concepts of nationhood. This article dissents from traditional concepts of reality! ----Isaac R 02:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hold your fire

Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Revolución 00:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete More to the point, it's not a phrase book. ----My hovercraft is full of eels!
Fire! Err, I mean, delete. (Not a Baedekker.) Geogre 02:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete dicdef. JamesBurns 04:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. While common, there is really no room for worthwhile expansion in the article. Mr Bound 19:11, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Redirect to Hold Your Fire, the album by Rush. — Phil Welch 22:18, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Humper dink

Delete looks like a hoax. Revolución 00:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete apparent hoax, or newbie test. Contents is "Humper dink is a Monky found in the Amizia Basen" in case anyone wants to speedy it. Kappa 00:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. There's Engelbert Humperdinck the composer , Engelbert Humperdinck the singer, and of course Humperdink Duck. But alas, no Humper dink monkey. A shame, really. ----Isaac R 01:40, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong speedy delete... about as clear a case of speedy deletion criteria as you'll ever find. I guess if we're being very kind we could also redirect to Engelbert Humperdinck but only after deleting this nonsense. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:41, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Speedy deleted. Sorry, folks, but this one was a really clear criterion #1 and #2. It's a test and no content, and a hoax, and just, basically, a dookie in the punch bowl of Wikipedia. Geogre 01:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Blatcherism

Neologism with 52 google hits. →Iñgōlemo← ^talk 00:45, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete. If you go by the news media, every politican has his or her own ism. But we strive for more long-term notability. ----01:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: The neologism is one factor, but truthfully the reason for deletion is that, whether the term is in use or not, it is not stable. It's ephemeral. While "Thatcherism" indicated a precise set of economic policies and a particular manner of dealing with dissent, this attempted coinage will slide away because there is no single method or policy, so this will go away as soon as dissent to Blair does. Geogre 01:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete neologism. JamesBurns 04:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete neologistic rant masquerading as scholarship. Blairism is a recognised political term in the UK - although it is ephemeral - of this I've never heard. The concepts involved can be, and are, discussed elsewhere. Anyway, isn't Blair’s ideology about opportunity - known as opportunism? --Doc (?) 13:48, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The White Lion, Thornbury

No evidence of notability. --W(t) 00:53, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

~~Delete~~. There must be a White Lion in many English towns. I wouldn't trust this article because it's by a known vandal who cannot spell Gloucestershire. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 01:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well I did my homework and the place does exist. I change my vote to merge with Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, with redirect, or keep. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:05, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete even though I wish Tony would stop dragging personality issues into VfD discussions. They don't help (especially when the delete consensus is pretty much a foregone conclusion) and they damage our ability to work together. ----Isaac R 01:26, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. I'm sorry if you think that I've done this in any case, let alone this one. I think you've misunderstood what I wrote (my fault). The edit history of the person who created this article (whom I'd never encountered before this) shows that he is engaged in some pretty blatant vandalism. That isn't a personalit issue, it's a fact that tips my judgement on this already rather dubious entry. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 01:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - Call it what you want. It is not useful to make general allegations against users here. Let's talk about content, not people. ---Isaac R 02:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - That was actually a very specific allegation. The editor in question has vandalized. The fact that an article has been produced by a vandal is a factor in determining whether it can be taken on good faith. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 02:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
      - If you have a basis for these allegations, you should pursue sanctions against the user. But as long as we allow somebody editing privileges, we have to assume good faith. Without that assumption, this whole collaborative editing experiment is a waste of time. ----Isaac R 04:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        That may be your interpretation of "assume good faith" but it is certainly not everyone's. Many people interpret it as "assume good faith until an editor betrays that faith; after that, the burden of proof is upon them to demonstrate that their edits are sincerely meant and worthwhile." I don't see how everyone's time is wasted by learning from experience; I don't see why we must assume that an editor who has vandalized in the past is now making good edits until it's proven that those specific edits are not. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        That would turn every discussion into a debate over good/bad faith. One last time: let's talk about CONTENT. ----Isaac R 19:17, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        No, I think once someone is a confirmed vandal it pretty much settles the debate on whether they can be counted on for good faith. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:55, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Just a pub. Single businesses (like high schools) are not proper subjects of articles unless they are notable in some way and stand out from the others of the type. Wikipedia is not the restaurant guide. Geogre 01:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete non notable. JamesBurns 04:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, this pub stands out because "it won the 1999 Britain in Bloom" award for Best Pub Display. Could be merged with Thornbury if not kept. Thanks for the research Uncle G. Kappa 07:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge There isn't much reason to keep this stub, but there is a good article on Thornbury that it would easily fit into. Sonic Mew 13:42, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Merge, this pub is already mentioned in the Thornbury article, and there is even a picture of it, but there isn't a need for its own aritcle. NSR 18:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to more complete parallel article. Mr Bound 19:13, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment As it happens the White Lion, Thornbury is verifiable (there in an entry in the British Pub Guide, for instance. So I could buy a merge with Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. There are three other pubs in Thornbury on beerintheevening.com, so if someone is keen on pubs it might be fun to add pub entries to British villages and towns. Quite a large task, though. There must be around twenty pubs within a half hour walk of my house. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge into Thornbury, South Gloucestershire - one of many real and fictitious pubs with that name - Skysmith 10:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 03:53, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suisei (mythology)

Contents is "Suisei (水星) is a figure of Japanese mythology and is the messenger god. This is also the Japanese name for the planet Mercury." I believe the "figure of Japanese mythology" part is incorrect, coming from Mercury being a messenger god in Greek mythology. "Suisei" means water star, Japanese planets mostly take their name from "elements" like water, wood, fire etc, not from mythical beings. Kappa 00:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

After more content has been added, this article should now be merged or kept in my opinion. Kappa 21:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep but edit let's just remove that part and add more information.Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 01:31, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete --- No, you can't save the article by removing controversial facts. That leaves you with "Suisei is the Japanese name for the planet Mercury" and I don't see an article in that. ¶ Incidentally, this myth-myth is also on List of geological features on Mercury. Makes you wonder if there isn't some general misunderstanding. It does so happen that the Japanese name for Wednesday is Suiyobi (water day). The Japanese didn't start using a 7-day week until they opened up to the West in the 1870s. So this might be a nod to the fact that Wednesday is Dies Mercurii in Latin. Perhaps Suisei is the Japanese name for a western god? ----Isaac R 03:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Japanese names for the first five planets were adopted from Chinese. (The more recently discovered planets are a different story). Search of 水星 turns up only the planet, or discussion of Western mythology. Same findings at ja:水星. --Tabor 04:08, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete unverifiable. JamesBurns 04:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete unless someone who actually knows something about Japanese mythology is willing to defend it with reputable cites. Somehow I don't see that happening. Schmeitgeist 22:28, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
My username is the Chinese/Japanese name for the planet Mars, so that much is true. Abstain until I can do more research. Fire Star 04:25, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, the fact that 水星 (water star) is the Japanese name for the planet Mercury is not disputed. This is easily confirmed. The question is whether it denotes any Japanese mythological figure, because without that, there is nothing to support an article here. --Tabor 18:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment --- It's interesting/useful to examine ja:水星. (What? You don't read Japanese? The Google translation is suprisingly readable.) That article has a big section on Mercury in western mythology, but nothing about any Japanese messenger god. ----Isaac R 18:48, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
KEEP, as there is no dispute that Suisei is the name of the planet in Japanese, (and ***CHINESE**** for that matter, which is the original language from whence the name comes), and there is mythology associated with it. It just needs a rewrite. 132.205.45.148 19:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Fine. What's the article about? The fact that Suisei mean "Mercury"? If that's all you have, it belongs on Wiktionary. ----Isaac R 20:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - article has since been expanded. ··gracefool |☺ 03:50, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Current article has nothing about Suisei as a Japanese mythological figure. ---Kusunose 03:36, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Assuming it survives, I'll merge/redirect it back to Suisei. Kappa 21:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - with four different stub catagories, one would hope it would recieve some expansion attention from a ethnic interested party once finals are over. Fabartus 05:11, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Asabane Measuring Instruments

Supposedly a company, no indication of where they are, and description of what they do looks meaningless. Not able to locate a website, and in fact a search turned up only one hit that's not a Wikipedia mirror [1]. For that matter, the article's only sentence matches that page word-for-word, so we're probably looking at a copyright infringement as well. Either way, delete. --Michael Snow 01:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete A quotation that short shouldn't give us copyright issues, but notability does seem pretty unlikely. ----Isaac R 01:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IWA National Festival

This article was created back in January as an advertisement for a 2005 event sponsored by the Inland Waterways Association. It's since been classified as a stub, but nobody's added to it, and I don't think anybody will. The IWA is a noteworthy organization, but they sponsor a lot of events like this one, and I don't think the individual events are particularly notable. ----Isaac R 01:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete: Announcement for an event, news release. Wikipedia is not a place for announcements. Geogre 01:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete promo. JamesBurns 04:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep The current entry reads like a promotion. But 'The National', along with smaller festivals like Canalway Cavalcade in London, is an important part of the UK canal scene and has a long history. To vote to prevent future discussion of the event as a separate article would compromise discussion of issues related to announcements and consultations that tend to be made at the National, such as the formation of the Waterway Recovery Group as a result of discussions at the 1970 event.

It is likely that many future articles will want to reference the National without including a block of material relating to it in their body. For example any article relating to canal restoration in the UK will want to reference the formation of WRG and the campaigning aspect of the National, especially in the past when it was often held in inaccessible locations to promote boat traffic.

Material relating to UK canals is only just creeping into Wikipedia, despite a significant online presence. As far as I know there is only one person (not myself) adding significant content. To have to work around a ban on having a separate article on one of the key 'hub' aspects of the post war history of the canals can only discourage further activity.

Declaration of interests: I am an ordinary member of the IWA, an active WRG volunteer and a regular attendee at the National. This is being posted from a boat on the UK canals.--80.229.232.148 22:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

delete --MarSch 13:02, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Needs {{attention}}, not deletion. ··gracefool |☺ 03:41, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Sorry Brit, not encyclopedic. Advert/Promo to boot. Be glad to see articles on various canals and their history. It's our history too. Fabartus 05:17, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Page has now been updated to something more suitable--80.229.232.148 16:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Article has been much imporved. - SimonP 14:50, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mistakeonomics

Neologism = unencyclopedic. Delete JeremyA 01:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

—see also Mistakonomics. JeremyA 01:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Neologism. Academic Challenger 01:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Intended neologism, with less currency even than "errorspace" (web space for misspellings of common web site names). Geogre 01:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete neologism. JamesBurns 04:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete as per above. Mr Bound 19:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete both. the wub (talk) 08:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Islamophobia

Quite an absurd article. Why can't they accept criticism gracefully like everyone else does, and stop coining such phrases? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.68.110.60 (talk • contribs) 00:59, 27 May 2005.

Nominator forgot to add to the VfD log; adding it to today's log. --cesarb 01:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep. The lead question is a straw-man. I'm not a religious expert, but this word has been around for years. The definition has to be broadened by someone who is more versed in religion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.140.49.149 (talk • contribs) 03:15, 1 Jun 2005.

Nonsense. It may need to be rewritten, but it would be ridiculous to say that islamophobia isn't an important issue today. Citizen Premier 04:10, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
- 67.173.12.211 (talk • contribs) added "Keep." in front of the above vote. --cesarb 01:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Islamophobia is similar to anti-Semitism, homophobia, negrophobia etc. It is a fear or hatred against people who are or appear to be Muslim. It should NOT be deleted becasue it is a valid article. See the examples of Islamophobia. Farhanikarim —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.173.12.211 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 27 May 2005.

No it is not similar to anti-Semitism, homophobia, negrophobia etc. since it is based on reason. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.105.186.121 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 9 Jun 2005.

This has been up for a vote before and survived; Remove this at once.Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point --Irishpunktom\^talk 12:00, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. To use the rhetorical tool so frequently, and successfully, appealed to by some editors: There are 128,000 Google hits for this word. Worth pointing out too that there are daily instances of this phenomenon to be found in routine anonymous vandalism to WP articles! (Speaking of which, ... how come person who wants the VfD won't sign a name?) BrandonYusufToropov 14:11, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Important issue, though the article is in desperate need of NPOVing. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Keep. I agree with Farhanikarim. If the Islamophobia article is to be deleted so should Anti-Catholicism, Anti-Mormonism, Anti-Semitism, and Christianophobia articles. AmyAndrews —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.173.12.211 (talk • contribs) 22:05, 27 May 2005.

Keep. Important issue. I see no problem with the article and all argumets presented against it sound like islamphobia retorics. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by N00gie (talk • contribs) 08:13, 28 May 2005.
- This vote was registered by User:N00gie. — Dan Johnson
- User:N00gie's only edit. --cesarb 02:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. They may be important issues, but certainly not encyclopediac material. Yes, similar "phobia" articles would need to be deleted if they were written this poorly. This should be rewritten to have an extensive history of anti-Islamic occurrences (like, the Crusades!), rather than a list attacking politicians. -- BAILOPAN 21:37, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
- BAILOPAN's Second edit. BAILOPAN, am I right in think that you don't want Islamophobia re-written, just more extenisive especially Modern interpretations of what, by modern standards, could be considered Islamophobia ?--Irishpunktom\^talk

Keep. This is a useful article that would benefit from more editing and contributions rather than removal. The topic of anti-religious rhetoric is important and culturally relevant. -- Contribution by an unregistered user. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.243.37 (talk • contribs) 08:55, 31 May 2005.

Keep This article is important, because as an American I find it awfully clear that there is an anti-Islamic prejudice in the world. However, the article itself is a little POV and does not deal with issue fairly (an easy mistake to make in this type of article)--naryathegreat | (talk) 03:18, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep valid, notable topic. Nateji77 08:07, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Notable topic. Capitalistroadster 10:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, obviously. Dunc|☺ 12:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong Keep notable topic. Revolución 13:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Mr Bound 19:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. How ironic; the nominator is probably an exemplar of the topic. - Matthew Cieplak ^{(talk) (edits)} 20:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

'Keep. I found the article informative. Marine 69-71 00:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

'Keep. Quite informative.(UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.138.47.18 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 6 Jun 2005.
Keep Article needs alot of NPOV work to remove Islamist apologetics. Klonimus 03:25, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Evenhanded treatment of encyclopedic subjects are, well, encyclopedic. Maybe I'm not seeing all this POV other people I'm not complaining about, either. A Man In Black 03:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep. No more absurd than anti-Semitism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.103.2.203 (talk • contribs) 03:40, 6 Jun 2005.

