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[edit] March 8

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:05, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jonti Picking

Vanity? Flash-cruft? Encyclopedic? 147 google hits. [1] --GRider\talk 01:53, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • He is only notably for Weebl and Bob, one of the 10^9 online animations with no obvious indication of notability. Delete both as far as I'm concerned. JFW | T@lk 02:36, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, non-encyclopedic, possible vanity. ComCat 04:13, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep User:Cryomaniac 15:53, 8 Mar 2005 (GMT)
  • Keep. For a web celebrity, the creator of Kenya and Magical Trevor would seem to me to have enough notability to be article-worthy. -- Smerdis of Tlön 16:30, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Are you nuts? It's one of the most famous flash cartoonists! Grue 16:32, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep Has quite a following in the UK, Weebl and Bob made it onto TV, he has made TV adverts, his toons have been viewed millions of times over and have won awards.. And he met Brian Blessed. Definitly article worthy.
    • But you didn't sign, 81.152.138.56. Alai 15:44, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Move to a better title. This guy is easily the Web celebrity's Web celebrity. After all, we don't have an article at Reginald Dwight, it redirects to the name by which he is more widely known. Similarly, perhaps this should be the article at Weebl. Chris 18:26, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep There is absolutely no reason why this should even be considered for deletion. Also there is no reason why "Kenya" had to be merged with this article. Now it's top heavy. Why are people on Wikipedia so against flash cartoons?--The_stuart 23:10, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Because there's oodles of them and most are not notable. Radiant! 09:04, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge onto Weeble and Bob or however you spell that. Radiant! 09:04, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep A certain notoriety. There's probably scope for some rearranging within this 'category', though: if this article isn't at Weebl, that should at least redirect there. And couldn't Magical Trevor be merged in too? Neither article seems likely to grow significantly. Alai 15:44, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable on the Internet. His cartoons are kind of hard to avoid, actually. In fact, the remaining articles on his various cartoons should be merged here. Gwalla | Talk 04:56, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep and keep. He went from Flash to MTV to making TV ads too. Famous. - David Gerard 10:10, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Jonti's animations - especially the badgers - have been seen by millions of net users. His Weebl and Bob series has been shown on MTV and released on DVD and produced adverts too. In terms of Internet media personalities, Weebl's at the top, and easily notable enough for an article. Drw25 16:14, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep for reasons stated. If his work and its style are notable enough to get him regular work plugging a major product, he's certainly worthy of an article. - Lucky 6.9 01:43, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep — If we delete this page, should we delete the The Brothers Chaps page? —Wins oddf| 02:34, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep User:Twrist Not a brilliantly written article, but this individual seems to be getting more famous in the UK, particularly since the broadcast of said advertisements.
  • KeepUser:Metzgermeister I agree with Twrist, that this isn't superbly written. However, wikipedia is a great source for obscure bits of knowledge. Considering Jonti is a celebrity among the online community, I believe this should be kept.

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:09, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Senioritis

