Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herman Cares

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. --Coredesat 04:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herman Cares

This was submitted for proposed deletion, but the PROD tag was removed. Apparently "Herman Cares" is some kind of slogan used at a school in Maryland, but I can find no relevant Google hits. The only source provided is just a link to the school's web page with no clear reference to any "Herman" there. The subject appears to be unverifiable. Note that at least two editors and two anons have been editing this article, with one of the anons describing "Herman Cares" as a "world-encompasing philosiphy" but the other people trying to explain it as a local joke, which is probably more accurate but still does not suggest notability. In either case, I recommend a delete. --Metropolitan90 02:37, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete. WP is not things invented in fourth-period study hall.Montco 02:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unverifiable, made up in school, etc. Edward Wakelin 02:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete textbook WP:NFT. Danny Lilithborne 04:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Nothing to assert notability outside of a schoolyard. Caknuck 05:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete Not only is this unverifiable, it improperly uses the term 'philosophy,' it seems to be written in a (very bad) satirical/tongue-in-cheek style and seems to be a possible slang term from some small group of kids in one school in the US. Danny is write, this is a textbook example of what needs NOT to be included in the Wikipedia --The Way 06:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not for things made up at school one day. -- Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 11:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unsourced and unverifiable. NawlinWiki 14:35, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - unencyclopedic, unsourced, unverifiable JoJan 15:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete VORNFT CITERS cares.-- danntm ^T _C 19:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as complete and utter crap, plus probable hoaxing. - Corporal Tunnel 19:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I created the article, so my vote may come as a surprise here- just a warning, the explanation here is about to get long-winded. I created the article, which is indeed a local joke, and had figured that by notifying a number of friends we together, with our collective memory of 2005 could retrace more or less the history behind Herman cares and explain what particularly about it appealed to the community's sense of humor. (Just a random sign saying "Herman Cares" doesn't make much of a joke, so some explanation is needed.) However, someone or other vandalized the page and turned it into.... I don't even know what to call it, and now is reverting it back whenever I (or any one else) tries to fix it. So, I propose we kill the article for now, wait a while, and then repost- with luck, we can then productively build the article up and fix it.

As for the verification thing, that is an issue, and the Poolesville web page really doesn't make sense as a source- so, until we dig up some references that are actually worthwhile, I'd say that year it really ought to go in the dustbin.

• Sorry all- had no idea the trouble this'd become, I figured it'd manage to build up gradually into a decent article if I laid down the basic spine of it and let other locals familiar with the joke know, I didn't expect we'd spend all our time fixing vandalism. That said, I do take exception to the "made up in school one day" comment- as this isn't something made up in the sense of just a new "hey that'd be fun to post on Wikikpedia" but rather a running, well established joke that's become a part of Poolesville culture. The other troubles I had anticipated would be fixed very rapidly with a number of people working on it, but as I said, we all got sidetracked by the vandalismNullius in Verba 01:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment Nullius, the wikipedia is not a repository for inside jokes, period. There are literally millions of running jokes out there; any decent sized city will have thousands that are shared by various cliques. A 'well-established joke' from Poolesville is nowhere even remotely close to being notable enough for inclusion in the wikipedia. --The Way 06:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - I've heard of "Herman Cares", but only because it's a massive inside joke at my sister's high school. I'm fairly certain that doesn't meet notability standards -- unless some newspaper or such outside PHS wrote about it. If you can find such a source, awesome. --Alynna 05:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Based on previous votes, Herman does not care. Anomo 22:04, 24 October 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.