Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blue Ball Manipulator

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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 was no consensus. Majorly (hot!) 17:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Ball Manipulator

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Unimportant and barely notable fad. The Wired source mentions this only briefly. It got a lot of views on YTMND and was a fad on Something Awful. Not much more needs to be said. --- RockMFR 17:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, non-notable. The brief mention in Wired indeed only mentions it in passing as part of an article on YTMND, it's not the actual focus of the article or any other reliable sources. Belongs on a YTMND or Something Awful fan site. Krimpet (talk/review) 19:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep this was a huge fad among the animation community (4 million views of the original Blue Ball Machine and over 40000 Ghits), this is the kind of "significant trivia" article where Wikipedia really shines. - iridescenti (talk to me!) 21:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Despite the fact that WP:ILIKEIT, it fails WP:N. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 22:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. The said gif has been given over 4,000 delicious bookmarks. Thats more than a fad and there is no other simular article on marble dropping machines on wikipedia.--207.233.76.17 21:30, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Why are delicious bookmarks important? Why are "marble dropping machines" important? --- RockMFR 00:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • You are completely missing the point. This fad is neither important nor notable. Bookmarks are obviously not evidence of notability. Is that what you are trying to say? --- RockMFR 16:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. This is a popular image that spread around Something Awful and YTMND. It deserves to be written about. Lzer 04:06, 20 April 2007 (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.