Keep. I didnt believe it existed until I read the comments by the editor who submitted it for deletion. Now, of course, I am a believer. Hornplease 04:59, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, it's absurd that this nomination is still even being voted on. ulayiti 02:08, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Cleanup. Article is poorly organized. Its overlap with Persecution of Muslims should be considered when editing both articles. — Dan Johnson 21:04, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC) Delete. I see little chance of NPOV here. — Dan Johnson 03:21, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
Keep, but totally overhaul First of all surely this is a constituent part of Persecution of Muslims in that it looks at one of the causes of such persecution. It is also horrendously organized; the first heading is criticism of the concept the article has yet to define. The 'reasons for Islamophobia' is horribly condescending and POV, saying something like 'obviously it is because ignorant Westerners are unable to discern fundamentalist Muslims from non-fundamentalist ones.' The closing idiot's parade of supposed Islamophobes makes no mention of the fact that most of the people mentioned represent the extreme right of their respective country's politics, have little popular support, and by no means represent any kind of majority view. A number of quotes are taken out of context and falsely verified by non-existent footnotes. Unless this is totally whitewashed it needs deleting. Stephen 15:05, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Cleanup and keep; the term is new but relevent to current affairs and widely used. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aristocratac (talk • contribs) 02:27, 9 Jun 2005.
Strong keep, per most of the comments above. Kaibabsquirrel 05:24, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I am against deletions (and revertions unless vandalism). I learned something from reading it, and that is all that counts. That does not mean that any page can't be improved, but I am against deleting it. --Noitall 21:28, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Keep but cleanup. -- Eagle^a^mⁿ 01:52, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Agree with Stephen about half-strength. 'Reasons for Islamophobia' are more sophmoric than condescending. NPOV should be applied to 'examples of'. Fabartus 05:30, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep This is obviously a notable neologism and a phenomena worth discussing in it's own right. Axon 14:56, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep but must be totally overhauled. Article as it stands is POV to a laughable degree. Robert Spencer and Daniel Pipes, just to name a few, have done extensive work on this phenomenon, and their views should be included. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Briangotts (talk • contribs) 18:31, 10 Jun 2005.
Keep but must be totally overhauled. --Germen 15:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep but needs rewrite. Although the term may or may not be a neologism, it is one which has acheived common currency and the article will certainly proves useful for anybody interested in the word. "Islamophobia" is a term frequently used in the British and English-speaking media, and its omission from the Wikipedia would reflect badly on the project.illWill 19:27, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Strong Keep. This is not a newly-coined phrase invented here, and the article is not absurd: on the contrary, the subject is worthy of note. I question why some think the article needs a rewrite: in any case whether it needs rewrite work is a separate decision to be made in a forum different from this one. --Mysidia 22:11, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong Keep. I'm pretty sure this was put on VfD by someone who was upset that Islamophilia was gonna be deleted and wanted to prove a point - enough said. Blackcats 06:02, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment on above - This article was put on VfD before islamophilia, so maybe it's the other way round.

I stand corrected - I had forgotten to look at the starting time stamps. It looks like Islamophilia was was created after this VfD was under way - likely in response to this one not being deleted. Blackcats 02:21, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep This is an important, perhaps even excellent article. As there is a consensus on keeping it, can we now remove the VfD banner? --Thüringer ☼ 15:37, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The discussion is still in progress. You may not remove a VfD notice while the VfD is active. I have returned the notice to Islamophobia. — Dan Johnson 02:26, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)

Keep. lots of room for improvement. --Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 03:03, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep but probably cleanup. Jon the Geek 03:05, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Goldencat

No released albums, no established following, promotional in nature. Delete--Un focused 02:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) (BTW, this is a supposedly a "caucasian internet rap artist" who is "one of the most oppressed") --Un focused 02:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete agreed with above Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 03:01, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete nn rapper vanity. --Etacar11 03:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity. JamesBurns 04:34, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: 14 year old who is an Internet rapper, rather than a recording artist. No evidence that his mad rhymes yo have been especially popular or notable or influential, and he is not yet a proper article subject. Geogre 12:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, vanity. Harp Heaven 15:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, LOL what a wanker!!!! Sweetvermouth3 03:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete and lobotomise. It's been a long time between drinks. Alphax ^τεχ 05:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Pathetic drivel. Postdlf 05:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, hahaha, the only thing this article is good for is the humor value it adds to someone's day. Conradrock 05:22, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ted the Caver

Do we need this...um..."memecruft"? Grutness...wha? 02:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What exactly is your reason for wanting it deleted? It is a story that has been passed along online since 2002, a bit more information would be great, which could happen. --JE 03:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Where shall I start? Will "non-notable" do? How about "Un-encyclopaedic"? Grutness...wha? 01:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You should have put that first, though, instead of just labelling it 'cruft'! Sonic Mew 14:44, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Well, being as I'm new to Wikipedia's policies, I'll agree it wasn't very "encyclopaedic". I dislike being flammed, though.--JE 22:34, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Cruft" is by definition non-notable. Delete. — Phil Welch 22:20, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Me too - so it's a good thing that no-one was. Grutness...wha? 07:19, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

247 Google hits. Delete as non-notable. --Idont Havaname 03:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Notability not established. --Tabor 03:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete non notable. JamesBurns 04:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Memorial to a dead mass-forwarded story. Perhaps it could be found on Snopes, but it oughtn't be found here. Non-encyclopedic. Geogre 12:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete As above, not 'cruft', but not notable or encyclopaedic Sonic Mew 14:44, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Notability not established. carmeld1 16:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Po�mes

Atrocious formatting, completely unencyclopedic Tiefighter 02:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete nn vanity. --Etacar11 03:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I think this falls under patent nonsense.... delete – ugen64 04:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The article tells us the ISBN of the book that had been copied and pasted wholesale into the article, along with its price in pounds, dollars, and euros. Copyvio. Uncle G 04:33, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete copyvio. JamesBurns 04:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete copyvio. Revolución 19:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joel Gretsch

Is being the son-in-law of William Shatner sufficiently notable? I abstain for now but want to hear what others think. Emiao 02:48, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep/Expand he's starred in a couple tv series. IMDB --Etacar11 02:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment: Seems like a notable stage/tv actor from this biography [2] but it's also pretty much copyvio of that site. Being someone's son-in-law is not very relevant. Kappa 02:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I would vote keep if not a copyvio. Capitalistroadster 10:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If this article is not a copyvio, I would vote

Keep but cleanup if the article is about the actor Joel Gretsch

Delete if this is about Joel Gretsch as William Shatner's son-in-law. Aecis 10:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's too hard to tell. What's there now looks like a genealogical database entry or a theatre register, rather than an article of any sort. I agree with Aecis that if the rewrite takes the POV of the relation, then this should just be a redirect to William "the Bard" Shatner, but if it's an actor bio, then it can be kept. The end verdict is, I suppose, send to clean up, with VfD pasted onto its talk page. Geogre 12:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep but rewrite to emphasize his own acting career, not his family relationships. He is one of the principal actors on the television show The 4400 which will be airing another season this summer. --Metropolitan90 18:45, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Comment. We need to stop using VfDs to deal with every cleanup issue. Now we're even getting VfD nominations from people who don't want a deletion! That wastes everybody's time. Here's some cleanup processes that you can start with much less fuss:

Research and rewrite yourself.
Start a discussion on the article's talk page. Previous editors will see this (if they still have the page on their watch lists) and maybe respond.
Slap on an appropriate dispute, maintenance, or cleanup tag, which will bring the article to the attention of people who like to look after such things.

----Isaac R 20:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

- It's not a requirement. If you have issues with the way VfD is being used, discuss it on the VfD Talk page. Don't use a particular article's vote to attack the nominator or the process. This is Iasson territory. Rick K 21:39, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
- See rewritten version. --Metropolitan90 02:55, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep notable shatner. Klonimus 03:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 03:38, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dental alveolus

appears to be a hoax Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 02:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete From a quick google search, I gather that it exists, but that it is a term for an area in the mouth, not a medical condition. Therefore, I am unsure what to do with it.--naryathegreat | (talk) 03:24, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete (or speedy) as nonsense. Or someone could write a real article about tooth sockets. Kappa 03:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep after somebody writes a real article on it; this version should go to BJAODN. --Idont Havaname 03:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep if rewritten. It is a noted dental topic. The inflammation of the dental alveolus is called odontobothritis btw. JamesBurns 04:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What should we do for now though? unless someone's rewriting it right away... Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 05:17, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've tagged it with {{nonsense}} to try and get this out of the way . Kappa 07:05, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mike perdue

non-notable person Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 03:07, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Article on a young drummer who has a website (not a band...), and lists his teachers. Harro5 03:12, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity. JamesBurns 04:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: CV. (Musicians going for the professional placement in orchestras name their teachers, as studio music is one of the few areas where an apprentice system seems to still exist.) I'm sure he has more skill than 99% of the drummers for pop bands who get empty entries, but Wikipedia is not Monster.com. Geogre 12:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Doesn't pass WP:MUSIC guidelines. Sarg 13:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity, and the article has been blanked, presumably by the author. --Etacar11 22:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Matutinal

Dictdef. Text is Of, relating to, or occurring in the morning; early. Propose transwiki and delete. RJFJR 03:42, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete. It has been transwikied before, and appears on Wiktionary already. --Tabor 04:02, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Duplicate material, possibly a procedural speedy. Geogre 12:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Speedy delete ··gracefool |☺ 03:35, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Abscondia

Hoax article created in conjunction with Dental alveolus, listed above--Tabor 03:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

delete nonsense. Kappa 11:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Prank. (Still, I must say that I do like the idea of in abscondia instead of in absentia for people who miss the company meeting on purpose.) Geogre 12:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete prank, nonsense, and association with aforementioned deleted article. --Etacar11 22:40, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shared Vision

Looks like a dicdef, possibly a neologism. Disscussion page sounds like creator wanted to use page for discussion. A search for vision shows a definition for a company vision, and this sounds like the same thing. --InShaneee 03:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete: Self-evident dictdef, plus a call for penpals. Geogre 12:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, wikispam. --nixie 07:36, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, --//-- Pavel Vozenilek 20:15, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Meg Bikmbaum

non-notable. The entire article is: "Meg Bikmbaum is an illustrator." Googles for Bikmbaum is 7 hits. We know next to nothing about this person. If we can't find out more, including what is notable about this person, then we should delete. RJFJR 03:49, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Move to Meg Birnbaum, if notability can be established, else delete. --Tabor 04:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, apparently unverifiable. Kappa 07:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Unverifiable. Geogre 12:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete nn vanity. 17 hits for Meg Birnbaum, presumably who the creator meant. Under either name, I don't think she passes the bar. --Etacar11 22:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete as Etacar11. Pavel Vozenilek 20:18, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Iraqi weapons of mass destruction

Delete, this redirects to "alleged weapons of mass destruction" because I moved it there. Why start an article on something that doesn't exist? There's already an article about this, called Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, though I seriously question the neutrality of such an article with that title. Revolución 04:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Are you seeking to delete a redirect? Or are you thinking the redirected article should be deleted? The target article is plain awful, but is there a need for an article called Iraqi weapons of mass destruction? Not really. A more natural redirect might be Iraq War and one of the subheads there about the build up. Geogre 12:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not quite sure what you want here, but keep one article at Iraq and weapons of mass destruction (not its present title) to be consistent with the naming of other pages. The fact that they were a figment of Anglo-American imagination aside. Now, instead of the usual 5 day rule, how about making it 45 minutes from doom? Dunc|☺ 12:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Tempted to say - 'delete - non-existent'. But given that the search was a matter of international interest, an NPOV article should certainly be kept somewhere (it deserves a whole article), so Keep (alleged is fine, although unnecessary, since no-one debates they existed at some point (after Rumsfeld sold them?) --Doc (?) 14:05, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) merge is better --Doc (?) 16:18, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
KeepI would vote merge with Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destuction but that article is already too long. The title should probably be Alleged Iraqi weapons of Mass Destruction. Falphin 17:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Important topic in its own right, whether or not the weapons existed, or existed in the quantities alleged. The controvery was quite notable (and still is). No Account
Keep surely there were some. Grue 19:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
~~Keep~~. As we can see from articles like Unicorn non-existence of the referent does not mean that the topic cannot be encyclopedic. --Tabor 19:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Change my vote to merge with Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, where material may be utilized in a cleanup of that article. --Tabor 20:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, since I think the latter title better fits our style guide requirements. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 22:34, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge as per Tabor. Notable topic likely to be of historical interest. Capitalistroadster 23:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Could not find article, but we have evidence that it exists. Somewhere. Merge. Grutness...wha? 01:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, 9000 Kurds are quite sure of the use of weapons of mass destruction b the previous government. Klonimus 03:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually there's no conclusive evidence that the Iraqi gvt. gassed the Kurds, and even a number of U.S. government and military agencies have concluded based on chemical tests that Iran was actually the responsible party. See the Halabja poison gas attack article. Blackcats 11:43, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Merge, concur with Klonimus. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:11, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and redirect to Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. the wub (talk) 08:34, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and be very wary of POV in articles like this. R adiant _* 12:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Merge and rewrite. That article title is POV. --Scimitar 14:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, though it does certainly need a cleanup. Blackcats 11:43, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
keep: goofling 'Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction"' yields nearly 1.8 million hits. Considering the paucity of weapons found in relation to the extraordinary sum of weapons used to vanquish the overblown threat, 'alleged Iraqi WMD' is an apt title, and an entirely valid article subject. Ombudsman 16:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge as previous comments ··gracefool |☺ 03:34, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Alternatively, merge as above. Inherently POV and dishonest title. Kaibabsquirrel 05:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Redirect to Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Merge anything suitable. Neutrality^talk 05:29, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
Merge anything useful. Redirect might be useful. --Habap 18:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Smith (philosopher)

Entire article consists of "Michael Smith was an ethical realist." This doesn't give me enough information to find out more about someone with such a common name to expand the article. Insufficient evidence of Notability. RJFJR 04:07, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

From Amazon.com: "Michael Smith is Reader in Philosophy at Monash University, Australia, having taught previously at the University of Oxford and Princeton University. He is the author of several essays in ethics and moral philosophy." In 2000, Smith's book The Moral Problem received The American Philosophical Association's first APA Book Prize for excellence in scholarship. I would say that is pretty notable, but this is one of the worst legitimate stubs I have seen yet. Why do people do this? Sigh... keep DS1953 04:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I fixed the article a little. DS1953 04:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, expand. Prof with award-winning book passes the notability bar for me. -- BD2412 ^talk 04:47, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Keep and expand. The award indicates notability. Capitalistroadster 10:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - No reason to remove. --Irishpunktom\^talk 11:33, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep I agree with Capitalistroadster and Irishpunktom there seems no reason to delete and the award makes him notable. Falphin 17:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Decius 22:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep notability verified. --Etacar11 23:16, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. --Takver 01:45, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep -- notable. Longhair | Talk 01:51, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 03:32, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep--Cyberjunkie 16:05, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Monstermetal

Non-notable, not really a musical genre. User:Luigi30 (Ταλκ) 04:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete :P – ugen64 04:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete non notable. JamesBurns 04:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Pretty naive article, folks. They'll do better after they've seen the inside of a recording studio. Geogre 12:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable, spam/advertising, vanity... it pretty much covers all the bases. --Idont Havaname 03:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Prehistoric Ice Man

This was tagged for VfD by an anon, but no page created. I take no position on the merits of the deletion. Kelly Martin 04:44, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Merge, Rewrite or Delete ~~This appears to be a badly written summary of a South Park episode. Xoloz 06:09, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) Keep as rewritten. Xoloz 21:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
Keep, Wikipedia is not paper. Kappa 20:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- ~~PS. Move or disambig as necessary. Kappa 21:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
Disambiguate to Ötzi the Iceman. Martg76 22:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and Move to "Prehistoric Ice Man (South Park)". I've just edited the article to help it more closely fit the other South Park episode guide articles. My only objection is to the title. Many of the South Park episode pages have been appropriately titled with (South Park) appended. I recommend that in this case. I would have already done that but did not know if it was OK to move an article while it was on VfD. If anybody can confirm it's OK, I'll be happy to do it. Tobycat 05:05, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Redirect to Ötzi the Iceman (no disambig). This name is something people may enter into search box and expect serious answer. The stuff about a TV product can be moved somewhere else. Pavel Vozenilek 20:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and move as per above 2 comments ··gracefool |☺ 03:31, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Angela leonardo

