Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/India (cat) (2nd nomination)

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. W.marsh 00:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] India (cat)

Notability of pets

• Note Nominated by User:Neuropean, who seems to be nominating all the famous cats for deletion. NawlinWiki 20:39, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong oppose. Merging would unbalance the Bush article, and deleting would, without justification, cause it to fall out of the Historical cats category, where it clearly belongs. --The Editrix 20:16, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete: The article can in no way grow beyond a 2 sentence one. The only option is to delete this, and merge the one or two sentences to List of United States Presidential pets. --Ragib 20:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep There are separate articles on just about all of the presidential pets, who are notable just for being presidential pets. I'd hate to lose Misty Malarky Ying Yang. NawlinWiki 20:33, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

As I mentioned above, none of these articles can ever grow beyond the 2 lines, such as "<inser animal name> was a cat/dog/goat/whatever owned by <insert president name.". As such, these should be all merged to List of United States Presidential pets. --Ragib 20:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Socks (cat) and Buddy (dog) are much longer than two lines. On my browser, India (cat) has three. hateless 20:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Sure, in that case, those may deserve articles. But, I don't see what is there to write about *this* cat. I've nominated it for deletion before, but even after it got a reprieve, the article's contents has remained a puny 2/3 lines, with no information that cannot be merged into the List of United States Presidential pets. --Ragib 21:40, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete as per User:Ragib Matthew Fenton [t/c] 20:37, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment: This article was referred a few weeks ago. Those who voted to keep it have done little to improve it. It is just a picture with a label. if it was really an article of merit it should look more like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_%28cat%29Neuropean 20:41, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, being a presidential pet is notable, as demonstrated by the fact that people would buy a book written by Millie the Dog. Article length is never a criteria for deletion. hateless 20:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Maybe not, but it is a sign that this article has little to offer which could not be accommodated within another article?Neuropean 21:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into List of United States Presidential pets per WP:BIAS ~ trialsanderrors 23:16, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per hateless. Presidential pets would appear to be inherently notable, and even if the article never grows beyond a stub, it is potentially useful. bikeable (talk) 01:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom Scented Guano 05:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep - this ios one of a series of anti-cat AFDs put out in bad faith. Robertsteadman 21:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please strikeout last comment: AGF (also NPOV - editor is creator of a similar cat article which resulted in a merge vote and is looking to strengthen own case).Neuropean 18:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Article looks harmless and unbiased. It may need some more references but keep it.--Ageo020 23:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into List of United States Presidential pets. It doesn't need a separate article as it will not be expanded. --Musicpvm 04:01, 27 June 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.