Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I LIEK MILK!!!!!!!!

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 No consensus, so keep. --Deathphoenix 01:12, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I LIEK MILK!!!!!!!!

Note: This AfD page was not created by the person who nominated the Article for deletion. Thus far there is no nomination. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 01:39, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• keep: I just discovered this "i liek milk" thing tonite when I found the wikipedia page, but it seems like a legitimate (if bizarre) article. Google brings back 19,000 hits for the phrase. 15,500 if you search for "i liek milk" with "hitoshi". Songs have even been written about it [1]. People have blogged about it in more than one language [2]. It seems to have had at least some life as a pop culture/internet phenomenon. I don't think it deserves deletion, but it does need a little more fleshing out. -Bindingtheory 00:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete No Alexa rank for the page at all, Alexa rank goes to parent site (Generation.nl), which is near 3,000,000.[3]. Basically, the page is pictures of a guy drinking milk with a few random sentences strewn in. Comments from a couple of random bloggers don't make this anywhere near notable. Karmafist 01:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Non notable websites do not fit the criteria for speedy deletion CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 01:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, if "unremarkable people or groups" (A7) is a speedy criterion, then "unremarkable websites" should also be, since websites are inherently much less notable and more fleeting things than people. (Of course if non-notability is contested, then it's a matter for AfD.) 131.111.8.100 02:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
      • Well, as much as I like extracting meanings to extend applications of principles, in Wikipedia we have to watch out that things aren't deleted on a whim- otherwise who knows how far it can go. And websites are sometimes much more notable than the people who make them. More people will know Snopes than Barbara Mikkelson (who's just a redirect) CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 02:11, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable. Grandwazir 01:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Some people may think it's amusing to watch Asians mangle English, but we don't need to have an encyclopedia article equivalent of a circus freak show. Ruby 02:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed, the rest of the Internet can do that all by themselves. Delete. --Agamemnon2 23:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep. It is almost an internet legend. "Welcomed to my page!!! I leik milk!!" is blogged and commented upon ad nauseum. Seems to amuse geeks in the same way as All your base are belong to us. --Ezeu 02:39, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep. Agree with ezeu. Page is somewhat legendary, I've known about it for years. Number of google hits lead me to say keep. Phantasmo 02:49, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep Rather sad, but notable. The number of google hits reflects this. Forbsey 03:08, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unencyclopedic. Ifnord 05:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Unfortunately notable, in the vein of goatse.   freshgavin TALK    05:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Ruby. Crunch 07:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but move to something without the caps and exclamation marks that looks more formal like I liek milk (webpage) -- Astrokey44|talk 09:44, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep As per Ezeu. I'm ashamed to admit I even had one of the t-shirts (even though I despise milk). –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 11:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Why do people insist on encyclopedia articles about their favourite Internet fads? JIP | Talk 13:29, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - The page sounds completely stupid, but it got 19,000 hits on Google! It sounds like a legitimate internet phenomenon. (Hamster Dance was stupid too, but it has a Wiki article). Nortonew 14:54, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Looks notable to me --84.67.140.231 21:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to a list of minor Internet memes, or delete and recreate in five years if anyone can remember it then. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 23:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete since it's some short-lived fad. At least the hampster dance had a song released... -- 9cds^(talk) 23:36, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Comment. As far as I know, this thing happened something like 3 years ago. I hadn't heard about it since ... until now.   freshgavin TALK    02:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, minor and ephemeral Internet meme. MCB 06:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. TheRingess 06:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, 3 years must be a record for an ephemeral phenomenon. Kappa 08:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge as per zis Guy. Absence of verification = unable to be updated. Ziggurat 20:35, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Internet memes are generally unencyclopedic. Eusebeus 20:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• I don't think it's a speedy delete, but I like JzG's idea of recreating in five years if anyone can remember it then, i.e. delete. Stifle 23:37, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Correction to my above statement, the website is ALREADY 5 years old. (2001)   freshgavin TALK    01:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep notable internet memes. I'm also trying to get some sort of idea together regarding internet memes at the Village Pump, input would be useful --badlydrawnjeff 15:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. It is this kind of phenomenon that makes Wikipedia fun and different from Brittanica. BabuBhatt 02:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't know if we want to be that different from Britanica. As the guy said, doesn't pass the five-year test. Let people who need to know about this Google it, the'll get the info they need just as quick as coming here, because there just isn't that much to say about it. Herostratus 18:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Astrokey44. Page needs a better title, but appears to be a notable enough meme. --King of All the Franks 07:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: notable phenomenon of considerable longevity.

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.