A short vanity article on a chef in Amsterdam and owns a pizza restaurant. Doesn't establish notability (there are plenty of restaurants out there), and is nothing but an autobiography Harro5 04:45, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete, no evidence of being specially famous or influential. Kappa 07:01, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
~~A Google search for "Angela Leonardo" "Amsterdam" shows zero results. Not famous at all. Delete. Mgm|^(talk) 20:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)~~
Delete nn vanity. --Etacar11 23:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, as per Mgm --nixie 07:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Amos Larkins II and Amos LarkinsII

~~Hard vanity. Less than ten google hits. (I get 630, and I am entirely non-notable.) —Ben Brockert (42) UE News 05:04, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete and add Amos_LarkinsII to that list... Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 05:06, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, promotional talk with nothing to back it up. Mgm|^(talk) 21:07, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity. --Etacar11 23:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong Keep Perhaps merge with Miami Bass?. Larkin (or Larkins, although he goes by other monikers as well, and google searches turned up hits for all of them), has a legitimate claim to fame: he produced 2 Live Crew, and Quad City DJ's. Article lacks NPOV (as does the Miami Bass article, which was probably written by the same user); however, google searches for "miami bass" plus various of Larkin's pseudonyms yielded a small but significant number of results. Larkin also was a significant contributor to the Electro style of house/funk/rap music, which has itself influenced other forms of music, such as Drum and Bass. --ohearn 08:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep as above comment. ··gracefool |☺ 03:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. All entertainers are by definition non-notable. Fabartus 05:38, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Office chair

Has some good info but seems to be an adertisement more or less Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 05:05, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

If it's a straight copy of someone's copyrighted advertisement, then use WP:CP, not WP:VFD. (Most advertisements are licenced under a non-GFDL-compatible copyright licence.) If you think that an encyclopaedia article can be written about office chairs, but simply don't like the chatty tone of this article and the fact that it talks in the first person, then use the {{cleanup-tone}} tag. Uncle G 07:47, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete It's an ad. --Xcali 15:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Copyvio. Marked as copyvio of [3] and listed on WP:CP --Tabor 19:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alisonfire

Non notable as per WP:MUSIC Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 05:33, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete, I can find no evidence of passing WP:MUSIC. Btw Sasquatch I think you need to use subst:vfd2 not just {{tl|vfd2}} when nominating, or we can't edit the page. Kappa 08:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Doesn't pass WP:MUSIC guidelines. Also, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Sarg 13:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete band vanity. Wait til they make it big. --Etacar11 23:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete Alexisonfire is an existing band. Surely they could think up a more original name... Grue 05:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep This is a viable entry about a viable band --User:Gluesniffer525
- Note this page gets vandalized often. Grue 18:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Screaming Orgasm

Recipe. --W(t) 06:03, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Speedy WP is not a recipe book. --Xcali 06:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Then you should delete Soviet cocktail too. -Not a registered user yet, 64.179.14.26 06:21 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) (according to edit history. Uncle G 07:04, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC))
- Funny you should mention that specific example, see Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion#cocktails. --W(t) 06:27, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
It's a recipe, not an encyclopaedia article. 64.179.14.26, please contribute your recipes directly to the wikibook on bartending. Wikibooks then Delete. Uncle G 07:04, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Comment Does anyone else think we should leave a link there, mentioning that it's a cocktail, and directing users to post any recipies for the cocktail to Wikibooks? This would discourage the recreation of this and explain to the author(s) why it's gone. If we redlink these, I'm sure we'll be VfDing them again. In this case, a tiny one-line article with an external link may be the proper solution. --Unfocused 19:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- We could certainly be clearer at list of cocktails, where these things have tended to grow from, and at cocktail, which still says that list of cocktails, rather than the Bartending wikibook, is where the recipes are. Uncle G 22:10, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Redirect to cocktail, or list of cocktails, or something relevant, and that page should have a link to the wiki recipe collection. SchmuckyTheCat 19:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, all food is notable for a truly great encyclopædia. Grue 05:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Transwiki, all food is notable for a truly great WikiCookbook. R adiant _* 12:21, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Transwiki ··gracefool |☺ 03:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:A Question of Spor/old

Seemingly a page-move artefact, from A Question of Sport Alai 06:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Check: Talk:A Question of Sport It was moved from there for some reason. This article does seem pointless, so I'm voting delete until someone can give a reason for why it should stay. Sonic Mew 13:35, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
This has something to do with me, but I can't remember what was going on. Dunc|☺ 19:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ZLibrary

I'd call it ad/recruitment/group vanity. The site was founded a month ago, it hasn't yet become notable. Google for ZLibrary and Bulgaria gives 2 hits. --Xcali 06:16, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete, promo. --W(t) 06:20, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete ad. Not the place to announce your mission. Good luck to them, though. --Etacar11 23:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, ad. Pavel Vozenilek 20:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Evvieco

No evidence of notability, probably webcomic vanity. --W(t) 06:31, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete --Xcali 06:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Is not webcomic vanity, the authour of the article has nothing to do with Evvieco. Is noteable, it is part of a variety of webcomic lists.--LeroyJenkins

Note the previous vote is by a brand new user whose only edits are to this VfD entry, the article in question, and to create a user page.

Delete. Webcomic vanity. Gets less Google hits than my own real name... Sarg 13:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Not notable. --Tabor 17:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Any common real name is going to score more google hits than a completely made up word.--Cheryyl 13:53, 5 Jun 2005

Note the previous vote is by a brand new user whose only edits are to this VfD entry and to create a user page. Also, he apparently knows my real name is common (??). Sarg 18:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete If my site's presence in wikipedia's archive is causing even the slightest problems for wikipedians I wish it deleted. It is hardly a notable site. --Evvie 15:57, 5 Jun 2005
- Thank you for understanding. Kappa 20:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trollhunter

Two neologisms in one, for your VfDing ease. --W(t) 06:34, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete particularly lame double-neologism. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 09:25, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, but let's be fair. If you look at the history of the article, you'll see that the original author just defined "trollhunter" as somebody who trolls trolls. Which would actually be a useful word, except I've never heard anybody actually using it. Anyway, the second definition is obviously a prank by a different user. ----Isaac R 19:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Pavel Vozenilek 20:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Normative legal thought

This seems to be just someone's philosophical rant. Though I'd like an article on Normative Legal Thought... I'd prefer that this be simply rewritten instead of deleted. Tadanisakari 06:51, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete for POV. The entire content of the article, as suggested by the title "my rant", seems to be original research. Xoloz 06:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If you don't want it deleted, Tadanisakari, why are you nominating it for deletion? Why aren't you using the appropriate cleanup mechanism? Uncle G 07:36, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- Sorry guys, I'm a bit new to Wikipedia. I've added an "attention" template to the article and I added it to the Cleanup list. I guess that means a Keep, cleanup is more appropriate. I'm learnin' the ropes, thanks for being patient. Tadanisakari 19:11, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Don't delete articles which should exist for NPOV concerns - as Uncle G points out, this should simply be rewritten. If you don't have the expertise/time/whatever to do it yourself, there are mechanisms for this. Keep and send it through those mechanisms. ESkog 08:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, cleanup. -- BD2412 ^talk 14:54, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- My problem with keep votes is that, without other qualifications, "normative" legal thought is inherently a POV concept. Common law (Anglo-American, the Commonwealth) and Civil Law (mainland Europe and former colonies) are too vastly different to be subsumed in a single "Legal thought" article, imho. This is in addition to any problems with "normative" concepts generally. Xoloz 21:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - I disagree. We have articles on certain ethnic slurs, for example, which are inherently POV, but the article addresses the origin and use of the term itself. Clearly there are people who believe that certain legal thought is indeed normative. We should have an article examining the origin and use of that concept, much as we examine Eurocentrism not from the perspective that Europe is the most important continent on earth, but from the perspective of examing why Eurocentrists think that it is, and how this bias has affected the wider world. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:20, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
    - I have no problem with your suggestion, except that I am unaware of serious scholarly (or even widespread common) criticism of "normative legal thought" as such. The closest I can come to such an argument would be one frequently encountered in law schools, that the common law is inherently and blindly capitalist, materialist, and acquisitive. If I ever become really bold, I might write such an article myself, because it would be a useful one; but, I would call it "Criticisms of the Common Law" or "Socialist Criticisms of the common law." In any case, I would happily entertain such content, but it isn't here now. Even if it were, it would have a bad title -- one simply cannot speak of "normative legal thought" unqualified -- the article must at least be renamed "normative common law thought" or "normative Anglo-American legal thought." Otherwise, this article will be the equivalent of writing an article on "normative philosophy" and discussing only thinkers from England -- a gross misnomer. In short, I'd love to see loads of criticism of conventional legal thought, but it needs better classification. Given that this piece is both ranting and under a horribly imprecise title, I see nothing of value in it. Xoloz 10:57, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. If an article of this name is to exist, I can't think of anything NPOV to put there. It is unlikely that the POV rant currently there can be reworked into something worthwhile, so it's better to delete for now with the possibility of starting afresh sometime later. arj 22:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete the current text - though a page on that subject would be nice, I don't think there's much worth keeping in that article. I have no idea on that subject, but it seems that those here that do want to scrap it. Flammifer 12:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete because there's nothing on the page worth keeping. If anyone wants to write an article on this subject, great, but what's the point of keeping this self-described "rant" while waiting indefinitely for that to happen? Russ Blau (talk) 18:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete per RussBlau.carmeld1 22:00, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vesicle disambiguation

I have created a Vesicle (disambiguation) article because I moved Vesicle to Vesicle (biology) and created a stub for Vesicle (geology) and I believe the topic required disambiguation. I did not know that this disambiguation page existed when I took this action, however I believe that the disambiguation page I created offers more information than this one. I only found this page when fixing all of the existing Vesicle links to go to their appropriate Vesicle (biology) or Vesicle (geology) articles. Jared81 07:42, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Harmless as a redirect. Kappa 07:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Why bother? Nothing links to it. Shouldn't we encourage the use of the more functional article? Jared81 08:22, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Redirect - that will encourage the use of the more functional article. -- BD2412 ^talk 14:53, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Redirect. (Unless Jared moved Vesicle disambiguation to Vesicle (disambiguation), I think it can be deleted as well). Mgm|^(talk) 21:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Redirect ··gracefool |☺ 00:00, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Saga

This appears to be an article about a fan fiction novella. I can't find evidence that it's particularly notable of its kind. Kappa 07:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete pretty much all fanfiction. This one in particular has an Alexa score of 3,417,499 Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 09:29, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Didn't we vfd a similar article earlier? Mgm|^(talk) 21:15, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Samuella

Nonsense. --W(t) 07:51, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete nonsense. Nateji77 08:08, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, nonsense, verfiably false (did not play Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction), maybe speedy as possible attack page. Kappa 08:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Didn't play Junior in Problem Child either. Last name not provided and I'm quire sceptical about this person actually being gay. I've speedy deleted it as verifiably false and possible attack page. Mgm|^(talk) 21:23, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
I can guarantee you that Sammy is gay. I'd also like to know why you people think that saying someone is gay is an "attack." I think you're all a bunch of homophobes.

[edit] Barbara Phillips

No evidence of notability, only one google hit for "Barbara Phillips" "Tympanic Mysteries". --W(t) 07:52, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete wikispam. --nixie 07:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, --//-- Pavel Vozenilek 20:25, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete Who? Not notable! Next! ShureMicGuy 19:09, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Account created today, all edits are to VfD. Rick K 22:56, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Do Not Delete -Several entries with google--check again. Tansy Lisek 2:43 12 Jun 2005

- Um, no, care to check again?: [4]. Delete, vanity. Rick K 23:21, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] World Armed Forces Forum

Question of notability and seems like advertisementCunningLinguist 08:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Totaly agree. (John Melendez)

Delete, wikispam. --nixie 07:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think the original poster just wanted to do something fun. I doubt advertising was his/her intention as that person is not connected with those running the forum.

Delete. Contentless wikispam. Kelly Martin 07:04, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, especially seeing that the VFD tag was removed. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 02:15, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pinkcrave

Neologism. --W(t) 08:49, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete as neologism. Karol 08:50, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gren 09:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, dictionary definition/neologism. Might be convinced to vote differently if sources of wide use are provided. Mgm|^(talk) 21:24, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete as per gren. the wub (talk) 08:40, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Syringer

Not notable. --W(t) 09:00, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete -- No. - Longhair | Talk 09:02, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete -- No. No. - gren 09:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete pointless. --Etacar11 23:48, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adverbial Clause

Dictdef, move to wiktionary and delete. --W(t) 09:08, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Keep This isn't a dictdef.... It can have a full article like noun, however, it should be moved to Adverbial clause or maybe Adverb clause? Not sure of the proper name, but it surely can have a full article. (the evolution of clauses in language, etc.) But, for now it is not a very good article. gren 09:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As per Grenavitar, Rename to Adverbial clause. Uncle G 15:17, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Keep and rename as suggested. It's very badly written, but even so it's more than a dicdef. Important grammatical constructs rate their own articles, even in a paper encyclopedia. ----Isaac R 19:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
keep, important concept in linguistics. Kappa 20:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Move to Adverbial clause and cleanup. Create redirect from Adverb clause. --Tabor 20:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Rename per Tabor. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 22:40, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and rename as per Grenavitar. Notable grammatical concept. Capitalistroadster 23:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Move per Tabor. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 06:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 23:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Ahem. How does a Move differ from a 'Rename'?Fabartus 05:58, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cheryl ann simm

Unnotable.

