Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Emo Kid Beatdown Day

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 DELETE. Harro5 22:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] National Emo Kid Beatdown Day

This is an attack article on a nonsense "holiday", with the entire article devoted to promoting violence. It isn't really a CSD, but it's only being talked about on minor forums, and should be deleted as soon as it gains unanimous support to do so. Harro5 21:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete - Violates four criteria for speedy deletion:

1. Not notable. 44 hits on Google proves a lack of notability, plus the unsourced nature of the article given the flaws of the four so-called "sources" (as mentioned below).
2. Attack page. Disparages so-called "emo kids", and condones violence.
3. Vanity page. Condones a project supported by a handful of people.
4. Borderline vandalism. This isn't encyclopedic in the slightest.

In this case, forcing this through an AfD process simply allows Wikipedia to be complicit in the event itself. This article will no longer be contested by its participants once the event is over (ie, tomorrow). -- ChrisB 21:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Responses to Above

1. Gogle Search actually reveals 13,700 hits. [1]
2. This is not an attack page. The forums about this are attack pages. The wikipedia article presents everything in a neutral light including a section on criticism of the holiday.
3. As per above this is spreading through the internet far beyond the original group of people.
4. Wikipedia can not be the sum of all human knowledge if we eliminate the articles about subjects we find offensive.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by God of War (talk • contribs) 21:34, 5 June 2006.

Responses to God of War

1. You forgot the quotes?
2. It encourages attacks and is trying to spread the information and knowledge of this.
3. 44 hits isn't notable.
4. Who goes to wikipedia and searches emo kid beatdown or related terms?--Andeh 22:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - See my responses to above criticisms. We can not delete an article just because it is personally offensive. The article might be about a hate movement but the article itself is presented in a WP:NPOV.--God Ω War 21:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Your Google search post is faulty. You did an open search for all of the terms. A search for "Emo Kid Beatdown Day" shows the true result, which has jumped to a whopping 68 hits. [2] -- ChrisB 21:38, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep searching for alternate spellings gives more results, is similar to No Pants Day, also similar to writing an article about a hate rally. If I haven't listed all my reasons to keep they're on the article disscusion page. The Masked Avenger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.181.104 (talk • contribs) 21:44, 5 June 2006

• Speedy Delete per nom, it says there is at least two Ytmnd's dedicated to it, seeing as there are millions of them it just shows how not notable this is.--Andeh 22:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete take a look at the sources. pretty much all of them are just images pasted into public forums. i believe the wikipedian standard for a 'citation' is higher than that. frymaster 22:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Note to Admin, I assume when you delete this (seems very likely at this point) you'll delete the redirect page too. Just a reminder. --Andeh 22:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete Not notable, dodgy citation. --manchesterstudent 22:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Richardcavell 22:47, 5 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.