Please. This seems to be original research, and not notable in the least. C'mon guys and girls! Let's delete this one. - Ta bu shi da yu 07:50, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Let's not. I vote to keep. This is a nomination where I feel "not notable" means "I've never heard of it." It's quite notable in terms of American academics, and maybe Canadian, too? I'm not so sure about the latter one. Mike H 08:14, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • I would suggest a keep. It's obviously rather weak as it stands, but though not a real condition, "senioritis" is probably well-known enough to warrant at least a brief entry. RidG (talk) 08:14, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very common term in America. If the external link to the College Board doesn't convince you, 133,000 google hits might. —Korath (Talk) 08:22, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very common phrase, notable, not original research. burnt in effigy 08:41, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I wrote the original article and I respect any criticism. If the article is weak, please add your own words. But I think its a bit rash to throw it out because one user hasn't heard of a very common academic ailment. SkiMaxPower
    • If this is your first experience with deletionists, welcome to the dark side of Wikipedia! —RaD Man (talk) 11:39, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is well known, in the US anyway. — J3ff 09:42, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, I had it, notable enough for me. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:43, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • You've got to be kidding, neoligism, delete--nixie 10:15, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • It might be unknown outside the U.S., but it's not a neologism; it's been in use for at least fifteen years. (I had it also.) —Korath (Talk) 10:59, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, not a neologism but a well-known phenomenon. Gazpacho 11:01, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - the term gets 38,000 hits on Google. -- FP 11:14, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, well known term. Delist from vfd; invalid nomination. —RaD Man (talk) 11:38, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep (although I'm basically a deletionist), not a neologism in the U.S. anyway. I heard it twenty years ago and had it 18 years ago. The article could stand some improving though; I wouldn't call laziness per se a symptom of senioritis. It's more a feeling of complacency, uninterest in schoolwork, and an overwhelming desire to just get these last few months over with. --Angr 12:15, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Wikipedia is not a slang dictionary. This is basically an American slang expression for seniors slacking off. It is not a neologism but the article is basically a dicdef. --BM 15:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Simply because the word is "American slang" is not reason enough to have it deleted. There's precendent for this: Homie has been kept, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Homie. In addition, this article has already been expanded to much more than a simple dictionary definition and has the potential to be expanded further. — J3ff 06:33, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable? Yes. Neologism? No. Original research? Certainly not. Android79 15:19, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's only known in one country (the US), so it's acheived any notabiliity in the wider world. Miss Pippa 15:55, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Keep. That something is only notable in one country is not a valid reason for deleting it. If this were the case, many congressmembers, musical artists, and celebrities would be deleted as well. I also dispute whether or not this is only known in the US, as my Canadian friend uses the term. Srcastic 07:34, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • It may be a common and established term, but the entry is still, at root, a dictionary definition (and I don't see how it can ever be more than that.) Transwiki to Wiktionary. Bearcat 16:05, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. Well, a question, really. Are secondary school students in their final year referred to as "seniors" anywhere outside the USA? Android79 16:11, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Yes, but the precise usage and context may vary considerably. For instance, at my old school anyone in the last three years of study was a senior and had certain extra duties and privileges. Younger students were junior. Anyway, I think most non-US Wikipedia users are sufficiently familiar with US culture (via movies, TV and so on) that they understand the US usage. -- FP 23:35, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Whether or not it's notable outside the United States, it is a notable cultural concept, and is as noteworthy as any Toronto city supervisor or Pokemon trainer. As it stands, the article is very stubby, but lots of material can be added. Binadot 17:39, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wiktionary. I don't see this article going anywhere beyond being a dicdef. Arkyan 19:51, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    It already is more than a dicdef. Gazpacho
  • Keep. Notable in the U.S. DaveTheRed 20:16, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Move either to Wiktionary or BJOAN. Martg76 21:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • What's so funny about it? It's a real term; BJAODN would not accept it. Mike H 22:24, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • keep Yuckfoo 00:13, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This really is an extremely common term and concept in the United States. -Aranel ("Sarah") 02:08, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Ld | talk 19:47, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. It should, however, probably be cleaned up to show that it relates only to North America (or just the USA). Deleting something because it is only known in a small geographic area would slash wikipedia's content. Colin Angus Mackay 03:01, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep It is a well known term and if it's only known in the U.S than that's just another reason to keep itDeathawk 20:44, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep This is a legitimate phenomenon. —thames 15:23, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Kaldari 22:04, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep: Definitely well-known, even at the elementary school level in my area! If this isn't kept here, it should at least get an entry over at Wiktionary. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs, blog) 04:23, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Reasonable topic on well-known term (even if only in U.S.). May be brief, but that's a good reason to expand it. — Jeff Q (talk) 19:23, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Not only a well-known academic term, but one that has become widely used by analogy in the business world as well, for employees who're about to retire or change companies. --PHenry 22:16, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Could you add that in? I'm not that familiar...a source would be great. Mike H 22:26, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep I'm really suffering from it now, in fact! Zantastik 02:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:10, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Self reconfigurable

Appears to be advertising for someone's patent portfolio. -- The Anome 10:26, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

  • {I'm assuming I'm permitted to add my comment here-author of "self reconfigurable"}
My understanding is that these are the keywords one would probably :want to use for this concept; if deleted, please add a request to create an article in its place. Here are some external links that might be useful for such an article:
  • I've rewritten the intro, and removed the external link universalmodular.info, which might be regarded as advertising and didn't seem very helpful anyway. I think it should be Kept as a stub for a real concept which gets 5,300 google hits [4]. Kappa 11:43, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Keep Could we have a hyphen between the two parts please? Berek 12:40, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Strong keep. The original article was an awful advertisement, but the rewritten article rocks. Well done, Kappa. JIP | Talk 08:56, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Fascinating little read. --Steven Fisher 06:57, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. That's a phenomenal save, Kappa!! - Lucky 6.9 20:43, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was redirect to Self reconfigurable. —Korath (Talk) 17:14, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Modular reconfigurable