Delete - Sadly, not special enough for an encyclopedia gren 09:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --W(t) 09:24, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete -- Longhair | Talk 09:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete - Apparent Vanity. --Irishpunktom\^talk 11:35, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete The only real detail is that "when she was born her parents knew she would be special." The same can be said for a lot of babies, so that doesn't make her particularly notable. Sonic Mew 15:01, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Speedy delete as short without any encyclopedic content besides name and year of birth. Mgm|^(talk) 21:26, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete parental vanity. Let the kid grow up first! --Etacar11 23:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DarkMateria

Fails to pass WP:MUSIC guidelines. Sarg 09:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep -WP:MUSIC are rough guidelines, and not meeting them exactly does not mean the article should be deleted. In particular I think DarkMateria has established itself as notable, first of all for spawning an internet phenomenon with the Picard Song and the accompanying animations/music videos others have made, but also for the unique combination of music they make which in my opinion is rather notable. Please remember Jimbo Wales comments on tolerating trivial articles if they are factual and have some inherent notability, and arent harming Wikipedia as a whole. -CunningLinguist 23:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. The reason WP:MUSIC was created is that every band thinks they have a distinctive "sound" everyone should know about, and as for creating an "internet phenomenon"—give us a break! —Wahoofive (talk) 04:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- What do you mean give you a break in reference to the internet phenomenon? The Picard Song and its various animations/music videos were widely distributed and known about. I was in fact introduced to it by my Economics teacher, which shows just how wide its audience was. I dont see how this article is flagrantly non-notable. In my opinion I agree with those that beleive trivial articles should be kept and I think that when deciding what articles stay and what articles go, it is a matter of proving an article merits deletion, not proving that an article merits inclusion (assuming the article is factual). -CunningLinguist 06:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - What I meant is that everybody claims they have buzz on the Internet, so that's an inherently suspicious statement. I have no knowledge one way or the other. I will change my vote if you have evidence beyond your Econ teacher that this Picard Song is notable. For alleged vanity articles the burden of proof is on inclusionists to show notability. —Wahoofive (talk) 16:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. ----Da 'Sco Mon 06:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, the only verifiable thing in the artilce is that he made a single song that is famous on the internet --nixie 07:46, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, Redirect to Final Fantasy. R adiant _* 12:23, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep per CunningLinguist and for making a song that is famous on the internet. Kappa 21:44, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bentley Park College

No evidence of notability. --W(t) 09:41, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete There are millions of these -- gren 09:41, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Abstain - I read WP:SCH and... yeah.... gren 20:09, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with Bentley Park, Queensland--AYArktos 10:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
delete not notable. Dunc|☺ 12:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Notable, like all the others which have survived nomination. Oliver Chettle 18:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with Cairns, Queensland, where it already has a mention. Or, if it grows significantly before end of VfD, keep. JYolkowski // talk 18:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, nn. Rick K 21:44, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep for preference or else Merge and Redirect. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:53, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge Vegaswikian 02:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with the appropriate geographical article, to keep the school inclusionists happy. --Carnildo 02:55, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, or barring that merge. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:39, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
Merge with Bentley Park, Queensland. Doing this right away have been a whole lot easier than listing this on VfD which is bound to produce a no consensus. Then again, expanding the Bentley Park article would have been preferrable to creating a separate school article in the first place. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:15, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge. R adiant _* 12:23, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Verifiable and NPOV. I agree with WP:SCH. DoubleBlue (Talk) 14:39, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Verifiable and NPOV. --Un focused 15:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Quale 01:29, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, or if that fails, Merge. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep why isn't a reasonably-sized school notable? ··gracefool |☺ 23:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with redirect. --Cyberjunkie 16:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Youngling

Delete Useless. The Jedi article already has information about Younglings. Besides that, there isn't exactly a whole lot of information about them. Kross 09:53, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Redirect to Jedi. -- Marcika 13:48, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
To Jedi, redirect. -- BD2412 ^talk 18:59, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
As above, redirect. JYolkowski // talk 19:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Redirect. Mgm|^(talk) 21:27, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Comment. No vote. Youngling isn't an exclusive term for Star Wars or whatever it is. It's just one of those vaguely Scandinavian-sounding words that shows up in a certain kind of gothic fiction. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:41, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete or transwiki to Wiktionary. All this has to do with Star Wars is that the word was used in the movies, and by that logic, "and" could be a Star Wars term too. — JIP | Talk 07:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Oh darn, I was hoping this would be about the USA's oldest active brewery, Yuengling. Delete, not encyclopedic, not primarily a Star Wars term to merit a redirect there. Barno 20:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Redirect to Jedi ··gracefool |☺ 08:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete or transwiki as per User:JIP, it's not just a SW term. -- Lochaber 14:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Current surveys/Polls

This appears to have been created to make a point, not to be a genuine survey. Do we want to archive it or is it cruft? (My vote's for the latter). --W(t) 10:48, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

No one voted, set up by now banned User:Cheese dreams. Delete. Wikipedia isn't a democracy. We can poll, but only sparingly. It's certainly useless to poll it if you think polls shouldn't be used. Looks like WP:POINT. Strong delete. Mgm|^(talk) 21:32, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
LOL! We can create facts now by voting on them? BJAODN. R adiant _* 12:24, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, not policy nor used meaningfully in determining policy, nothing but WP:POINT material. Barno 20:47, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete but move to BJAODN ··gracefool |☺ 08:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Manu Prasad

Google doesn't have any hits on this bloke - it seems to be a vanity page more than anything. Craigy (talk) 11:29, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete - smells strongly of vanity, and no good encyclopedic style text anyway. andy 11:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete - definitely vanity. -- Marcika 13:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete nn vanity. --Etacar11 00:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vol au vent

This article was listed for deletion by 81.178.101.133. -- Longhair | Talk 11:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep -- and cleanup. They're available here in Australia. Longhair | Talk 11:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Encyclopedic. Relevant. Non-obvious. -- Marcika 13:57, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, non-obvious, and delicious. Kappa 15:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I'd certainly like to try one. ¶ If I had spotted this, I would have just deleted the VfD template. If somebody can't be bothered to explain why they want something deleted, a debate is a waste of time. ----Isaac R 19:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep article is perfectly fine and anon didn't provide rationale to prove otherwise. Mgm|^(talk) 21:34, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep and cleanup. Notable food. Capitalistroadster 23:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and eat. Mmmmm...vollervonts! Grutness...wha? 02:55, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and eat as above :p ··gracefool |☺ 08:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and eat. Don't see anything wrong with this entry. Have just used it to validate a quiz question. Ringbark 09:35, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, eat and expand. Where is the history, the diferent sizes you can buy, etc?--Takver 02:01, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, but the article needs to be cleaned up. Dr.frog 14:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Filmi song

Listed for deletion by 81.178.101.133. I'm only listing it correctly and not voting. -- Longhair | Talk 11:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Redirect to Filmi. -- Marcika 13:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gransazer

Not notable. r3m0t ^talk 11:58, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete without prejudice. I disagree with R3m0t's judgement of "not notable" especially as frankly a lot of Wikipedians tend to prejudge Japanese series as not notable without actually knowing anything about whether it is or not (the classic of this tendency, I think, being when an entire 50+ episode TV series was dismissed as a "minor character".) However, this is an exceptionally uninformative stub, written in poor form, and I have to think that any good article written on Gransazer would be just as easy to write starting from scratch as from this stub. so, I vote delete, but a cleanup would probably change my mind. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was not easy to work out. There is no consensus to delete. The main question is whether to keep or merge with World of Warcraft. I will call this a keep for now because the World of Warcraft article does not appear to have a space for specific, individual NPCs. If anyone has a better place to merge this article, that will also be acceptable. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:50, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Captain Placeholder

Delete - not just a minor character from a game, but a temporary minor character that doesn't even exist any more --Stormie 12:04, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Keep - However, one that has had a substantial effect on the community and has, on many servers, become a significant part of the culture. --John Kenneth Fisher 14:31, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Merge with World of Warcraft -- I agree that Captain Placeholder seems to have had a substantial effect on the WoW community and as such is notable enough in that context; however, letting the good Captain have an article of his own might be a overdoing it a little, especially as he has passed on. -- Captain Disdain 17:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - what John said. I think that keeping the Captain separate would keep the place tidier; it functions well as a separate article, while in the WoW one it'd make a significant non sequitur, being irrelevant to the description of the game. -- Kizor 00:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Merge with World of Warcraft. Alternatively, an article on the WoW community and its related topics (Leeroy Jenkins, for example) would probably be appropriate. Junjk 14:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep as above comment ··gracefool |☺ 08:21, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep in that respect. I think articles about the communities of online games is a very good idea. --CGally81 22:33, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with World of Warcraft --Nova Cygni 01:18, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aren't we done now

We're over the 5 days, but not sure of the procedure to declare this VFD period ended. --John Kenneth Fisher 15:59, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Petticoat Punishment

Nonsense and not encyclopedic. -- Longhair | Talk 12:05, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete -- Longhair | Talk 12:05, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and Rewrite/Expand: It was put up for vfd when it was only an hour old! 53,900 Google hits suggest that it is more than nonsense. Sonic Mew 13:28, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Weak keep. Well, I only find 4,580 Google hits [5], but it seems to be a valid topic. However, if this stays, then parent topic - the fetish of petticoating - should have an article as well, I think. -- Marcika 13:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge with appropriate fetish. --nixie 13:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- That would be transvestic fetishism then, i guess. -- Marcika 15:01, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge per Petaholmes and Marcika. -- Captain Disdain 17:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Don't merge. This is not a fetish but a very interesting form of discipline that, fortunately, seems to be in relative disuse today. This article is not very well written but I found a very good description at A Short History of Petticoat Discipline. DS1953 18:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- You have obviously never been in a leather bar. Many fetishes involved being "punished". In this case, the fetish is for an ancient punishment that seems to have beenr revivied. Anyway, this article is just an advertisment for a site the celebrates this fetish. It's amazing all the different ways people can get off, but I don't think every little one rates its own article. ----Isaac R 19:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - But the point is that this is actually used as a real punishment. It can easily be compared to spanking: Though it is used in an erotic form, it is also used as real discipline on children. The question is whether this deserves its own article like spanking, or should be merged as a section of the fetish article. Sonic Mew 20:13, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
    - There are many stories of parents punishing a child caught smoking by forcing them to smoke a large amount; likewise with drinking alcohol. Do these all warrant encyclopedia articles? The interest in this particular case seems to be only due to its fetish associations. --Tabor 20:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep this disturbing fetish or punishment or whatever, doesn't seem to need merging anywhere. Kappa 20:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Lovely subject but it needs to be NPOV'd a bit. Petticoat punishment is a prominent feature of transgender erotica and D/S roleplay, and is a lot of fun and an excuse to dress up. It has probably been attempted in real life also, but I'd like to see references for that. There are plenty of anecdotes by fetishists who claim they were started by being petticoated but this isn't enough because obviously everybody likes to make up fantasies about their fetish. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 21:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep ··gracefool |☺ 08:19, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. If this is real fetish redirect. Pavel Vozenilek 21:02, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Issy Buddin

Vanity. -- Longhair | Talk 12:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete -- Longhair | Talk 12:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable vanity entry. -- Marcika 13:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete rampant vanity. --Etacar11 00:48, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Randy - The Hedgehog Psychiatrist

I'm certainly doubtful about this one... What are the criteria for notability regarding web comics? Generika has probably more readers than this one, and it doesn't have an article. Sarg 12:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment. Alexa rank 1,685,519. --Tabor 18:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Vanity/advertisement page, created by Swizec himself. No evidence of notability. (Or humor.) Criteria for web comic is the same as for any other comic. It's just a lot easier to publish a web comic, which is why there are so many lame ones. ----Isaac R 19:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment Meh, if it's bothering you that much just delete it, guess I didn't read the rules well enough.
- That unsigned comment is from the article creator. That's enough for a speedy delete, so I'm going to change the tag. ----Isaac R 02:57, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Not notable, not funny. Denni ☯ 02:31, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)

[edit] Nik Youdale

Vanity. -- Longhair | Talk 12:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete -- Longhair | Talk 12:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable 17-year-old. -- Marcika 13:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete nn vanity. Zac Cohan appears to be the creator of Soulv but no verification of Youdale being connected with it. --Etacar11 00:57, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Elysia Clapin

Vanity -- Longhair | Talk 13:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete -- Longhair | Talk 13:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable 16-year-old. - Marcika 13:26, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete teenage vanity. --Etacar11 01:00, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brendan james ryan

Vanity biography article for non-notable 16-year-old. Delete Marcika 13:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Miscapitalisation strikes nine out of ten, delete. --W(t) 13:27, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete teenage vanity. --Etacar11 01:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Unsigned comments by 62.252.64.16 — Phil Welch 22:31, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- no delete' having this hear isn't hurting anyone, so whats the problem
- marcika and etacar, both your pages are vanity pages, If you delete the Brendan James Ryan, then both your pages should be deleted!
- i agree, there should be no deletion with this article
- here, here
  - All of the above unsigned comments are by 62.252.64.16, who clearly doesn't know the difference between an article and a user page. --Etacar11 19:31, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- no deletion 11:57, 10 jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. — Phil Welch 22:31, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete: Bjr, you can register and have all the info in this article, and more, appear in the Wikipedia as your user page. -- Picapica 05:21, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Brotherhood of The Bakerites

I have been unable to verify this information with an external source. If it is proved to be a hoax, the text in David Baker should go too. Feel free to prove me wrong. Sarg 13:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Unverifiable. Probably attack article/juvenile prank. --Tabor 18:04, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete as above. Pavel Vozenilek 20:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LITFA

Non notable neologism. I don't think it even deserves a Wiktionary entry. Sarg 13:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment. Not sure what wiktionary's inclusion standards are. The few google hits where this was used as an acronym were coy references to "LITFA method" to allow body piercings to heal (not computer systems, as stated in article). --Tabor 18:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete More like a saying than anything... ins't encyclopedic material Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 01:06, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Pavel Vozenilek 20:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Calcino

In my opinion this is nonsense. Andrew Calcino has not received a Nobel Price (most definitely not for Kick-Boxing). Googling turned up nothing on an Italian dynasty of Calcinos. Delete. -- Marcika 13:53, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. This is nonsense. Wish it could be speedied, but oh well. -- Captain Disdain 17:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Good fiction, lousy article. ----Isaac R 19:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete nonsense. --Etacar11 01:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Speedy delete, borders on patent nonsense. Martg76 22:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nine Famous Irishmen

Nothing against the Irish - but this ain't an article, it's an anecdote (probably circular e-mail cruft). The title is hopeless - the facts suspect (Australia didn't have a PM in 1874). Some stuff here may be suitable for merging elsewhere- but the article should be deleted. --Doc (?) 14:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

At least one of the references (Thomas Francis Meagher) is consistent with the reported history in his individual article. Keep (and clean up) for now. Kelly Martin 14:56, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Keep an article on the incident, but move to a better title. Otherwise it seems to invite articles on "X Famous Foomen". -- BD2412 ^talk 19:01, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
There are probably places where the verifiable content can be merged, though that is likely to be in more than one place. From a cursory examination of external sources, these do not all appear to be a part of a single incident, at the article implies. Needs some research to determine if the grouping is appropriate, and should moved to a better title if a clearer relationship is discerned. --Tabor 19:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- OK, researched further. Appears to mostly be copyvio of [6]. Whoever copied it here left out this part:

The story of the Irish rebels is popular in Ireland and Australia. Elements of the story are factual and elements of the story are myth.

Despite not being the whole truth, the creation of the mythical aspects is a fact in itself, and so reflects the wants and spiritual aspirations of vanquished generations.''

--Tabor 19:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep but perhaps move to simply the "Nine Irishmen". The anecdote, whether true or not, seems to have a real life of its own. There is a pub and restaurant Nine Fine Irishmen in the New York New York casino in Las Vegas. Also, see "Notes Over the Air Waves", The Lowell Sun (March 8, 1938), p. 15, col 3, which reported that

Ripley Will Remember St. Patrick...

Bob Ripley, presents an all-Irish program, appropriate to the approach of St. Patrick's day on his "Believe It Or Not" program over the NBC-Red network on Saturday, March 12, at 8 p.m., E. S. T.

The guest star will be Rev. Thomas J. Wheelright, half-brother of the Irish patriot Eamon de Valera, who will tell an hitherto unrevealed story about the latter.

The Ripley players will dramatize the story of nine Irishmen sentence to death for treason in the middle of the nineteenth century. Pardoned by Queen Victoria, they were exiled to Australia. The amazing destiny of each one will be revealed during the dramatization.

The word "famous" does not appear to be standard in the story. However, the number "nine" does seem central to identifying this particular story.

