Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parodies of the ichthys symbol

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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 of the debate was Keep. --Shanel 21:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Parodies of the ichthys symbol

Delete. As the progenitor of the article, I originally fought against requested deletion/redirection because I felt the article had merit; this is no longer the case. As I mention on the article's talk page, the page's purpose is to list a large amount of non-notable information, a list of things which taken as wholly equal is almost staggaringly long. I believe that the phenomenon while notable is and of itself, should be noted as a parody on the original article: the ichthys. — THOR =/\= 08:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Keep and cleanup - The Darwin and Gefilte parodies are notable phenomena in their own right. Daykart 08:12, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Keep - I agree with Daykart. Famous parodies such as the Darwin fish are deserving of an article. This can be made into a good article with some cleaning up. --¿ WhyBeNormal ? 08:21, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep, per Daykart. Notable, and merging into the Ichthys article would swamp it. --Squiddy 11:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Keep and cleanup - The article definitely serves a purpose, but has lost a lot of its focus due to the name. Perhaps re-titling it as "Darwin Fish" will give it more focus and relevance. The Bearded One 14:17, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep worth having, but this should be cleaned up and perhaps renamed to something better so people can find it...like "Jesus fish parodies" --MisterHand 15:37, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: A different name may be a good idea, but the term "Jesus fish" is slang & derogatory & would not be suitable. —gorgan_almighty 15:42, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. Should add the Burning Man symbol of a fish wearing a fedora with the name "Larry." Durova 16:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article should have a small mention of the most notable parodies. If any other parodies are to be listed, they should be shunted to this sub-page. --Fastfission 01:49, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - I am not sure this is the best name for the article but the material seems encyclopedic to me. Perhaps it should be merged with some other article (not sure why Ichthys has the name it has, but it is the best choice though... plus it has more redirects to it than any page I've found yet!) It's a widespread phenomenon and has many variants. ++Lar 06:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment... Daykart kindly messaged me with the derivation of "Ichthys", my comment was more wondering whether ichthys is the best name for the main article than wondering what Ichthys meant... sorry for confusion and thank you for that just the same... ++Lar 21:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - This article is informative and the phenomenon would easily be missed if relegated to the end of the Icthys page. 70.180.108.198 23:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep don't merge: As I have already said the article should be kept. But it should not be merged with the main Ichthys article, because although the parodies of a subject are notable, they are not relevant to an article discussing the main subject its self. For example, Spaceballs is a parody of Star Wars, but it would hardly be relevant on the Star Wars article. —gorgan_almighty 16:46, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - no merge. Allow it to grow. Ifnord 23:09, 26 December 2005 (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.