Appears to be advertising for someone's patent portfolio. -- The Anome 10:28, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Deathphoenix 20:29, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proppellage

Neologism related to Kerplunks. Not known to Dictionary.com. Smells like vanity hoax. Mgm|(talk) 13:23, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

  • I have Speedy deleted as nonsense; 0 google hits, clearly a silly juvenile attempt to coin a neologism. -- Infrogmation 17:53, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was redirect to Asian giant hornet. This was done very early in the debate. Please note: Usually one should wait until the debate is moved to old before doing this. Anyway, no harm done... Sjakkalle 10:51, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Giant hornet

This page repeats information found at Asian giant hornet and is therefore useless. Stemonitis 15:07, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Redirect in case anyone searches for it without the Asian part. Looks nasty though. Ouch. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:41, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect. Please just use redirect Duplicate articles or use {{merge}} tags, you don't need to bring them to Vfd. Kappa 16:12, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I've re-directed this as above. Wyss 01:36, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:16, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. presidential election, 2008

Article is speculative; should be considered for deletion such as 2006 Maryland State Senate District 31 Election. Jrlformd, 18:42 UTC

  • Strong keep. This article contains much information that is not speculation. It spells out the process to be undertaken during the campaign and chronicles the activities of candidates who are currently undertaking active steps towards a candidacy in 2008. It also provides an NPOV list of potential candidates for President and Vice President on the major party tickets. Moreover, unlike the election for one State Senate district, the race for President of the United States begins in earnest the day after the previous election. - Jord 18:49, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. This is a very important article. The first search result for ?U S Presidential Election 2008? in google is this page. [8]. Information like Timeline, Opinion Polling, Candidates actively pursuing 2008 candidacy are in no way speculation. - --Boshtang 19:07, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Nomination is clearly in retaliation to this. Xezbeth 19:33, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I am usually loathe to see articles of a speculative nature but the point has been made that the campaign for the 2008 election is already under way. I do find the exhaustive list of "names being floated" a little overboard and more along the lines of speculation, but as a whole the article is good enough to hang on to. Arkyan 19:46, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. And equating the races for President of the US and for State Senator from Maryland is ridiculous. -R. fiend 20:08, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Nominating this valid article is not helping the author of the Maryland article's cause. Mike H 20:09, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Disruptive VfD nominations are not productive. ElBenevolente 20:10, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. All election are not the same. This article is an absolute keep. Carrp | Talk 20:12, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete The clue is all the "may do," "may begin," "possible candidates include..." An encyclopedia is a repository of knowledge, not speculations about what might happen. If it's not deleted it should heavily edited to remove speculation and restrict itself to events that have occurred. Also, whatever the motivations of the nominator this is not a "ridiculous" nomination nor disruptive. Demi 20:18, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)
  • Keep. The election is in a sense already underway. I would argue that speculation isn't inherrantly a bad thing. The problem with the Maryland article was more its insifnificance than its level of speculation. DaveTheRed 20:30, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. Maybe we should send Jrlformd a link to don't disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. --Deathphoenix 20:37, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep.