Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elephant Larry

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 Keep. Yanksox 03:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elephant Larry

Appears to be an act in a contest at present, possibly getting press but not well established. Authors contested speedy deletion, so I open it for community consideration Geogre 17:18, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete: Since I pulled the trigger on the speedy delete, I think the act is achieving fame at present but is not yet sufficiently notable and stable for an encyclopedia article. Geogre 17:20, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Article claims appearancein a short film by John Landis, and their site has plenty of press articles. Notable enough. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: Take it from someone that works with a lot of sketch groups, these guys aren't any more notable than a lot of other groups that aren't on here. They aren't in the film with John Landis yet, they're just a finalist with other people. Not notable enough.--Twintone 17:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
  • It looks like the 6 finalists did get their films made by Landis. The films in question are avialalbe for viewing and voting on JibJab. We are, of course, talking about very short films here though. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Further, the existence of the film is not testimonial, either way. If the film is distributed, shown, and talked about, this is a cinch. Otherwise, maybe not. Geogre 18:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep/comment First, NOTE ABOUT NOMINATION: Elephant Larry is a professional troupe, not just some act in a contest. They've been full-time sketch actors since they all graduated from Cornell, where they were in a troupe together. Second, FULL DISCLOSURE: I've seen Elephant Larry three times, I am a huge fan, and they have performed at my (Brandeis) comedy troupe's annual sketch festival. Third, I'm arguing to keep the article because of the mammoth press section on elephantlarry.com- they have tons of third-party citations. A look simply at their press packet shows quotes from the NY Times, The Onion, and Time Out New York. -- Kicking222 00:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Added comment The sketch currently on JibJab, Tall Cop Short Cop, is one of my favorites of theirs. Hi.Lar.I.Ous. -- Kicking222 00:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep — notable, passes the google test with 57,500 hits. i'd love to see some sources though since they're pretty plentiful. JoeSmack ^Talk(p-review!) 01:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - per above. --Haham hanuka 10:40, 1 November 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.