- DS1953 19:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment: If kept, clarify its notability as a popular story, rather than presenting it as historical fact. --Tabor 20:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No vote, since copyvios are an entirely different process and this article should be dealt with through that process. Rick K 21:49, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Comment. Appears to be copyvio. I note that the text from which the article was copied referred to an Attorney-General of Australia being occupied by Morris Lyne and Michael Ireland being Attorney-General and Sir Charles Duffy as Prime Minister of Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia was not formed until 1901. Charles Duffy was Premier of Victoria in 1871 not 1874. However, he was jailed as part of the Young Ireland movement but freed after his fifth trial. He served a term in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1855 but became disillusioned and migrated to Victoria in 1855 where he was elected to Parliament in 1856. On the other hand, the Australian Dictionary of Biography does not have entries for either Morris Lyne and Michael Ireland. If they had achieved any notability in colonial Australia such as being Attorney-General of Victoria, the Australian Dictionary of Biography would have an entry for them. You could possibly justify an entry as a prominent hoax but it should clearly note that it is a hoax not factual. Capitalistroadster 01:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and expand with more context ··gracefool |☺ 08:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nowacka

This smells like a hoax. It is from the same IP who wrote Calcino, listed above. -- Marcika 14:41, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Well, I don't want to leap to conclusions here or nothin', but frankly, any treatment on a supposedly ancient Tibetan family name that has its roots in English and Polish and was also adopted by a bunch of very nice Vikings who threw the best parties in the neighborhood and sported a tribesman named "the Mighty Bubba" smells like bullshit -- excuse me, nonsense -- to me... -- Captain Disdain 17:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete all articles based on Anglo-Polish-Tibetan puns attributed to "the Mighty Bubba". ---- Isaac R 19:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete Terrible writing and is almost definitely fiction -- Acyso 19:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete funny, but nonsense. --Etacar11 01:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Richard meredith

Total vanity, no evidence of encyclopedic content. Kelly Martin 15:27, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Geogre's Law strikes again. This is not Richard C. Meredith the science-fiction author. Delete. Uncle G 15:55, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- Maybe a delete and redirect to Richard C. Meredith? --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 22:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete and redirect to Richard C. Meredith ··gracefool |☺ 08:12, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Create page Richard Meredith and redirect it to the sci-fi author. Pavel Vozenilek 20:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ninjad

Neologism, and not even all that good of one. Kelly Martin 15:30, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Neologism. --Tabor 20:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Agreed - neologism, Tobycat 06:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 6,000 to 10,000 years

Tagged by user:Ghepeu but I'm happy to complete the nomination. Already covered by Young earth creationism so simply delete this --Doc (?) 15:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete POV fork of young earth creationism. Revolución 15:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Wasn't this deleted before? Delete either way. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 16:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, I believe it was. Delete it again. --Whimemsz 23:37, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
- User Truthteller created the article, and I believe that it is the same person who created the old one, as the same kind of rubbish is on his user page. Revolución 01:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - The old VFD discussion --Whimemsz 01:06, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, per Revolución. As a second option, a redirect would be harmless. -- BD2412 ^talk 19:03, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Redirect into Lightfoots dating system. Falphin 21:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. This [insert demeaning phrase here] individual has been turning Wikipedia into his own personal underwear stain. --brian0918 ™ 04:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Creation science isn't science. Haikupoet 04:56, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What a pointless, POV statement. ··gracefool |☺ 08:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Agreed - Creation science gets an article, and verily deserves it. This article, however, is just a range of dates, a conclusion rather than an explanation, as it were. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:28, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)

Delete — redundant, highly PoV, and lacking credibility. Judging by his user page, he is "on a mission from god"®. So we'll probably see many more like this one. — RJH 20:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment This is POV, redundant, and infinitely deletable, but I don't like the temperature of these remarks either. What happened to 'no personal attacks'? This user is entitled to his unpopular opinions (although not to push them in this manner). Why is it that certain views produce such spleen from otherwise fair-minded people? The 'Church of Reality' POV nonsense got an easier time - despite its sock puppets. --Doc (?) 21:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vitriol reflex, I guess. People on the rationalist side get tired of trying to defend their positions against people who selectively examine the evidence and refuse to listen when they're being called on their tactics. It's as if, in the middle of a boxing match, the opponent switches to taekwondo or Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu instead of following the rules; therefore their responses come out in a frustrated and rather nasty manner. Haikupoet 22:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. I hate to sound so negative, given some of the nasty comments above, but if Truthteller makes another article like this, there needs to be an RFC or mediation request. →Ingoolemo← ^talk 23:57, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
Delete, redirect, and protect. -Sean Curtin 03:12, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
Delete but see Doc's comment. ··gracefool |☺ 08:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:04, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

With 6 valid delete votes and at least 40 valid keep votes, consensus is clearly to keep

[edit] Race and intelligence

Delete Unbelievably POV article filled with racist stereotypes. No hope of becoming neutral. Revolución 15:44, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep Probably the Wikipedia article with most references to peer-reviewed scientific studies. Very noteworthy (but controversial) area of scientific research. The results are not what the typical racists would prefer, for example, East Asians have higher average IQ scores than whites. The article does not claim that the differences are due to genetics, environmental factors may well explain all of the differences. Ultramarine 15:57, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Huge, long-standing, thoroughly-referenced article about a topic of social significance and increasing public scrutiny. This VfD is baseless. --Rikurzhen 16:38, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
- This VfD is not baseless. I am simply nominating an article that has no hope of becoming neutral. The premise of this article is to try to "prove" that blacks and hispanics are less intelligent. That is b---shit! We don't need articles like this anyway. Revolución 22:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - you should consult the Wikipedia:Deletion policy and re-read the definition of Wikipedia:NPOV. you should also note that this topic has been an active area of public debate and research since at least 1969; clearly from the article's length there is a lot to report on. don't allow taboo to impact your intellecutal judgment. --Rikurzhen 23:09, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
  - I suggest reading the article before claiming that it is racist or non-neutral. There is no attempt in the article to prove anything. On the contrary a thorough discussion of several sides of the controversial evidence is presented. Dystopos 05:02, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - What is neutral? All people on earth are equal. They are as tall, as fat and as smart as each other regardless of gender, sexual orientation, class and race. If you see some people more often in a basketball court, that's untrue. You're seeing an illusion. It is undisputed known fact that East Asians, Whites, Latinos and Blacks are equally good at playing basketball. White men can jump and do jump very well. ... There are as many uneducated rocket scientists working for NASA as educated ones ... The fact is we are not equal. But that doesn't mean people cannot co-exist peacefully and help each other. That's why we need a good article with known facts to fight groundless racism. -- Toytoy 02:00, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. This should be rather a featured article candidate than a VFD... -- Marcika 16:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I simply do not know what to say to that. Ugh. Revolución 22:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Nomination is politically motivated. Oliver Chettle 18:34, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The article is politically-motivated. Revolución 22:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Controversial subject still need articles so that both sides can be vetted. I skimmed this but it seems like an excellent article and we need more with its depth of coverage and citation of sources. But we should not sit in judgment of the nominator's motivation. Justt keep it. DS1953 18:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Does this mean that you also approve of articles like Gender and intelligence, Sexual orientation and intelligence, or Religion and intelligence? Revolución 22:53, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - religiousness and intelligence --Rikurzhen 00:33, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
    - So? I asked if you support such ridiculous articles, not if they existed... Revolución 03:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
      - If human intelligence is not determined at least partially by genetic composition, gender (including hormonal influence) and any other known but disputed factors, then by what? Astrology? (see Astrological signs and intelligence). Actually, I think this topic is much less politically incorrect because if an East Asian infant can be born today, so can a black infant. -- Toytoy 02:11, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Amazing article. Wikipedia at its best, and proof that a community-edited article can work even when the subject is controversial. Arbor 19:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Are you kidding me? You're calling a racist article "amazing"? Revolución 22:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I think it's great that Wikipedia's NPOV policy forbids censorship of unpopular views and taboo subjects; the encyclopedia is better for it. --Rikurzhen 23:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
  - Wikipedia is not a forum that people can express their views. It's an encylopedia where factual and neutral information should be presented. Revolución 23:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - No, it's an encyclopedia where all information can be presented in a neutral manner -- not just "neutral information" -- NPOV means neutral presentation of POVs not no POVs. It's a forum for published peer-reviewed ideas: note the enormous number of references in this article to support and attribute facts/claims. Finally, VfD is not the proper procedure for a NPOV dispute. --Rikurzhen 23:43, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
      - I did not nominate it just because it was POV. I nominated it because it has no hope of becoming a neutral article, since the article's title itself sets up a premise that it will try to 'prove' a relationship between race/ethnicity and intelligence, and such a relationship does not exist. Revolución 00:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        a relationship between race/ethnicity and intelligence... does not exist -- I'd be fascinated to read a peer-reviewed paper that makes that claim. --Rikurzhen 00:29, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
        
        What sort of relationship do you think exists between these two completely non-related things? I'd be surprised to see a neutral article that makes the claim the two concepts are related. Revolución 00:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        Then I'm guessing you haven't actually read the article you are proposing to delete. --Rikurzhen 01:28, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
        
        If you define "intelligence" a certain way and define "race" a certain way, then you can find and state correlations between the two. The real question is whether it is a revealing relationship, and, if it is "revealing," then what it reveals. P0M 02:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        
        "it has no hope of becoming a neutral article, since the article's title itself sets up a premise that it will try to 'prove' a relationship between race/ethnicity and intelligence" - This is simply not so. The article's name implies a discussion of a relationship between race/ethnicity and intelligence, which includes the topic of whether such a relationship exists. If you think that the article doesn't adequately discuss this possibility, that's a problem with the article that should be fixed by editing, not by deletion. Daekharel 15:30, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
Delete - I agree completely with Revolucion, the entire article seems to be based on a narrow political view. -CunningLinguist 23:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Against my better judgment (because this irrelevant), let me say ... as one of the current editors of this article ... I am a registered Democrat, I'm an atheist, I voted for Gore and Kerry, I live in a blue state, I donate to the ACLU, I work in academia, I ride a bike to work, I don't shop at Walmart, and my favorite political philosopher is John Rawls. But I guess that's not the "narrow political view" you were thinking of? --Rikurzhen 00:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
  - I dont beleive I ever stated this article had anything to do with Right-Left politics. I was referring to something Revolucion pointed out himself: that this article begins with the premise that there is a correlation between race and intelligence and attempts to prove it. I find such an article to be inherently POV and to be based on personal speculation/political reasoning/interest. Thus I feel this article should be deleted. -CunningLinguist 01:49, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - Then I must apologize for being glib, but now it seems I don't understand your criticism at all. If you'd like to try to explain in detail, you could add a comment to the article's talk page. --Rikurzhen 03:06, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Thoroughly referenced NPOV article. Far from being racist, it highlights what might be considered racial bias in intelligence testing methods. Socio-economic, cultural, and geographic factors are discussed citing a variety of scholarly sources. If someone disagrees with this article he or she should bring in more peer-reviewed academic papers to include in the discussion. --Fazdeconta 00:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Good thorough article. Political correctness should not be the basis for deleting articles. Capitalistroadster 02:00, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. But a suggestion: the article would probably disturb people less if the graph was moved from the top to the middle. --Arcadian 02:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Even though I am acutely uncomfortable with the article and deeply question the validity of unstated assumptions that serve as the foundation of the studies upon which the article reports, disappearing the article will not make the issues that the article attempts to discuss go away. To make a satisfactory article would require that we engage in original research, or, at a very minimum, that we deeply think about and critique the fundamentals of the field. To do so, however, involves doing what I have been told over and over again is forbidden to us. If we are forbidden even to think about issues rather than to just report on what others have written about issues, then to make a more satisfactory article would require finding articles to cite that would go into the fundamental problems with this field. In brief, the article shows that if people define "intelligence" a certain way, and if people defines "races" a certain way, then certain correlations can be stated. My reaction to that report is, "So what?" But I have little hope that the anti-intellectual biases can be hedged well enough to permit a more penetrating article.

Ideally, the article should point out the lack of a fundamental critique that goes beyond finger pointing, and the fact that regardless of the good intent of some of those involved in the field, the assertion (true or false) of a correlation between race and intelligence very definitely serves racist purposes. I support the feelings of Revolución -- I just don't think that scrapping the article is the way to straighten things out. And you can blame me too, because I've been through too many partisan and mean-spirited debates in Wikipedia to barge in where I have no depth of research knowledge and where the simple act of thinking is met with vituperative responses.P0M 02:39, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