--Sina 21:11, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Already a strong, interesting page. -- John Fader (talk • contribs) 23:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep. There is absolutely no reason to delete this page. The 2008 Election is a completely valid subject for an article. The 2004 Election artilce was created long before the campaign began. -- Old Right 00:05, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. But it should be cleaned up and all speculation and political-insider gossip and rumor-mongering should be removed from it. --BM 01:38, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep; valid topic, and it's looking like a pretty good article so far. Antandrus 01:45, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, Wikipedia is not a fortune teller. Megan1967 02:43, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, This is an important current event, is very newsworthy, and is kept up well. Speculation is an important part of this topic at this stage, but is also clearly labeled on the page. Sometimes the lists stretch a bit and should be tidied up, but this certainly doesn't mean the whole page should be deleted. --Aranae 04:11, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, There was a long and speculative list of potential candidates but that appears to have moved to the talk page. Now, the list of candidates is only of those persuing a 2008 candidacy. Also, if there are people who have formed opinions about the 2008 election, it is acceptable to report these opinions in an NPOV way (meaning reporting that there exist people who hold an opinion instead of stating the opinions as if the article was asserting them). There being speculative or POV information on the article means the article needs NPOV work, but not to be deleted entirely. Q0 05:03, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. We had an article about the 2004 election before the election took place. This is taken to more of an extreme, but the information on the page is still very useful and encyclopedic. Foobaz·o< 07:41, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. And please, bring back the list of potential candidates who may make a run, albeit speculative, that list was informative. There is some speculation in the article, but the subject is very encyclopedic and very important. This nomination would make the Extreme Deletion Squad proud. Sjakkalle 12:24, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This information is very useful for the many people interested in keeping track of the 2008 election, which is ALREADY in progress. But please DO NOT bring back the huge long list of possible people. That list included mostly eligible people, 90% of whom won't be running. Just include people who have expressed interest in running or those who have a strong citizen draft going for them. - 149.4.108.9 15:26, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • 'Keep. It would silly to delete this. - Dickdexter, 21:05, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. While I agree that the nomination was probably made in spite, this is still speculation about a future event. Yes, we had an article for the 2004 election before the event but if you look at what that did to the community, that should be considered as evidence in favor of deleting, not precedent for keeping. The verifiable content in the current version of this article is more appropriate to WikiNews than to Wikipedia (which, I suppose, means that I would support transwiki). Rossami (talk) 00:32, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep and ban nominator. Neutralitytalk 01:12, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. --Goobergunch|? 04:18, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep Abuse of VfD. Suggest abusing the user in return. Chris 22:22, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Informative, esp. for people outside the USA. Alphax τεχ 23:24, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Keep everything about this article. It is fascinating to read. 7:15, 11 Mar 2005
  • Keep. Even after the 2008 election is over, people will want to know about the events leading up to the election. Besides, we will eventually have to write an article about the 2008 election, so it was an excellent idea to start this far in advance, as the news is breaking. It is MUCH easier to write about these things now than it will be once the election is over, because the stuff is fresh on our minds. --Chris 16:38, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
Note Just to make it clear, this is not me. ; ) Chris 15:12, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. This will make an interesting ongoing documentary. Professor water 01:34, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. There's already talk of that election buzzing on talk radio (surprise!). - Lucky 6.9 09:26, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Samboy 10:37, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very informative for people outside the United States --Nicobn 03:22, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I've already referred to the potential candidates list on more than one occasion; it's useful information. -- Seth Ilys 19:15, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. One of Wikipedia's best articles. Philwelch 20:23, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:19, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet

Question: Are potentially-derogatory press release quotations directed towards members of the Ontario Liberal Party inherently noteworthy? If not, with 271 google hits what makes this one worthy of note on Wikipedia, or for that matter, any other encyclopaedia? --GRider\talk 19:07, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep. Notable. Xezbeth 19:11, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
    • Hello Xezbeth and thank you for your participation. If you would not mind, could you please explain the rationale behind your vote to keep this article? --GRider\talk 19:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
      • If this guy found the article interesting enough to feature in a news article, then it should stay. Xezbeth 19:29, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Despite the silly sounding title, this is a fairly well written valid article on a legitmate bit of historic triva. -- Infrogmation 19:24, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Not all bits of political derogation are going to be notable. This does not stop individual examples from being notable. GRider, I wish you would stop phrasing every single VfD you submit in terms of a judgement to be made on an entire class to which the article in question belongs. I don't know if you're doing this to make a point but it's tiresome. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:51, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - easily verifiable. - SimonP 19:54, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep --Spinboy 20:04, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. While I recognize that many would argue that this is inherently non-notable since it relates to Canada, it was actually and surprisingly a key turning point in that election campaign. It marked the beginning of the rapid downward spiral of the governing party, and it was clear that they would be unable to recover from it. Kevintoronto 20:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • The title seems off to me. Could the controversy be listed under something different? -R. fiend 20:28, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge. A cleaned up version of this article would be more at home as part of Ontario general election, 2003 in the Campaign section. - NormanEinstein 20:32, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Any politics watcher in Canada would be able to easily cite this quote, it deserves to be an entry in the same way that coalition of the willing does in my humble opinion. - Jord 20:40, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect to Dalton McGuinty . RickK 20:41, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. chocolateboy 20:57, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. - Lucky13pjn 21:34, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect. The title is ridiculous and nonintuitive -- would anyone ACTUALLY type this in while looking for information on this specific topic? As part of an article on a particular campaign the information itself seems worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, but not as a separate article, and certainly not with this title. Katefan0 21:35, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is clearly an interesting facet of Canadian politics. The Recycling Troll 22:35, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Can't see any valid reason to delete this.--Gene_poole 23:26, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge to Ontario general election, 2003, reducing to a couple of sentences. Minor incident from an provincial election campaign, not meriting an separate article. --BM 00:09, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. As soon as I read the title I recalled the incident, and I'm not even Canadian. So I'd say it's notable. It would be definately be a candidate for the unusual articles category, though. Jonathunder 00:38, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
  • Keep. It's not the press release itself that's the notable part, it's the reaction that followed. Bryan 01:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Fits right in with lots of articles on trivial bits of momentary political spin at Wikipedia. --Wetman 01:18, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Merge and delete. ComCat 02:09, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. What the hell. As long as chocolateboy promises to keep Miss Kitty Fantastico from getting devoured. The article is not actually about evil reptilian kitten-eaters from another planet, in which case it would be patent nonsense; it's about a locally memorable political incident that marked or caused a turning point in political affairs. This probably falls under the same category as Checkers speech, above the threshold for being encyclopedic. For what it's worth, the province of Ontario has more than 1/3 of Canada's population. -- Curps 02:49, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 02:53, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep article is almost 2 years old Earl Andrew 05:13, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Eh, keep. The subject seems to have actually had a quantifiable effect upon politics and society, which is more than can be said for most articles of the type. --Slowking Man 06:45, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge or rename, as the title is ludicrous. Radiant! 08:59, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Canadian politics are noteworthy enough for me. Foobaz·o< 09:21, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep: ?Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 14:54, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep. Oddly enough, it's probably one of the most memorable events of that election. It certainly generated more national news coverage than just about anything else that happened in the campaign. I wouldn't be averse to seeing it merged into the election article, though. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Absolutely keep. This had a significant effect on the outcome of the election. Also, today is my birthday. DS 01:08, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect. -Sean Curtin 03:04, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • The first time I saw this, I thought it was silly and pointless and didn't need to be chunked out from Ontario general election, 2003. But, in actual fact, two sentences in the election article can't cover this adequately; there's not one single word in Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet that isn't absolutely essential to understanding the context and the impact this had on the election. And it ain't every day that a political incident at the provincial level in Canada gets coverage in Australian newspapers, either, so we're clearly not talking about trivialities here. This is no less valid than anything else listed at Wikipedia:Unusual articles: no less valid than You forgot Poland, Ich bin ein Berliner, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, How to keep an idiot busy for hours, You are X and I claim my five pounds, Mush from the Wimp, etc. Keep. Bearcat 04:46, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This may sound stupid, but it was an very important point in the election. It's probably the most memorable catchphrase to come out of Canadian politics in the last few years. Saforrest 06:55, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Practically featured-article standard. :-) --Phil | Talk 13:47, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. —Mar·ka·ci:2005-03-12 01:58 Z
  • Keep; quite notable. Saforrest hit it on the head. Besides, it's really funny. Antandrus 02:01, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Are you working through Wikipedia:Unusual articles? - David Gerard 00:24, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • OK, you convinced me!. It needs more than two sentences in the main article. Take as many sentences as you need, but still merge. --BM 01:15, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep! -Branddobbe 22:40, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. As Saforrest and many others said, it was a turning point in the election. -- user:zanimum

