Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crazy Frog

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Stormie 09:06, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Crazy Frog

I created this page yesterday, in retrospect it was a mistake, I only started to research it when someone told me Verisign was responsible for the annoying ads, which I found minutely interesting. Basically, this is simply a ringtone that has been relentlessly advertised in britain (and apparently, germany), it's not encyclopedic or particularly notable, if anything a paragraph or external link on Web Humor would do. Sorry for the time wasting. Delete or Merge. -- taviso 12:46, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Weak delete a tiny meme that nobody is likely to remember in 20 days, much less 20 years. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:00, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
  • This is hardly a tiny meme. Several major commercial radio stations have been making use of this sound for many many months (if not years) now. Thanks to Wikipedia, I now know the detailed origins of this signature sound.  :-P —RaD Man (talk) 19:58, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I remember hearing this sound clip about four years ago and it's still around, now even famous. Enyclopedias excists to remember things for people who aren't able to remember it themselves for 20 years. bbx 13:38, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Yeah it is a fad, but it is a very well known one, certainly it is here in the UK. I don't think this is any less notable than anything else on Category:Internet memes (indeed it is perhaps more notable than most of them as the craze has gone cross-media, in a way most of these other memes did not). Rje 15:01, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, For once. This is as worthy contender as the ones in Internet memes. Inter 15:51, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable fads are easily worthy of inclusion here on Wikipedia. GRider\^talk 19:54, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. the best ARTICLE in the entire world. Bacchiad 08:46, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Extreme keep. This really is the best article EVAR! Bouuuuum bom bom bedahm, Bom be barbedarm bedabedabedabeda... —RaD Man (talk) 19:57, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Sorry to be so POV but strong delete - its an annoying ringtone like by chavs and their juvenile senses of humour. Maybe an article on Erik Wernquist should mention this? Selphie 12:21, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC) blah
• Keep. A great example of a meme ! Please keep... for a start i searched for it on wikipedia and was glad to see it was here, and shocked to see it was up for deletion! To give you an idea of how popular (successful) it is, here is a link to a BBC News article describing it's success. Generated GBP £10m ... and pretty much everyone in he UK has heard it / knows of it --RichCorb 16:44, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, notable. Megan1967 01:30, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - a fad, but notable - Jasoncart 11:41, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - A fad, and apparently 'Crazy Chicken' is the next to be released. Pure money spinning - PopUpPirate 11:56, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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