- P0M, since you pointed that out I've done the best I can to make that POV even more prominent by quoting the abstract of a recent Robert Sternberg review paper. --Rikurzhen 04:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
  - Sorry, but if the guy you cited stands as an expert in the field it only strengthens my impression that the field makes assertions that "aren't even wrong." I can see why Revolución goes ballistic, but his problem would seem actually to be with the field and not to the article (that only reflects the field since that is all good Wikipedians are permitted to do). I'm feeling extremely grumpy, but please do not take it personally. You've never told me to stop thinking or to stop trying to explain things to people like Revolución who have (IMHO) the right idea but the unclear way to put it. P0M 05:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong keep. It's certainly notable. It's covered at length in pretty much any introductory psychology class. Whether or not we'll ever get it to be POV, I doubt it. But it's just as important as any other controversial issue out there. --Idont Havaname 03:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Is it covered in any philosophy of science courses that you know about? That's the only place it is likely to get an adequate going-over unless there is a top-rate researcher like Milton Diamond who is interested in this field.P0M 05:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment this article is just ridiculous. Anyone can start an article called "--- and intelligence". What if someone created an article called "Music choice and intelligence" and attempted to prove that listeners to one genre of music are smarter than the other. This is the kind of insanity I see in this article. I don't know why all these people are voting keep, it just baffles the hell out of me. Hey, I thought this was the damn 21st century, not the 1400s. Revolución 03:32, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Just take a class in psychology, and you'll see that it's an important issue. Making a comparison to other stuff, you don't delete the Boston Red Sox or George W. Bush just because there are people who don't like them. --Idont Havaname 03:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - I guess it's an important "issue"....to racists. The facts are, no connection exists between race/ethnicity and intelligence. The articles on "Boston Red Sox" and "George W. Bush" are real things, while the supposed "connection" between race and intelligence does not exist. Revolución 03:46, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - In a way I agree with you, and in another way I disagree. First, suggesting that this person or that person is a "racist" isn't likely to get us to anything except defensiveness. Second, the conceptualization of [race] is so murky, with hardly any two identifiable people actually defining the word "race" the same way, that it is difficult to think about clearly -- especially since people are generally unwilling to dig down to brass tacks and then build back out. To make things worse, [intelligence] is not conceptualized clearly either. It has regularly been used in these discussions as though it were a thing, no? It is an abstract category and a moving target depending for its actions on who is pointing the gun, and yet it is discussed as though it is a simple entity "out there somewhere" just waiting for somebody to take a snapshot of it. It's even been given a "true name" to identify the ens realissimus behind all manifestations of [intelligence] -- the simple letter g. So now people are trying to correlate two "entities" hypostatized out of subjectively determined abstract categories. There's nothing particularly immoral about that approach. It's just (IMHO) stupid. But it does give racists a golden opportunity. The only good thing (from my point of view) is that white racists are beginning to have to deal with a their own reactions to a cartoon in which the white guys are second string (or maybe third rate, who knows since its dependent on how you play the game). P0M 05:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - Keep I think you, Revolución, are as just as narrow-minded as those "racists." There clearly is a racial gap that exists in the United States, and whether it is due to "genetics" or "environment" is of another matter --they are both very arguable as seen with statistics. Even though this article is controversial, there is no reason to delete this page for its controversy. We do not delete articles on Adolf Hitler or Stalin or Andrew Jackson, just because of the controversy that surrounds those two figures. The "connection between race and intelligence" has not been disproven completely, nor has the connection between environment and intelligence been completely proven; and thus, there is an argument for both that exist. There are clearly very educated and intelligent --perhaps more open-minded than you-- people who argue for one or the other, and to ignore one or the other is very dilletante. I believe you, Revolución, are as narrow-minded as those "racists" whom you claim you are against. Just because this article is extremely controversial, it does not mean that it should be deleted. One should be open-minded to all view points of a matter, and this matter is very important and very visible in the United States.Bezant
    - Please do not make personal attacks. I'm unabashedly not racist, by the way; I have friends of all races and a wide range of nationalities. Now back to the article we're discussing, controversies of this scale are in themselves notable, see for example our articles on creationism and evolution, or pro-life and pro-choice. Regardless of whether or not you agree with something, if the debate is this major then we need to show all major sides to remain NPOV. Granted, it's harder to show NPOV on something like this, but as long as all major viewpoints are well thought out and included with the article, we've done our job in making the article unbiased. --Idont Havaname 03:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Revolución, I've added references and quotations that I believe will more clearly express your POV in the article. --Rikurzhen 04:22, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. What Religiousness and intelligence ought to become. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:20, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
Keep. Seems to be a reasonably fair treatment of an extremely controversial issue. Illustrates, with extensive references, reasons why such a relationship may exist and what criticisms that theory has. I, too, am troubled by the theory on one side of this issue, but I don't see the article as really POV for either side. ESkog 04:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep (but if necessary, clean up for NPOV). Well written article about a notable, controversial subject. Race and intelligence has lately been on the news here in Finland, because of a book that our prime minister's father wrote in co-operation with some American dude, which dares to claim that perhaps whites are not the stupidest race in the world after all. — JIP | Talk 04:40, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - Pretending that a debate doesn't exist does not make the debate go away, nor does it fulfill our mission of providing a comprehensive encyclopedia. --FCYTravis 06:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment: Shouldn't that be "pretending a debate doesn't exist"? — JIP | Talk 06:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - Annoyed grunt! Kids: Don't drink and Wiki. Thanks --FCYTravis 06:32, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - The topic is notable both from a societal and historical standpoint. Clean up the POV, but in my opinion, The Bell Curve covers a similar debate with a neutral POV, so it's quite possible. I'd love to see this topic end up like Phrenology some day, but deleting something because the debate might seem to support racism is not the way to go. michael 07:40, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep The only reason you might think this article has a racist undertone, is likely because you are a racist. Content is portrayed nuetrally, research is confirmable. R Lee E 18:24, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think there should be a place for racism on Wikipedia! This article clearly tries to say that blacks and hispanics are less intelligent, and that is bullshit! Ugh! Revolución 21:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - If it tried to say black and hispanics were more intelligent, would that be all OK with you? — JIP | Talk 04:14, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - Keep As a practical concern, it's problematic to change science articles too much in response to them offending laymen. The article's meticulous references and committment to neutral treatment make it a model article for other Wikipedia articles. It is inaccurate to say "blacks and hispanics are less intelligent," as individuals from each group can be found everywhere on the IQ scale ('IQ' is not a synonym for 'intelligence'); the issue under discussion refers to the averages between these groups. Furthermore, "neither the existence nor the size of race differences in IQ are a matter of dispute, only their cause."[7] That being said, yes, we're all deeply uncomfortable with the topic. --Nectarflowed ^T 23:15, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Strong keep Maybe this article could be smoothed a little bit, but overall, it's an important contribution. Revolucion, it doesn't say that blacks/hispanic are innately stupid, so don't bother with your canned self-righteousness; it says, as do most other similar studies/articles, that their lower level of functioning is due to outside constraints like nutrition, education, &c. Read Guns, Germs, and Steel. --67.161.115.23 22:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep subject is of enormous contemporary interest from several points of view. NPOV is a (difficult) task for editors, not a criterion for VfD. Comment An analogy for the broader topic: 17th Century ethicists were dismayed by the perceived implications of astronomical observations and attempted to censor the entire endeavor. We in the 21st century are dismayed by the perceived implications of race/intelligence research, but we should know better than to censor the endeavor. Perhaps our assumptions about the implications are flawed. We will have to find out by continuing to do research and to report the results without biased preconceptions to a wide audience. Dystopos 23:59, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep This article is pretty neutral and the subject is very significant. --Tomazrui
Keep Many articles are going to be inherently POV problems, and this doesn't make them unworthy. Interslice
Keep, although it is clearly very POV ··gracefool |☺ 08:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment I'd be willing to edit the article for POV, but I don't see what's non-neutral about it. Should I add "but this is bullshit" after every presentation of scientific evidence that appears to support unpalatable beliefs? Dystopos 13:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Strong Keep Probably the Wikipedia article with most references to peer-reviewed scientific studies. Very noteworthy (but controversial) area of scientific research. The results are not what the typical racists would prefer, for example, East Asians have higher average IQ scores than whites. The article does not claim that the differences are due to genetics, environmental factors may well explain all of the differences. [[User:JV] 14:22, 8 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Extreme keep. This article does not seem to overtly take a side, and while I can see a little bias toward the existance of a link it's something to be cleaned up, not deleted. This article can be made perfectly NPOV by making it simply describe the controversy. If you want to get political, denying that such a link is possible or that people believe in it is not a good idea. Nickptar 18:31, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. If we get rid of pages that are this well researched and manage to stay anything like so neutral (not that it's perfect) on a controversial topic, what hope do we have for anything other than the very blandest of useless, politically correct waffle. --Douglas 19:39, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. The article cites numerous sources, presents data in an unbiased fashion, and summarizes itself without drawing biased conclusions. Yes, it's a controversial topic, but the article handles the controversy well. It's also not particularly politically correct, but last time I checked, NPOV doesn't equal PC. --Dachannien 21:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Facts, figures, and research presented in a calm and painfully NPOV way. Howls of outrage from dogmatic egalitarians should not be allowed to cause articles to be deleted. LeoO3 22:59, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Absolute Keep. Well-referenced article which throughly illustrated the ongoing controversy based on sound scientific evidence.
Keep. Well-written and extremely well referenced article — should be linked from the Wikipedia:Verifiability project page. I believe the VFD creator unfortunately suffered an (understandable) knee-jerk reaction to any idea that such a topic could even be discussed, took one look at the top graph and assumed that the article was created to prove a racist idea. If he had read the article, though, he would have seen that it is as much about the controversy as it is about anything else, and the one thing it certainly doesn't to is try to prove anything about race and intelligence. Whatever the case, there is no question that something that has been scientifically examined and debated for almost fifty years should have an article here. We're here to write about things which are notable, and this debate is certainly notable. — Asbestos | Talk 01:45, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Well written article. Nothing inherently POV about it. If you think it's POV the answer is to make edits where needed, not delete it. Kaibabsquirrel 05:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. This article is well-researched and well-written. To delete it is the ultimate victory of PC and censorship. -- Toytoy 18:07, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

By the way, I am Chinese. I belong to the group that's supposed to be ~~the brightest on earth~~ ONLY LESSER THAN ASKENAZI JEWS :). So what? That doesn't matter a goddamn bit. If I am stupid, then I am stupid. If I can't make money, then I can't make money. Even if ALL OTHER Chinese are smarter than Albert Einstein, if I am stupid, I am stupid and no one else can donate his/her brain cells to me.

So what's wrong with this article? We all want to be smart, rich and beatiful. We may belong to the group of top dogs, but that doesn't matter. I can still be dumb, poor and ugly. Even if I belong to the lowest of the lowest gruops, if I am smart, rich and beatiful, I am smart, rich and beatiful and that's not deniable. So who cares about the average number? I only care about me, myself and I. Race and intelligence does not make me proud. It does not make me shame of myself. I cannot rule out the fact that many blacks are smarter than I. Race and intelligence is a real scientific subject. If people tend to abuse it, we need a good article like this to show people the best available information. -- Toytoy 18:24, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Aboslutely right. And I think this is briefly covered in the public policy section: There is substantial overlap in the distribution of IQ scores among individuals of each race. Jensen (1998, p. 357) estimates that in a random sample of equal numbers of US Blacks and Whites, most of variance in IQ would be unrelated to race or social class. From one POV, this research is a strong reason to treat people as individuals, rather than members of a group. --Rikurzhen 20:01, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. This is the same idea as the study of genetic differences between races. While there can be shown to be statistical differences, the veriation within the group is far larger than the differences between the groups. — Asbestos | Talk 21:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment to Toytoy's above post: Ashkenazi Jews, not East Asians, are the most intelligent group on Earth, at least in terms of an average IQ figure (typically the average of spatial and verbal IQs). East Asians do have the highest spatial IQ though, slightly higher than those of Jews according to one study (I'd have to dig around for the reference). Dd2 02:30, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There's a saying in my country: "You don't tax people when they make wild claims" (吹牛不用納稅). I'll keep the money in my pocket. I am not going to buy you beers. :) -- Toytoy 03:17, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Delete drini ☎ 18:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Agree that deletion == censorship. Properly referenced, properly POV-checked, etc. --Kiand 18:55, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Too well referenced to delete. —thames 19:39, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. This VfD is ridiculous. - Nat Kraus e 22:12, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. An important topic, extremely thorough ~~but needs to become NPOV~~. (ugh don't edit at 2 A.M., you'll say the weirdest things)--Bash 06:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, but work on balancing viewpoints. And move to Race and IQ, whilst we're at it. -- Karada 09:35, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- While moving to Race and IQ has some merit, I think it rather highlights something this article needs to be broadened into: that measuring intelligence is, itself, difficult and inexact and a difference in IQ is not necessarily a difference in intelligence measure by other means. --Douglas 11:09, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep - Assuming this information was obtained in a scientific manner, then let's not censor this information on the grounds that it will offend certain groups. --Katsumoto 18:40, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep EdgarEdwinCayce 18:53, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, this article is POV; but that will eventually be fixed. This article is important to wikipedia. Phoenix2 01:28, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, if there is valid scientific evidence for or against correlation of race and IQ, this is the place to present or refute it. EDIT: I'd also like to note that this is one of the few truly well-cited articles on Wikipedia. Kudos to the editors. Peter Farago 02:00, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. The extremely controversial subject of racial differences in IQ has been electrifying public debate for decades and deserves its own entry many times over. Rather than being deserving of deletion, I consider this article to be one of Wikipedia's finest, precisely because it demonstrates that Wikipedia is willing to present the facts as they stand rather than running in terror from those facts out of the fear that someone, somewhere, may become offended by them. Harkenbane 03:48, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Anyone interested in the topic would do well to start with this article; as such, it's a model encyclopedia entry. --DAD 05:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. NPOV is not the same political correctness. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 10:50, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Provided that the article mentions that it is unknown as to whether it is nurture or nature promoting the differences. GeorgeBills 13:50, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. There exist studies showing statistical correlations between race and IQ; there is controversy over the interpretation of these results; there are various POVs on this subject. Therefore, it is a valid subject for a wikipedia article. Whether it is currently POV is utterly irrelevant. Maybe it should be renamed to Race and IQ, but that won't happen while it's on the VfD list, will it? Daekharel 15:30, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. This is a subject of legitimate inquiry, and shouldn't be suppressed on the basis of political correctness. *Dan* 19:33, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. This article is exceptionally NPOV and well written, especially considering the controversial nature of the subject—Trevor Caira 21:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. NPOV dispute. And that's really all I need to say about it, isn't it? NPOV disputes are not VfD material.
But I'm going to say some more anyway. Saying that an article has "no hope of becoming neutral", when it's established that the topic itself is notable enough to merit inclusion in an encyclopedia, is tantamount to saying Wikipedia just can't handle it. That's one opinion, but it's not something we're qualified to judge here. Surely you're not arguing that all information in the article is false and/or irrelevant, that is, the sources we quote don't really say what we report or none of them express notable viewpoints. That would mean the article is a complete hoax, and it would be the only reason you could justify outright deletion with. Wikipedia does not report on what is true, only significant views on what is true. Claiming that "race" and "intelligence" are unrelated concepts is just another POV, one that can and should be addressed in the article itself. It does no good to pretend that the POV that race and intelligence are concepts that can be meaningfully related is not significant. The article clearly establishes that it is. JRM · Talk 23:40, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
Keep. "Race" is an arbitrary term used to denigrate groups different from the groups in power in a given society. Once knowing that, however, one can say studies like this are not wholly irrevelent; these sorts of inquiries show how disenfranchised members are affected by prejudiced societal institutions, poverty, and other related social issues. The article should shed more light should be put on the fact that race is not an absolute construct but one based on subjective perception. RP 0:42, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Strong Delete. I'm worried that this page will become ammunition for racists. I realize there are good arguments for not censoring, but consider this: was it right for the United States to censor or withhold information about the atomic bomb? Of course it was. In the wrong hands it could be deadly.
- Note that the above comment was made, unsigned, by an anonymous user at IP 68.202.118.66. I don't believe it has ever been, or ever should be, Wikipedia policy to suppress truthful information simply because it might be misused by somebody. The whole "That's information too dangerous for anybody to know" bit is just not what this site is all about. Fortunately, the PC crowd seems to be vastly outnumbered here. *Dan* 22:38, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Note - this anonymous user vandalised this VfD by editing anothers comments shortly before posting this - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Race_and_intelligence&diff=prev&oldid=15086258 --22:40, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Note - YOU'RE the vandal. Those comments were obviously my own and you removed them. I stand by what I said. Anyone that swallows this crap is a racist and psuedoscientist -- 23:24 Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

Indented to the exact same level as comments below and unsigned - sounds like an impersonation attempt to me, and would indeed sound like one to any other long-term editor here. Oh, and Wikipedia:No Personal Attacks might be a good thing to read. Accusations of being a 'racist' definately fall under that. --Kiand 23:32, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Also Wikipedia:Remove personal attacks. --Rikurzhen 05:41, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

- The topic has been an issue of public discussion since at least 1969. Most of the research has been secondarily reported somewhere on the Internet. Deleting this article won't change that. --Rikurzhen 23:15, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Keep for all the reasons mentioned above: good scholarship, graphs, easy-to-read language. We should only hope that all articles on Wikipedia were this thorough. Justin (koavf) 23:19, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Delete Very well written article but doesn't change the fact that it is utter crap. --Kulkuri 09:02, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Surprisingly well written and balanced article. I would vote to definitely keep this article. I learned a lot reading it and it would be a shame to delete a piece that is so comprehensive and well documented. You know, plugging your ears and going "neener, neener, neener...," is not a way to engage in scholarly debate. IQ is interesting but not the complete measure of man. I just took an IQ test online and it differed not a whit from my IQ converted from an SAT score from 1973, fascinating... an anecdote that is supported by evidence. So there will never be a bumper sticker that says, "Don't like your IQ, then change it." so what? But there might be one that says "People not smart enough for you? Then change the world". George Bernard Shaw said, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress depends on the unreasonable man." Unsigned vote by 66.30.138.100
Strong keep. Factual claims should be assessed on their own merits, not by the political motivations of those who defend them. Sir Paul 22:01, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
Keep Article makes the controvertial assumption that members of the population groups we label white, asian, black, hispanic are more genetically similar with each other than with other members of other groups. Hugely unfounded. But that's something that can be fixed within the article, which is otherwise pretty good. Don't know why this is listed under VfD instead of being discussed in the Talk page. --Cypherx 02:25, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cypherx, I have tried to find the claim about genetic similarity you are (correctly) criticizing. Could you help us find it? Arbor 10:26, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The background info starts out noting the objections to classification by race (which is a pretty good summary of the objections). However the rest of article then treats races as well defined meaningful things. At the very least there should be some acknowledgement that since most of these studies occurred within the US they don't accurately portray Hispanic intelligence or European intelligence, but rather the subpopulations of the United States that are identified as White or Hispanic. --Cypherx 10:43, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Woops! I didn't finish the article and missed this: Most research has been done in the US and a few other developed nations.. So nevermind. No objections to the article, definitely silly that its being voted for deletion. --Cypherx 10:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well, I guess I still question the racial labels employed in many of the studies cited (how do they determine who's of what race? why is it treated as if there is some clear cut standard?) but I guess that falls into the domain of academic argument rather than something universally accepted. --Cypherx 10:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Strong keep. Unbelievably strongly researched and many-sided article. The attackers seem incapable of commenting on the article on its own merits in accordance with the deletion policy. Even if there was absolutely nothing in intelligence that was genetical in its nature, that would clearly be implied in the research the article is based, so the disputation of the connection between race and intelligence is no basis for deletion of the article. --Tmh 11:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I think there is no such thing as a white, asian, hispanic or black race. This is an oversimplication of reality that has no scientific base. Why don't you do a "pure english" against "pure german"... Are Rusians asian ? What about Filipinos ? And Mongols ? Where are the Arabic ? What about the hispanic/Peruan ? and the hispanic/Argentinian ? Which date will you use to determine the purity of a German, an English or a French? Considering the black, how many mixes of black/white/asian/hispanic are enough to stop considering him black ? Is a single black in the tree enough to consider all below black ? Same for white ? Why ? I mean, you can't be serious about this. You guys are funny. --[Jorge Daza]

