Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred the Monkey.com

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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 Delete If the website subsequently becomes notable then the article can be rewritten to reflect this.  (aeropagitica)  22:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fred the Monkey.com

Non-notable website, 280 google hits for "fredthemonkey.com", no Alexa rating. Kuzaar 13:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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  • Delete WP:WEB violation; non-notable website.  (aeropagitica)  13:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  • keep it of course!! this site is awesome!
Comment: can't even find this addition to the vote to do an unsigned template. Take that as you will. Kuzaar 17:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


Keep it! you can't just get rid of something because you think it's "not-notable." as an encyclopedia you are supposed to be nutral and to label something like that is obviously giving it a bias. this article should be kept, and who do you think you are to decide whether or not something is notable anyway? —This unsigned comment was added by Beatrixcastle (talk • contribs) .

User ComKeen has been registered for less than four days and has approximately fifteen edits. Kuzaar 16:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep NON Relevant???? Fred the Monkey is about as relevant as an animation website could possibly be. The characters are completely relevant - some might even say significant. MrD 22:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
User MrD is not registered. Kuzaar 16:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Abstain, but MrD is registered. Ardric47 23:03, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
KEEP MAN WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THIS GREAT WEBSITE GO AWAY MAN U GUYS ARE IDIOTS

TOADFAN5 aka FRED THE MONKEY FANATIC 5 —This unsigned comment was added by Toadfan5 (talk • contribs) .

    • User's only edit besides his own user and talk page. NickelShoe (Talk) 04:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Great humour, and deserves the recognition. —This unsigned comment was added by 59.167.156.33 (talk • contribs) .
    • (User's only two edits) NickelShoe (Talk) 04:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Even though this site is not famous at the moment, it is becoming exponentially more popular, and is clearly quality work. If it is deleted now, it will probably simply be added again in the future. —This unsigned comment was added by Pirateslifeforeme (talk • contribs) .

Keep! Please don't delete! It's my favorite site in the world and I don't know what I'd do without it! —This unsigned comment was added by 69.171.32.231 (talk • contribs) .

    • User has two edits, this one and one to Fred the Monkey.com. NickelShoe (Talk) 04:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment. Some voters (like this one) seem to think we're voting about removing the entire site rather than the wiki entry. Mackan 12:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Site is over 4 years old with sevearl thousand loyal fans, should be kept as semi notable D_X
User D_X has less than 30 edits, all pertaining to this subject. Not to point the finger, but this is suspicious to me. Kuzaar 17:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Sigh. Fails notability. For reference, I prodded Clydex the Platypus, which is based around the site. --Fuzzie (talk) 01:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Site itself is growing in popularity, and the flash itself is defintely notable.--Wizardman 02:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
User has less than 40 contributions and is less than 10 days old. Kuzaar 18:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • KeepKeep, pretty popular, especially among afficionados of flash. —This unsigned comment was added by CrazyEyes (talk • contribs) .
  • Comment I just went thru and identified some unsigned posts and commented on users without significant contribution histories. It doesn't mean I don't think new users can contribute, but it points out who might not be familiar with Wikipedia policy and might only have an account for the purpose of "voting" here. (Decisions are made by consensus, not vote.) NickelShoe (Talk) 04:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Three years old, does carry an audience on the net, and I haven't heard any grounds for deletion that appear reasonable other than the per nom which I assume has to do with the policy. The newest post on Newgrounds is a social commentary that I find pretty good, similar to the battle between "Cyanide and Happiness" with "Top Web Comics". Give the artist time and I'm sure he'll battle this deletion to the bitter end. —This unsigned comment was added by 128.195.78.102 (talk • contribs) .
  • KEEP - Exactly like that guy says ^^ it's a monkey for christ's sakes! - monkeys rule :( —This unsigned comment was added by 83.216.136.62 (talk • contribs) .
  • Delete and Comment. To justify my deletion vote I just want to say that even if it will become notable it doesn't mean it is now. Joseph Blanchette aka Legendary Frog had his entry removed despite being several times more famous than "Fred the monkey". My comment is, the creator of Fred the monkey has started a campaign to make sure his entry doesn't get deleted, through a flash movie submitted to newgrounds.com and probably elsewehere as well where he tells people to go to Wikipedia and "tell them to shut their stupid faces" (and a clickable link that leads to the Fred the Monkey entry). This surely explains the many recent unsigned "Keep" votes. I am appaled by the creator of "fred the monkey"'s lack of understanding for what wikipedia stands for (it's an encyclopedia and not a showcase for up and coming artists) and I think this move makes it much harder to hold a fair vote, which I think in the end will only weigh FOR the deletion of this article. Here's the animation on Newgrounds: Fred the notable monkeyMackan 11:44, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Yet another Comment: There is not only a single (1) google hit on "fredthemonkey.com", search for any page name and you'll only get one result. From there you click "Find web pages that contain the term "fredthemonkey.com"". This gives 243 hits (note, by looking on the first page of results I get the impression that many of them are created by the maker himself). This does however, in my opionion, doesn't change anything. I'd vote "delete" if it had 10 000 hits. In fact, my own flash game "Shotgun Orc" comes up with 30,000-65,000 hits on google (currently 65,000), but I wouldn't dream of suggesting an entry to be made for it and if somebody did make one I would definately nominate it for deletion myself. Mackan 12:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - not notable - 280 Google hits. -- infinity0 15:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - nn --mmeinhart 17:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep If you're gonna delete this from The Wiki, then Delete Homestar Runner, too. This site has been around for about as long as them, and they've made tons of laughs amd is enjoyable by many people. And, why does Clydex get his own Wiki Page, but this one is on the edge of deletion? He isn't ver a main character! Anyways, keep the page up. The Pro X
  • The Alexa ranking for homestarrunner.com is 2947, while fredthemonkey.com has no ranking. A Google search for "Homestar runner" finds over a million hits, while a search for "Fred the monkey" finds less than a thousand (including unrelated usage). Please take a look at WP:WEB if you haven't done so yet. (User:Pro X 20 has six edits.) — TheKMantalk 21:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Delete-non-notable cartoon ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 20:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

  • delete not notable. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 20:58, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable. Bucketsofg 21:03, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable. This not a vote on the webpage. It is a vote on the Wikipedia article about the webpage. (OOPs forgot to sign.)Mikereichold 21:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. This website is not notable. — TheKMantalk 21:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as not meeting WP:WEB. Capitalistroadster 21:51, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
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