Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thanxmas

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. DS 01:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanxmas

Contested prod. Meets WP:NFT perfectly. Whomp 00:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Delete It seems like people actually celebrate this. --Osbus 00:28, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete only one news article from 2004, which mentions the subject only trivially. It's probably real, but unverifiable. Kevin 00:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - not widespread enough or taken seriously enough to be notable. - Richardcavell 00:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Even if it ends up staying, it needs some serious work: "A number of U.S. television programs that have yet to feature Thanxmas specials are: Friends, The Sopranos, and Battlestar Glactica - the new series. The most noted animated holiday offering is not A Charlie Brown Thanxmas." Surely that list is incomplete! In the name of accuracy and completionism, I demand a full listing of not only U.S. but also international television programs that have yet to feature Thanxmas specials. -- Captain Disdain 00:53, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Okay, it is disputed in some clouds of myth in terms of when and where, but it is clearly a growing trend if you believe Google searches. - User:alankoch 26 May 2006
• Keep Clearly this is a growing trend with our time-starved culture. It will be bigger than Memorial day in a couple of years - User:andygoldman 26 May 2006

• The above two votes were by User:Alankoch, the article's creator. -Whomp 01:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• Clarification Andy Goldman is a real user who rents a desk in our shared office space. He used my computer for convenience, but the comments reflect his own beliefs. - User:alankoch 26 May 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lindataalman (talk • contribs).

• Actually, he doesen't exist. You just created a fake user page. -Whomp 02:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• By all means, lie some more, Alankoch. That's bound to increase your credibility. -- Captain Disdain 02:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• delete, nearly indistinguishable from a hoax. Not convinced about the "growing trend" bit either, would need much more than 1 news sidemention to establish that.--cjllw | TALK 01:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I celebrate Festivus and see no reason why people can't celebrate Thanxmas. All holidays were made up by somebody or other. Captain Disdain obviously thinks a holiday is only real if it is acknowledged by a television writers which means that Chanukah sould be abolished. And what can we say about Kwanzaa?Frankiesmomrules 03:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • User's first edit --Eivind^t@c 03:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Well spotted, my good Mr. Sockpuppet! Obviously that is exactly what I think. -- Captain Disdain 03:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Doesn't seem to have caught on like festivus, I can't find any WP:RS on the topic (willing to change vote, if someone finds one). --Eivind^t@c 03:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. 63 hits on Google? Definetly not notable.
• Delete. Article appears to be attempt at a joke. Delete as nonnotable nonsense Bwithh 03:23, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, with Stringent warning against abusive user. Wikipedia is far too tolerant of disruptive participants. -- FRCP11 03:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete per Osbus, I'll echo FRCP11's sentiments. Sockpuppetry == bad. jgp 05:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete "Most Americans believe... A popular Estonian film..." Look at the photographs too - is this encyclopedic? Rather it is an unfunny and unsourced joke.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  05:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Oooo! Burned by the wicked wit of Captain Disdain! If you're such a paragon of disdain, why do you care?69.104.164.142 05:59, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable and per nom. I talked to the user. --Kchase02 (T) 06:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons already given. DVD+ R/W 06:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non notable + does not seem to meet WP:V Ydam 09:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete exactly as the nominator suggests, but I chuckled. BJAODN. Colonel Tom 11:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete Not (yet) real, but clever use of a couple of refs to make it appear so, along with unverifiable refs. Tyrenius 14:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn. --Terence Ong 15:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn digital_me^(t/c) 15:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. - Nick C 16:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 17:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Creation via wikipedia.Ghosts&empties 17:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete – if it's not a joke, it's non-notable, and I agree with Ghosts&empties' on the "creation via wikipedia" point here – Gurch 22:28, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This article is silly, yes, but more importantly it is unsourced and as a result fails WP:V. SorryGuy 07:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete only 189 Ghits, so nonnotable completely. M1ss1ontomars2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 22:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.