What "you think" is clearly POV, and not a valid basis for policy decisions here. *Dan* 15:07, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Copied from the article: "People labeled Blacks have most of their ancestors from...". Well, "most of their ancestors" doesn't sound very scientific to me. Does it to you ? Where I said "I think", you can actually remove it, because these days that's a fact. If you like the article, name it something like "What_we_think_are_American_races_and_IQ". Because you can't neither make asumptions about races on countries you haven't made studies on. And I have to remember you that people from different countries refer to the wikipedia for information, and you can't make universal asumptions on that. Have you considered distance and motive why people from different races is there ? Really, you have to be joking if you want to make something like this look like serious. I mean, I would keep the article in a different place and with a different name. But this is meant to be an Encyclopedia. Refer to the meaning of that in case of doubt. BTW at least put a notice like the one in Sex_and_intelligence. --[Jorge Daza]

Hi Jorge, this VfD page really isn't a good place to learn about genetics. Maybe you want to take your objections to the talk page? Anyway, I found [8] to be a good overview of the basic arguments one should be familiar with; do have a look. Maybe the current article should make a better job of explaining this, even though it basically belongs to Race. The tacit American assumptions about race that permeate the article are one of my own few concerns with the current state of the page (I'm European), and as you can see I have put that very issue on the Todo-list yesterday. I would be happy if you kept a look on this page and see if it evolves in the right direction. Arbor 16:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi Arbor, was the people subject of the IQ test also subject of a genetic mapping ? I don't doubt about the science of genetics. I doubt about the article's based-on "science". And sure, we can move to talk. I'm European too. Copied from the link you posted: "No serious scientist, in fact, believes that genetically pure populations exist." There can't be real science on such a thing like "white/hispanic/black/asian" races. Thus, until such a study exists this article cannot be considered science or knowledge. -- [Jorge Daza]

Jorge, I wrote the sentence you're discussing. It is a painfully simplistic summary of a very complicated topic. But a fuller treatment can't fit in the intro of this article, which is why we prominently direct people to the race article. About that particular sentence: notice it is cited. Here's a summary of the paper I referenced. [9] --Rikurzhen 16:44, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the conventional idea of "race" is simplistic, but this article is talking about studies and ideas relating to that concept, not asserting that the concept or any of the studies or ideas referenced are true. Wikipedia is not for pushing your point of view, or anybody's. Nickptar 17:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Strong keep. Extremely well researched and balanced article. It's good that Wikipedia is able to handel as controversial issues as this with objectivity. --Stabuh
Strong Remove. The IQ test is not reliable. Hispanic is not a race. Plus, this is the combination of two ideas. It shouldn't be one article.
Request will an editor with more experience managing Vfd votes than me please act on the consensus. This has been going on long enough. Dystopos 18:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep I understand the racism involved may be controversial, but doesn't hte article explicitly state that? This article is about scientific studies and theories, not racist philisophies or politics. Believe the studies or not, is up to you. --greekmythfan 19:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Max Lewy

Hoax, possibly created by a repeat hoaxer. No appropriate Google hit. Possibly releated to the author of Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Charles Mason (Revolutionary) and Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jonathan Sharpe. func(talk) 15:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. func(talk) 15:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. DS1953 18:45, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete either hoax or nn vanity, take your pick. --Etacar11 01:25, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Choob

Delete neologism. Revolución 15:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I concur with the above -- Acyso 19:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, --//-- Pavel Vozenilek 20:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I've never heard of this before... Neologism. Herrhav0k 14:20, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Emerging Issues in IT Audit

More of an advertisment than an encyclopedia article. Craigy (talk) 16:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Keep for now. Not vanity. This is part of a class project and several related pages have been put on VfD over the last week or so. See Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/IT_Audit_Resources. Let's give it a little time. The topic is certainly legitimate although the presentation is very un-wikilike. - DS1953 20:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Why should we keep articles just because they're class projects? Articles have to stand or fall on their own merits, and if the article is deleted, that should be an indication of the student's grade, hm? Delete unless cleaned up to a Wikipedia-level article by the end of the voting period. Rick K 21:51, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. "Emerging Issues" articles bring to mind Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly. Anything worth keeping can be put in Information Technology Audit, which should be renamed to proper capitalization and calls for heavy cleanup. --Tabor 22:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Material not in form of an encyclopedic article, given the title and scope, doubt it can be. Dysprosia 00:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and cleanup. The annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants technology watchlist may be mundane, but it's a notable and credible information sourch. The article itself needs to be transformed into encyclopedic style.Tobycat 05:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Reasons given above are reasons for cleanup, not deletion. ··gracefool |☺ 08:05, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-encyclopaedic. Comes off like a term paper and would need a lot of copy editing to make it encyclopedic. There are nuggets of useful information throughout, but more as notes for other articles than in some rehabilitated form of this one. I'd vote keep if "This article should be transwikied to Wikitermpapersource" were an option; anyone up for starting a new sister project ... :-) 66.167.141.93 04:15, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC) (contributor since May 2003).
Delete - For the purposes of this paper (research), Tone is huckster selling rheumatism medicine, Topic by it's nature will be out of date in a few months regardless. Fabartus 06:36, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, emerging issues topics are not encyclopedic. Rhobite 17:56, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bardicledar

Non notable. Zero Google hits. --TheParanoidOne 16:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Who wrote it? Are they local to the area? If they are then it's a valuable iece of local information. Perhaps merge it with a more general article though. It could be incorporated into the Charlton article possibly. Celestianpower 16:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Not notable, not verifiable, possible hoax/attack. -- BD2412 ^talk 19:05, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Merge if true. Delete if false. Sonic Mew 20:02, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Unverifiable. --Tabor 20:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete whether true or not. Not even Wiktionary-worth, this is what some people call some other people's language? How is that encylopedic content? Rick K 21:53, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete anything that has 0 google hits. --Barfooz (talk) 22:57, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That's a pretty dodgy policy. Just because Google hasn't found it doesn't mean it doesn't belong here. ··gracefool |☺ 08:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep and merge. It is verifiable. Just not yet verified. ··gracefool |☺ 08:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Back-space.org

Badly written Page about non-notable website, that hasn't even launched yet. Delete. Kafuffle 16:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete First it says it was started in 2003, then that it will be launched in the future! I smell a hoax. The vagueness of the end is horribly unencyclopediodic, but re-writes are not needed, since this is aimed straight for the bin! Sonic Mew 20:05, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete.now --Tabor 20:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete - vanity Chill Pill Bill 20:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete ad/promo. --Etacar11 01:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Jarvis

Delete: subject is not notable as secondary school teacher and hockey coach. Article apparently written by his favourite pupils. Cleduc 17:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete, vanity article (the vain one being undoubtedly one of the 'favourite pupils'). Average Earthman 18:26, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, vanity. UkPaolo 20:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete student vanity. --Etacar11 01:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Consequences of the Rwandan Genocide

~~Delete~~ (see below). Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Even ignoring the poor quality of the writing, and with all due respect and empathy to the subject, this is just not an encyclopedia article because it doesn't contain any information. -- RoySmith 19:02, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wait, what? How is this a soapbox at all? As you pointed out, its empty. I wonder what this VfD hopes to accompish. Its clearly an important topic, it's part of the {{Rwandan Genocide}} series, and clearly a work in progress. So rather than delete it, why don't we encourage its expansion. --Dmcdevit 19:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why is Template:Rwandan Genocide a series instead of a single article? Many of the sections don't seem to be encyclopedia articles on their own. (e.g. Bibliography_of_the_Rwandan_Genocide, Glossary_and_supplements_for_the_Rwandan_Genocide). --Tabor 20:02, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Indeed, this is being done bass-ackwards. Write everything in one article first; when it gets too long, then split it out. That said, VFD isn't the right forum to fix this. No vote.—Wahoofive (talk) 05:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge into Rwandan genocide - Skysmith 10:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep for now, and check back in a year to see if the series mess is straightened out. — RJH 20:18, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge into Rwandan genocide ··gracefool |☺ 07:59, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge into Rwandan genocide. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:08, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
After reading the above, I'm changing my vote. When I proposed this VfD, I didn't realize it was part of a series. Merge this and the rest of the series into Rwandan genocide and stick a cleanup tag on it too; hopefully somebody will be willing to undertake a massive rewrite. --RoySmith 13:22, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge this and most of the series don't merge Role of the international community in the Rwandan Genocide as its probably developed enough to have its own article. Falphin 13:50, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jared Tron

Delete. Looks like self-promotion to me. -- Yoghurt 19:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. ~~~~ 19:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete ··gracefool |☺ 07:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Atri Rohan Banerjee

Non-notable person. If anything should be a user page, not an article MarkS 19:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Userfy and delete - looks like a newby. - DS1953 20:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, if he wasn't an anon, it would be user page material. --Etacar11 01:32, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jiyang Chen & Jiyang chen

Article was deleted in the past; however, it seems to establish some notability. I find it fair to start a new discussion. No vote. - Mike Rosoft 19:37, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete - could be a vanity. I went over the Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines list. The only item that might save this article is #2. In one of the local newspaper story: Around midnight Tuesday, the trio traveled by train to Philadelphia for another audition at Curtis Institute of Music but I don't consider that a "tour" so delete. There is another page called Jiyang chen which is basically a duplicate article that was created in April however it is not listed in the VfD. I will nominate that too. --Chill Pill Bill 20:26, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete - Doesn't seem to fit any of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines. DirectorStratton 02:00, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Delete - Vanity page. I know a bit about classical piano and IMO every student in Julliard has as many achievements as him, if not more. --Missmarple 15:21, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Karla Maritza LaVey

Non-notable offspring. Denni ☯ 19:54, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

Delete. The website Important Satanists and people significant to Satanism has her listed, but she only gets a one-sentence blurb. I suspect that if they don't think her significant, we probably shouldn't either. At least not as a substub. JRP
Delete Revolución 22:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, no demonstrated notability. Alai 00:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alcofrolic

Non-notable neologism. --Tabor 20:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Strong delete - It is literally not worth the calories that my fingers would expend to type out in full the many and obvious reasons that this article deserves deletion. Schmeitgeist 22:46, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete - Is this even a word? Even if it was a word, it doesn't look like it could be expanded into a wikipedia article, or even a stub. If its a word, wiktionary it. --Phroziac 22:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Howard Brown

No vote. Tagged for vfd on June 2, but the entry was never completed. Joyous 20:27, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Keep - this isn't vanity! Howard Brown is the character used in the Halifax (UK bank) adverts in the UK (as the article states). He's a real bank employee, I believe, rather than just an actor used. Modern day ad's use a cartoon version of Howard, older ones used the real person. Article could do with more content, and it's never going to be the most notable entry, but has the potential to be made quite interesting, given a rewrite methinks. I can't see a reason to delete, the person is quite well known in the UK, and certainly don't delete as Vanity as stated in the article. UkPaolo 20:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment - I would leave this to users like UkPaolo who are more familiar with the notability of the person than I am, but generally speaking, a person who appears in an ad for a single company does not seem any more notable to me than many local musicians, writers, college professors and other individuals we have deleted. no vote - DS1953 21:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to Halifax (bank), if kept at all. I, for one, do not think that articles like this, or even one on "the Snapple lady" warrant inclusion. --Tabor 22:01, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep per UkPaolo -- after all, if this guy's well-known in the UK from a bunch of TV ads, he's already far more notable than most of the local musicians, writers, college professors and whatnot... A quick Google search brings up, among other things, an article in which Simon Cowell speaks ill of him and another news item that tells us that his single -- a cover of Barry White's You’re the First, the Last, My Everything -- hit No 13 on the UK charts upon its release. I'd say he's notable enough. -- Captain Disdain 22:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. A top 20 UK single means he qualifies under the WikiMusic project guidelines. The ads obviously have given him some notability. Capitalistroadster 01:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep as per Capitalistroadster's comment ··gracefool |☺ 07:39, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eight Little Piggies

Pointless 'article' Sonic Mew 20:28, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disaster Recovery and Continuity

I'm sure an article can be written about Disaster recovery and business continuity, but this smells like a copyvio of the cited sources, which unfortunately I can't track down, and otherwise it's a How-to. Maybe more appropriate at Wikibooks. But I'm really not sure what to do with it. Can anyone advise?
For now: Transwiki to Wikibooks unless someone can prove it's a copyvio. Mgm|^(talk) 20:54, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comment. It looks like it was cut-and-pasted from somewhere. The original poster is an anonymous user and there is no follow-up edits to suggest the person came back to revise. I don't know if it's a copyvio but I'm willing to bet it's some sort of term paper. Conditional delete vote ONLY if this is indeed original research or a copyvio.23skidoo 21:04, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep for now. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Log/2005 June 5#Emerging Issues in IT Audit above. This is part of a class project and several related pages have been put on VfD over the last week or so. Not a copyright violation or a cut-and-paste. Someone has responded and they have been working on it. See also Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/IT_Audit_Resources. Let's give it a little time. The topic is certainly legitimate although the presentation is very un-wikilike. - DS1953 21:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

By the way, original writing is obviously not the same as original research within the meaning of what Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT). As long as it is really research (i.e., supported by legitimate verifiable sources), the fact that someone has done their own homework should be acceptable. - DS1953 21:25, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Weak delete, reassess later, or merge with Disaster recovery. Rather problematic. The current content seems to belong at Wikibooks. Disaster Recovery and Continuity is an inept title, and the content appears to actually be about auditing disaster recovery plans. If the content were appropriate to the title, it would belong at Disaster recovery. --Tabor 22:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, we are the group in charge of this section for the class project, and have moved the information in this topic to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Auditing. Therefore, this article here can be deleted. - Group6 25:34, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've redirected to save the edit history per GFDL requirements. Mgm|^(talk) 04:58, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

- I've fixed the redirect... I guess we can shelve this VfD discussion, too. --Joy [shallot] 18:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edward Sterck

No evidence of notablilty, probably a vanity page. You 20:58, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

speedy no real nontent --Doc (?) 21:44, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I've deleted it — clearly a speedy candidate. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:13, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The thirty-six men sect

Vanity, hoax, joke... Usual deletion stuff. Sarg 20:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, but move to bad jokes and other deleted nonsense please! -- Zantastik talk 21:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
delete unverifiable - probably hoax --Doc (?) 21:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Frjwoolley 21:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete as nonsensical bad joke. :-) --Idont Havaname 03:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scrog

vfd tag added by Marc omorain, but never listed. Website advertisment, wikipedia is not a 'how-to' guide. --InShaneee 21:17, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete - also a neologism. - DS1953 21:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vegard Johnsen

Subject of article does not seem to be notable, probably a vanity page. You 21:21, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

immediate speedy - abusive nonsense --Doc (?) 21:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Speedy - no point in continuing the vfd. -- BD2412 ^talk 22:05, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- Quite right — I've deleted it. There's been a rash of VfDs on obvious speedy candidates recently; could editors check the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion before opening more VfDs? It would save a lot of time all round. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zoe Arthur