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Deathphoenix 18:02, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trent College

Libellious statements; Strong signs of Academic elitism. - Mailer Diablo 20:18, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • I Speedy deleted because the only text was an anon's snarky insult, not an actual article. (An acutal article about the College would be fine with me.) -- Infrogmation 20:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was DELETE. --Michael Snow 23:42, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of people known as the Isaac Newton of something

Unencyclopaedic. --Neigel von Teighen 20:36, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete. In fact, the article title itself made no sense to me. - Mailer Diablo 20:52, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • keeeeep this article!!! there has only been one Isaac Newton, so it is difficult to know which one is which and whether Isaac Newton is Isaac Newton. THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM COULD ONLY PROCEED FROM THE DOMINION OF AN INDELLIGENT AND POWERFUL BEING!!! The title makes perfect sense, I mean it's "List of people known as the Isaac Newton of something", not qwzzy qwzzy foo!!! THERE IS NO OTHER REASON TO DELETE. You build too many walls and not enough bridges. I say repeat, keep the article! -- Geraint. (Note: This comment was by anon 131.251.0.7, who also vandalized Imaglang's sig.)
INDELLIGENT?
  • Delete. Not quite funny enough to warrant a move to the bad jokes dept., the above notwithstanding. RidG (talk) 21:42, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. makes no sense. kaal 21:52, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, POV Maybe we should speedy this? Tygar 23:12, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
    • ALSO: 131.251.0.7 removed the VfD tag. I readded it.
  • Delete seems pointless Nashikawa 23:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not encyclopedic. DaveTheRed 00:12, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, yes it could be speedied, as either vandalism or patent nonsense. Wyss 00:54, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Oh, and let us not forget R. fiend, the Isaac Newton of deletion. -R. fiend 06:43, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not encyclopedic, trivial, POV, and utterly stupid. Average Earthman 09:50, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • How can we delete the work of such an indelligent, gay giant such as this? Simple. By voting to delete it. This most beautiful system works! - Lucky 6.9 03:53, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • If I have seen further, it is because I deleted things from the shoulders of giants. Chris 22:33, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • LOL! In the interest of reducing the amount of red links on Wikipedia, I shall be starting on the "qwzzy qwzzy foo" article real soon. - Lucky 6.9 20:47, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC) aka "Qwzzy."
  • Note: Anon user 131.251.0.11, possibly the same user as 131.251.0.7, vandalized this VfD page and stuffed it with "keep" votes. /sɪzlæk˺/ 09:52, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Range 131.251.* is assigned to Cardiff University, these IPs are poxy servers (no, really, they are poxy ;-). Chris 03:00, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Nominate for the list of Isaac Newtons of bad jokes and other deleted nonsense. Jonathunder 21:13, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep (at Marc Lazar). —Korath (Talk) 17:23, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Marc lazar

Vanity and non-notable. --Woohookitty 20:24, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep, this is a published professor, article is helpful. Wyss 00:51, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 03:05, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, fails the professor test. (published professor is a redundancy) Radiant! 08:57, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. The (poorly written) http://www.cefc.com.hk/francais/enewsletter/lettreoctobre/Seminar.html indicates that he is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Esprit, columnist for the Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, and regular collaborator of Le Monde, Libération, Le Figaro, France 2 (television), France 3 (television), Radio-France, Europe n°1, and the RAI (Italian television). Unless that is simply a lie, that would be enough to establish notability. This in 10 minutes of research, someone might want to follow up. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:48, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, clearly notable enough. --Zero 14:19, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, but move to proper title - David Gerard 00:32, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was delete -- Curps 20:51, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lars Olsen

This page may be a longstanding hoax.

The original contributing IP 135.214.66.241 (talk • contribs) recently modified it to say that Lars Olsen had undergone transsexual surgery and lives as a woman. No problem, except the article says he died in 1990. [10] Or was that 1938? [11] Or perhaps 1999? [12] Or 1941, as per the original edit? [13]

There is no such comet as "C/1910 Q1", nor is there any comet whose discovery is credited to an "Olsen" or an "Olson". [14]

There were no asteroids discovered by any "L. Olsen" [15]. The only Olsen who discovered asteroids was "H. J. Fogh Olsen". No "Olson" either.

User:Larsie, who did all the year-of-death switches above, exchanged some odd cryptic messages with User:Chrispy around that same time period (late October 2004), mentioning something that shouldn't be public or something that could result in getting kicked off Wikipedia [16] [17].

Contribution histories are at:

-- Curps 21:38, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Apparently he lived 120 years. (The first entry had him dying much earlier.) Presumably the Trent Observatory is at the Trent University in Ontario Canada. But that is only 40 years old. There is a notable Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf that was completed in 1825, but he is not listed in the history [18]. — RJH 22:44, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, could be speedied as stealth vandalism. Wyss 00:44, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The NASA ADS lists a Lisbeth F. Olsen (active 1999-2004), also listed as L. Olsen (1999-2000; same as L. F. Olsen, München and Copenhagen). The only other Olsen listed is a geophysicist L. R. Olsen (one paper, 2003).
The only Trent Observatory I find is now called the East Midlands [Public Health] Observatory. Trent University (http://www.trentu.ca/) does not seem to have an observatory. And Lars Olsen has left no trace there.
Yeah, seems fishy to me too.
Urhixidur 00:59, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
  • Delete Apparent prank; good eye. -- Infrogmation 06:37, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Axl 19:29, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete as soon as possible. --Jyril 22:02, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Very convincing evidence of hoax. Allow re-creation without prejudice if the re-created article, when created, includes both high quality references (print references from authoritative sources) and quickly checked references (authoritative websites). Keep if such references are provide and verified prior to expiration of VfD. Dpbsmith (talk) 17:22, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Deathphoenix 18:17, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Philip wood

