Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twitchy

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 HappyCamper 01:52, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Twitchy

Non-notable dog, and ugly judging from the picture.

• Delete. Gazpacho 05:15, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Shudders.  freshgavin TALK   05:23, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Retain. The dog is indeed notable, I just haven't gotten my stuff together to further update the page. The dog is at the centrepiece of a large legal despute about the rights of city councils to limit dog ownership. As to its looks, well I'll remain neutral on that ;-)Blargon 06:28, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Article doesn't assert any notability of this dog. Dog-cruft. And it keeps staring at me with its evil eyes! — JIP | Talk 09:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Yikes at the pic, too. -- NSLE _{(Communicate!)} ^<Contribs> 11:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this hound of Satan. Proto t c 11:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as a thoroughly non-notable hound. Eddie.willers 11:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Blargon, can you provided sources? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:06, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The circumstances described are not notable beyond a very small geographical area. When Twitchy wins the Ugliest Dog in the World Pageant (I think he has a chance, personally) then let's talk. 23skidoo 15:09, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. And everyone else. - Just zis Guy, you know? 15:22, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as a transient, very local news phenomenon. And wow, that is one ugly dog. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 19:02, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete too local, not notable enough. and could that picture be any worse? wow. - Trysha ^(talk) 20:48, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as nn. I tried to nominate this last night but my Internet connection went down. Personally, I would like to extend CSD:A7 to animals, that is, pets with no assertion of notability. MCB 23:04, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

• This is the dog they are making that movie about at Warner Bros Movie World. He got kidnapped for two months as a puppy by one of Carl Williamns henchemen. My friend went to a casting call to play one of the thugs that kidnapped him. No luck. but the saga has been splashed across the papers all year. He is twitchy the 'mafia' dog. I definately agree it is a really ugly mutt, but the most notable dog in australia.
• I'd heard rumours about the movie thing but nothing concrete. I'm trying to work out due to copyright and stuff if I can put some of the newspaper articles up on the page about Twitchy. I guess it may be a local story for Australia but where does Wiki draw the line? Loads of local stuff from around the world in other parts of Wiki. Blargon 01:11, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• I'm sorry about the quality of the picture. I got it emailed to my by the owner for my uni assignment on the story. There are better pictures in the newspaper of it freaking out when taken to the magistrates court by they are copyrighted by News ltd. Blargon 01:57, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• Damn, that's an ugly dog. But that doesn't make him notable enough for an article. I set the bar pretty high for dogs, and Twitchy (I'd be twitchy too if I looked like him) doesn't make the cut. Denni☯ 02:59, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• You guys are judging this animal on its noteworthiness based on its looks. How shallow? Not a single person that has said NN has considered the dog for what it is or may be but used its looks. I would imagine that Wikipedia honoured the notable, not just the pretty. If a movie is being made about this dogs life, and its struggle is a continuing story in the news I would think that makes it Noteable. Jannix☯ 05:03, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

• He's got a point. Not about him being notable (for every movie that's made, there's ten thousand that you never see, and one hundred thousand that no one ever sees, because it never gets finished) but about y'all short changing the dog for its looks. You should be ashamed of yourselves! Dogs have feelings too! See Dog intelligence.  freshgavin TALK   00:03, 1 November 2005 (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.