Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Minds Think Alike

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 delete, better policy-based arguments. Daniel (talk) 03:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great Minds Think Alike

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Failure of WP:RS and WP:NOTE. Assertion of notability supported exclusively by passing mentions in blogs, forum postings and an open wiki. The creation of a single purpose account, 65.78.26.119, who removed recent prod without comment. Victoriagirl (talk) 04:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. No attribution of the poem's notability to independent and credible sources. --Dhartung | Talk 06:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 22:24, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
• I disagree. A poem this clearly related to such a well known saying deserves a place in Wikipedia. In this electronic day and age, that the poem was self-published has no bearing. A wide readership is indicated by the poem's high placement in Google's search results. As for its notability, the online references, in my opinion, are independent and credible. Several people from far-flung backgrounds have gone to the trouble of quoting or mentioning the poem. Word of mouth has always been a potent, if not the most potent, force in culture.Pmenard (talk) 22:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Had the saying "great minds think alike" had coined by William Michaelian, a case might be made for notability. However, the title is derived from an expression in common usage. As the issue of ghits has been raised I note that "Great Minds Think Alike" + "William Michaelian" garners a total of 14 unique hits. This is hardly a "high placement". Mention of the poem is found on blogspot, Yahoo 360, myspace, and similar sites. Victoriagirl (talk) 04:10, 21 January 2008 (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.