Vanity. Smoddy (t) (e) 21:54, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Concur. Delete. - Mailer Diablo 22:24, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I speedied this on the grounds that it is patent nonsense. Deb 22:47, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:26, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Six Strings Down

Delete lyrics of non-notable song. At best, belongs on Wikisource. But it could also be nonsense, since another article of this title was deleted yesterday by User:Rdsmith4 and this was re-created shortly thereafter. --BM 22:47, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete. Song lyrics indeed belong at wikibooks if anywhere (and I doubt they'll thank us for chucking something with copyright concerns over their wall). -- John Fader (talk • contribs) 23:39, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Keep new version. Nice work, Jgm. I'm shocked we don't have an article on Jimmie. -- John Fader (talk • contribs) 03:33, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, lyrics by Stevie Ray's brother? So what? Article doesn't say. Unencyclopedic, possible copyvio. Wyss 00:27, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, helpful rescue (lyrics are gone, context is explained). Wyss 06:12, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Wikipedia:Lyrics may only be semi-policy, but it seems like a good policy to me. JeremyA 03:12, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC) Following the edits by Jgm I no longer have strong feelings about whether this is kept or deleted - Abstain JeremyA 14:41, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, Wikipedia is not a lyrics database. Megan1967 03:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article as it was was useless but the song is quite notable -- the only time in rock music that one family member has eulogized another on record -- and deserving of an article, to which effect I have re-written a decent stub. I ask those who voted delete above to re-consider based upon current content. Jgm 03:28, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Abstain - the article as it is now doesn't indicate (at least not to an outsider) what is so special about this song. Radiant! 08:56, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • keep, notable song as explained by Jgm. Kappa 09:44, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • keep -- Jmabel | Talk 01:49, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Tuf-Kat 22:28, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. As described by Jgm, this song has unique qualities. Carbonite | Talk 22:28, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 17:27, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of dub artists

Idiosyncratic non-topic. This could be be handled by a category. I'm not sure it isn't vandalism or nonsense, especially considering the last entry. An administrator deleted an article of this title yesterday, and it was recreated. Delete. --BM 23:00, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep. Dub music is a non-idiosyncratic real topic. The admin presumably owes the contributor an apology. Kappa 00:07, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, I pause since this is never going to be inclusive, but it'll be a place to mention active, originally and publically heard artists who don't yet have enough happening for an article. Wyss 00:25, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Clear Keep; the basis for both a list article and a category is well-established and this is useful and accurate. Jgm 03:07, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, this list essentially duplicates what a category does. Megan1967 03:15, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Categories require articles. Lists allow for content that otherwise isn't encyclopedic enough for a dedicated article, or has no place in an existing one. Wyss 06:10, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Exactly. That's why lists that are mere series of links without other information (such as this one) should be categories instead. Delete. Radiant! 08:55, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
No, some artists would be encyclopedic for inclusion in a list, but not their own article. Categories are not a substitute for lists. Categories are strictly limited to lists of articles, the difference is stark. Wyss 17:35, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Dub is a real, known music genre, and you can't put nonexistent articles to a category. -Hapsiainen 17:11, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
That's the other issue. Dub is quite the real genre. Wyss 17:35, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I deleted the article, because it was unformatted...I had assumed it was nonsense. When it was reposted, I fixed the list into bullets and linked them all to find that they all had articles. That's convinced me enough to keep; I've even left an apology note on the IP's talk page for deleting it so quickly. Mike H 04:28, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep -- Jmabel | Talk 01:49, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This nomination is breathtaking in its ignorance - David Gerard 00:36, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was speedy delete. Deathphoenix 18:33, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kunal Shah

vanity gren 00:13, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete as vandalism. According to the deletion log, this article has been recreated after being speedy-deleted. The text of the previous incarnation was: Kunal Shah (born 1989) is the younger brother of the straight up gangsta Dilan Shah. Kunal Shah is world famous for being bum-raped by his local ...
  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 03:26, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Now speed deleted per BM's point. Patent nonsense anyway. - Mustafaa 08:06, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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