Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BotCon

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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 of the debate was keep. W.marsh 05:23, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BotCon

Article about some "Transformer Fest 2004" by some Finnish Nazi sympathiser who hates the British. No one in their right mind cares about this. Delete. JIP | Talk 06:39, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

It wouldn't hurt to be civil about it, though :) Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 06:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep This has been going on for 12 years, there are also articles for science fiction conventions like OryCon with equivalent notability. Ruby 07:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep but cleanup. --Nsevs 08:04, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Utterly absurd. DELETE. 84.64.81.143

Keep per User:GeorgeStepanek. Not that Wikipedia wouldn't be improved if "No one in their right mind cares about this" were a criterion for deletion, butut it wouldn't apply to this article.Monicasdude 11:55, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep and cleanup. JIP, could you please don't use vulgarities as you are being uncivil, especially you're an administrator. --Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 12:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Noted, thanks. Nomination edited. JIP | Talk 12:55, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Regardless if anyone in their "right mind" cares about it, it's been around long enough and has enough its that it's notable.--み使い Mitsukai 13:37, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep. Wow, JIP, what crawled into your shoes today? BotCon's very well known, and pretty notable as well. RasputinAXP talk contribs 15:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Ardenn 20:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep even if he does hate us Brits, poor misguided fellow. --kingboyk 03:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. There are some suspiciously similar comments to the nominator's statement here (a little more than halfway down the page.) They <may> be the source of this. Grandmasterka 08:07, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, it's AfDs like this one that make me feel editing ought to be a priviledge, not a right.--Agamemnon2 13:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, without a doubt. Marcus-e 12:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, Botcon is an established mainstay and expansion of TF fandom Dr. R.K.Z


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.