Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leeroy Jenkins

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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 was Keep by unanimous consensus. See also Wikipedia:Deletion review's decision to overturn previous deletion in December 2005 [1]. This nomination was made by The Fear (talk • contribs) on his second day at Wikipedia and lacks AFD experience in properly researching the article's subject and referring back to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I've left a message on The Fear's talk page politely asking that he make more of an effort in preparing future AFD nominations. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  15:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leeroy Jenkins

He's not noteworthy. i dont know even if he's a person or not. The Fear 22:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. Interesting to see he got mentioned in an academic conference on computer gaming, as follows: If there is one icon of the WoW player, one movie from the game that everyone has seen, it is without a doubt “Leeroy Jenkins.” It has been popular enough to leave traces throughout web-based popular culture and virtual media, from viral video sites to a storefront with Leeroy merchandise at cafepress.com, even in sly references found in comics and other computer games. That's pretty good going for a crappy gaming meme. Vashti 22:47, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep I disagree; in my opinion, he's incredibly noteworthy. I don't know about most people, but I have never been mentioned on Jeopardy! Nor does my name get 164,000 Google hits, with 732 unique hits out of the first 1,000. Nor has a meme relating to me become one of the biggest memes of the past couple of years. Now, I'm absolutely assuming good faith, but the fact that the nominator's username was created today and has only been used for AfDs (and the sandbox) means that this user is quite inexperienced, and should perhaps be advised to wet his feet some more in WP before doing something such as proposing obviously significant topics for deletion. -- Kicking222 23:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep No, not a real person, but a meme that had definite staying power. I think the article does a satisfactory job of asserting notability. SubSeven 23:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep... while memes generally suffer from recentism, this one has staying power, as SubSeven points out. It's been repeatedly referred to in the media, even on Jeopardy!, so it's definitely not your average internet phenomenon that gets vanispamverted here. Beyond that, it's sourced, has a neutral point of view, and is not original research. --Kinu t/c 23:35, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep: It's one of the few internet memes that actually is noteworthy enough to stay and the article does a good job pointing out why this is so. Sounds to me like a bad faith nomination. --SeizureDog 00:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I'd eliminate at least 3/4 of the entries in internet memes, many of which were mostly forgotten a month after they occurred, but this one's notable and has stayed around. Fan-1967 00:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Saying that Leeroy Jenkins is not a notable person is like saying "Captain Crunch" is not a noteworthy military figure. If the first sentence of the article does not make it clear that this is a character in a video clip that became popular on the Internet, I'd suggest a little lighter reading than Wikipedia. Wavy G 01:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I think you meant Admiral Crunch. I hear he got promoted. :P --Kinu t/c 01:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
      • My apologies to him and Archduke Chocula. Wavy G 02:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. If this isn't a bad-faith nom, then it's clearly an unresearched one. BoojiBoy 01:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 09:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. I can see deleting some memes... but this got national press attention and a mention on Jeopardy. Clearly over the threshold. Captainktainer * Talk 09:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep: This is a net meme that'll be around for a while. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 10:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep one of the most known memes in WoW, was features on Jeopardy!, several publications on the net, and in print. Aswell as TV shows. Havok (T/C/c) 10:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep, possibly speedy as a WP:POINT violation. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep, If we had everyone nominate an article for deletion everytime they hadn't heard of the subject then most of Wikipedia would disappear, do some research before you nominate. --Boyinabox 13:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep--Peephole 15:19, 14 August 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.