Does not seem to be notable. Possible vanity page. You 21:23, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Immediate Speedy - utter nonsense - total contents are "Loony Triathalete" --Doc (?) 21:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Speedy - no point in continuing the vfd. -- BD2412 ^talk 22:04, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
- Quite right — I've deleted it. There's been a rash of VfDs on obvious speedy candidates recently; could editors check the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion before opening more VfDs? It would save a lot of time all round. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:19, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sam Toupin

This is a very short vanity page on a 15 year old girl. It is quite short and unnotable, and basically says she's beautiful. There really isn't much else I can say about it, since it is so short. --Phroziac 21:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Not notable--Henrygb 21:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. More to being notable than being a 15-year old girl who likes Dance Dance Revolution... pretty or not. -- Captain Disdain 21:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. At first, I was leaning towards "keep", because "the most beautiful girl in the world" would be inherently notable, but then I realized that she was too young to have been the girl Prince was talking about in that song. Also, the article claims that she "can make you feel great in spaeking or hanging out with her" - did she mean to say speaking or spanking? Either way, not notable, probable vanity. -- BD2412 ^talk 22:02, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete teenage vanity. Or someone who wants to be her boyfriend. --Etacar11 01:51, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete It's easier to convince pretty girls to like DDR than it is to put up with girls that already like DDR but put a vanity entry on Wikipedia. --Tomunist 00:35, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Until she writes a good book or cures cancer, nobody really cares about her, no matter how good she is at DDR. Quagscorner 04:45, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity. JamesBurns 07:32, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Orthography of the Zurich dialect

delete inaccurate article (nearly patent nonsense); more accurate information has been merged into the article Zürich German -- j. 'mach' wust ^{ˈtʰɔ̝ːk͡x} 22:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re-merge - It looks like this was split off from the Zürich German article for no good reason. Schmeitgeist 22:36, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

That's not the point. The article is complete nonsense. Nobody writes Zürich German with an orthography based on French. An article on Zürich German orthography should mention that there is no such orthography and that most authors base their spellings on the proposals of Eugen Dieth. This can easily be included in the stub on Zürich German, which is what I've done. -- j. 'mach' wust ^{ˈtʰɔ̝ːk͡x} 22:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete -- Appears to be original research. Haikupoet 05:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Original nonsense. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:10, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nurfing

The creator of this article did us all a favor by categorizing this page as a neologism. To clear up any remaining confusion, here's the Google search. [10] Barfooz (talk) 22:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Speedy delete - Borders on patent nonsense. Schmeitgeist 22:40, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Delete - no encyclopedic information contained. User: WikiWarden 23:30, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
Speedy delete. Pavel Vozenilek 20:55, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jacob Vilhelm Stubbe Østergaard

Of course I might be wrong, but at least me google-searching for this name or the names of his works mentioned in this stub don't show any signs of notability. Delete. Shanes 22:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete - Vanity article. Schmeitgeist 23:04, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] York University Shuttle bus

Test case, since someone seems intent in creating a lot of these -do university in house bus services merit separate articles? --Doc (?) 22:56, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. -- Spinboy 22:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete - In the unlikely event that a university's shuttle service merits any mention whatsoever, it should be in the article for that university. Schmeitgeist 23:00, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete Merge not needed. If the information is needed, then an external link to the university page should be sufficent. Vegaswikian 02:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I doubt that anyone needs to know what types of vehicle a university uses for its shuttles, so I would not merge the information. DS1953 03:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete -- I don't see how a shuttle system for even a major university could be considered notable unless it's a testbed for some kind of new technology -- if for some reason a school decided to adopt an on-campus BRT or monorail system, for example. Haikupoet 05:09, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge to York University#Transit. No need for a separate article. DoubleBlue (Talk) 04:28, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Ambi 04:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Definiately one of the more entertaining VfDs I've seen in a while. Who knew there could be such a thing as buscruft? -The Tom 06:12, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge as suggested by DoubleBlue. --NormanEinstein 12:59, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I have no new comments to add to the above reasons. -GrantNeufeld 13:21, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge per DoubleBlue. --Death phoenix 19:55, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SCOUT eh!

Non-notable, fails google test. Delete. -- Spinboy 22:57, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Could the title of the article be related to this joke? Aecis 23:38, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- No, it's nothing to do with that. -- Spinboy 23:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect with Scouts Canada for now. That article isn't too large, and this seems to be a growing movement inside that organization. Soundguy99 01:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect as per Soundguy99. - DS1953 03:09, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Google test reveals a notable movement with at least two newspaper articles, many links, and several pages that describe their mission on other Scout-related sites. Most of the interest is in their stance to save local Scout camps from being sold by the national executive. DoubleBlue (Talk) 23:34, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect as per Soundguy99 . ··gracefool |☺ 07:30, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect, as above. If the article was expanded beyond a stub, I might switch to keep. -GrantNeufeld 14:32, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. It appears that we are verging on consensus that we want to keep the content. So, this is really a vote not to merge and redirect. I only like redirects when it is obvious to someone following it why they were redirected. SCOUT eh! is a movement that is trying to reform the current administrative structure of Scouts Canada. With a redirect, this point would only become clear when they read the section of issues, which will likely always remain at the bottom of the article. It does no harm as a stand-alone article, yet it could provide clarity to some. -- JamesTeterenko 20:21, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Precisely. What harm does it do to have this short direct explanation of what SCOUT eh! is on its own page? If someone is looking for an encyclopedic answer as to what it is, I would hope and think they would come to Wikipedia for it. To be redirected to Scouts Canada seems unnecessary and slightly irrational. They surely already know what Scouts is and, if not, the wikilink on the article will tell them. The article is a stub and it is so indicated. It needs expansion on what the position, goals, issues, controversies, disputes are and how successful or unsuccesful it is so far but that it is fine. Let it expand. The Scouts Canada page links to it and can even discuss the dispute but what's appropriate and encyclopedic for an article about SCOUT eh! may not be for Scouts Canada and relegating it as a subsection there would, I believe, limit growth. My question for VfDs is what harm does it do to keep it and what harm does it do to move/lose it? DoubleBlue (Talk) 21:13, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Notable enough, and like DoubleBlue and JamesTeterenko, this is a vote to keep rather than merge and redirect. While its members are all, in turn, members of Scouts Canada, this does not automatically equate SCOUT eh! to Scouts Canada. I vote not to redirect because I believe SCOUT eh! is a seperate organisation from Scouts Canada and notable enough to warrant its own article. --Death phoenix 19:49, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep separate per Deathphoenix. Kappa 07:54, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Modified article I have added significantly to the article and removed the stub tag. Lkmorlan 02:29, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
- Comment: If I read the article right, the person who wrote it is on the excutive, and would violate Wikipedia's anti-autobiography policy. -- Spinboy 02:34, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - It's not an official policy, it's just a suggestion. -- Joolz 12:28, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. --NormanEinstein 02:57, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Piss Koran

There is a Piss Christ, but as far as I see a Qu'ran version does not exist: verify or delete --Doc (?) 23:20, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete - Piss Christ is at least a work of some notoriety. "Piss Koran," if it even exists, is not. Schmeitgeist 23:24, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Almost certainly a sarcastic reference to current affairs. See Wikinews:Bush Administration changes official position on legitimacy of Qur'an desecration allegations. Delete. Uncle G 23:37, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Delete. Not verifiable. If indeed it was a existing artwork, the artist would presumably not be "unkown" and be extremely controversial. Capitalistroadster 02:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I believe it's real and breaking news. Flatbush 22:34, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Another pathetic move by know nothing anti-Islamic editors.--Anonymous editor 04:00, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Delete for now. Even if this were "real and breaking news", WP is not a news site. Notability takes time. Jeeves 04:51, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Neologism, at best. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:32, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
Keep. I've made some changes, and (I hope) improvements. Googling yields numerous entries, and, if nothing else, Piss Koran was at the very least something of an internet phenomenon (many of which have entries on Wikipedia). Babajobu 20:43, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment - the clean-up is good - but my issues are 1) verifiability 2) notability - can you answer those??
  - Seems notable to me. Piss Christ and the attendant controversy received a great deal of media attention, and it's seen by many (particularly angry Christians) as a major moment in the Red America/Blue America slagging match. Piss Koran seems to be part of that ongoing slagging match. Certainly more notable than a thousand other Wikipedia articles. As for verifiability, Piss Koran is clearly verifiable as a concept: the echo or rhetorical "answer" to Piss Christ that many Christians (at least many online) viewed as a challenge to liberals and/or non-Christians to be consistent in their defense of artistic freedoms. If the actual photograph cannot be found/verified, I think this would not require the article to be deleted, but rather rewritten as describing a concept discussed and envisaged by some Christians as a response to Piss Christ. Babajobu 23:38, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If there is no actual photograph, but this is a concept in debate over Piss Christ, I'd suggest a merge with that article ~~--Doc (?) 08:33, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
- ~~That sounds reasonable to me. Babajobu 14:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
  - ~~Added a note to talkpage of Piss Christ suggesting merge and requesting feedback. Will wait a few days and see if there is any feedback. Babajobu 15:49, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
On reflection I'm going to suggest that we don't merge. This article is not about the concept of a Piss Koran, it is about an actual artwork, the existence of which no-one has verified. Delete this - if the concept is impotant in debate then that can be discussed as a 'reactions' section in the Piss Christ article. --Doc (?) 16:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- That's fine, it amounts to much the same thing. Appending the material from the present Piss Koran to a new "reactions" section at the end of the Piss Christ would amount to much the same thing as a merge, wouldn't it? Anyway, as I said, I think that's a reasonable solution if no one can produce the actual photograph. Babajobu 16:08, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Almost - we can't 'append the material' for copyright reasons. We can't cut and paste. But you can discuss the same matter (in your own words) elsewhere. --Doc (?) 16:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
  - ~~Okay. I'll do that if/after Piss Koran is deleted. Babajobu 16:18, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete. It's a pisstake. Grace Note 06:33, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. john k 15:33, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greater Toronto Casino Buses Operators

~~Bus routes and operators to a casino are not encyclopedic! (discuss) --Doc (?) 23:27, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete, advertising, not encyclopedic. Rick K 23:35, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. The relevant content (which, for this article, is little if any) is probably in Toronto Buses and Trolley Buses already (which already goes into a lot of detail). Having a list of bus routes to casinos as its own article isn't really encyclopedic. If somebody wants to gamble in Toronto, they can just go to Toronto and figure out how to get to a casino. --Idont Havaname 23:43, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete, advertising. 23skidoo 12:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Christian Guevara

~~The article makes no claim of notability. It may be a misplaced user page, in which case it could be moved to the correct place. JeremyA 23:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

~~I would say speedy deletion due to vanity. Aecis 23:36, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
Delete or Userfy nn vanity. And he added himself to Guevara. --Etacar11 01:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Shouldn't his name be deleted from Guevara? Aecis 08:19, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
  - ~~Done. --Etacar11 11:57, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
Delete as vanity/threats, and keep deleted until the FBI makes him notable. (Read the last sentence of the article for why I'm saying this.) --Idont Havaname 03:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aer Productions

~~Non-notable advertising, one hit in Google. Delete. --Sn0wflake 23:35, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete unless a rewrite makes this company notable. Vegaswikian 02:39, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
~~1 Google hit? Surely they can do better! Unfortunately, we are not a webspace host, so we can't help them. Delete as spam. --Idont Havaname 03:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

[edit] Ross "Jesus Nixon" Lambie

~~I can't verify a word of this. '"Ross Lambie" rollerblader' scores zero googles --Doc (?) 23:41, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete. Not notable, probably vanity. --Tabor 23:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete teenage vanity. I trust. --Etacar11 02:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete vanity. This is all BS. --Miketwo 15:00, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
~~Change vote to Speedy delete this was already speedied once. KFP 17:34, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

[edit] Vicki Fox

Delete advert for nonnotable online cartoon character that seems to function as a mascot for someone's web design business and puppet show side-project. Alexa ranking for the site was approaching 800,000; fewer than 20 other unique websites appear to link to the site's homepage (81 total linking pages, most of which were hits from the site itself). Only 5 unique external sites link to the site's webcomic page, so that doesn't seem like a very good basis for notability either. Postdlf 23:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete. I have to agree. I have explored the website, and it does seem like this character is just a promotional tool, with the comic strip as a sideline at best. I have heard of a Vicki Fox, but that was somebody's furry character that they always depicted in 3D render. Definitely not this one. --Krishva 08:15, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Northern Alliance(White supremacist organization)

~~Non-notable supremacist group. Not even worth moving to a correct tile, just delete. --Sn0wflake 23:47, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete agree with Snowflake -CunningLinguist 01:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
~~So many racist groups that can be deleted for being non-notable, so little time... --Idont Havaname 03:21, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~
Speedy Delete Revolución 03:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I think that this lot has been around for a while. the article should be extended, but that can't happen if it is deleted. Notability is not an agreed-to grounds for deletion. Ground Zero 16:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- If that was true, then most (if not all) articles on VfD would receive keep votes. The question to be asked is wether this article is expressive enough to be part of the Wikipedia, no matter how much somebody writes about the subject. "Northern Alliance" supremacist generates less than 650 hits. That's not notable. Far from it. Thus my vote remains the same. Delete. --Sn0wflake 19:55, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There is no consensus that "notability" should be a criterion for inclusion. See Jimbo Wales' view on notability, as expressed in the poll where notability failed to become an accepted reason for deletion. It is an interesting discussion, but it was not resolved. I hope that you review the article which has been completely re-written by User:CJCurrie. This organization is known in Canada. Ground Zero 20:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Keep Not only has this organization been around for a while, but their activities have recently been a subject of controversy on the Freedom Party of Ontario page. This page needs expansion, not deletion. CJCurrie 18:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- ~~And, I've now expanded the page. CJCurrie 19:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Keep The organization and its members have been in the news, particularly in the London, Ontario media, and are the target of a number of lawsuits and legal actions so they are notable enough for a wikipedia entry. The article, as it now stands, is well researched and interesting. AndyL 21:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Current version of the article is encyclopedic and NPOV. Notability is established. Dystopos 00:15, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete -- Spinboy 22:22, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. ··gracefool |☺ 06:54, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment It might help the consensus-building process if everyone explained their reasoning a little bit. Dystopos 13:18, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep after re-write. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm not really sure how important these people are...occasionally they go around putting racist stickers on mailboxes, and the local media has something to talk about for a few days. But if they known outside of London, then keepI guess (it's an informative article, anyway). Adam Bishop 17:21, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Espo

~~Non-notable tagger. 14 Google hits. Rick K 23:56, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)~~

Keep and rename to Steve Powers, with Espo redirecting there. "Steve Powers" + ESPO gets over 2,000 Google hits, a lot of which have to do with him. I guess Google just doesn't know what ESPO stands for. --Idont Havaname 03:19, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep with rename possibly being appropriate. SchmuckyTheCat 14:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep. ··gracefool |☺ 06:54, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. All taggers are inherently non-notable. Kaibabsquirrel 05:37, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep per google hits. Kappa 07:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Calabi Yau

~~Vanity/advertising --TheParanoidOne 23:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)~~

Delete seems like band vanity. --Etacar11 02:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This one is hard to look for on Google. There is something called Calabi-Yau space that comes up on MathWorld, and "Calabi Yau" gets 87,300 results. However, "Calabi Yau" + Charlotte gets only around 300. The official site for the band appears to be on Myspace, and the band doesn't seem notable. Delete. --Idont Havaname 03:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete any band article that needs to take up this much space listing its influences in order to justify its existence. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:33, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)

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