Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pedobear

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. Clearly the numbers here do not 'permit' deletion. However, the calls for verification and de-original-researchifying have been roundly ignored by those opting to keep. WP:V and WP:NOR are not negotiable, or ignorable, not even when we are dealing with such hallowed ground as a 4chan meme. Now, I could merge it to 4chan. But I see that all the memes have been removed and appear to have stayed removed from that article (they've gone to Wikiworld, apparently) so I don't think the case is there for a merge of this, either. -Splash^talk 18:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pedobear

Original research. No references. Most likely not notable. --Pjacobi 17:53, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Forumcruft: "It was adopted on the 4chan boards"... from the text, this looks like it's trying to be a poor man's Domo-Kun. --Kinu ^t/_c 18:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Belongs with 4chan memes, not worthy a separate page. --80.51.254.240 18:49, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, not all that notable as a meme. — Adrian Lamo ·· 19:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with 4chan and redirect pedobear to 4chan. It is a some what well known meme, but doesn't deserve its own page.--Jersey Devil 19:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect as per Jersey Devil.--み使い Mitsukai 21:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and put in correct article. --Jay(Reply) 23:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge or keep well known 4chan meme. Kappa 13:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with 4chan and redirect pedobear to 4chan. PratzStrike 13:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to 4chan, notable meme there, but it doesn't really deserve it's own article Nightmare X 18:31, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I am unable to find any reliable source that can serve as a basis to write an encyclopedia article on this. I am not sure how merging will be helpful. It's a bit discouraging that Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and WP:NOT are perhaps not adhered to as much as one would hope, but perhaps I'm wrong. Can someone point me to the research or reporting done on "pedobear" that entitles it to an article on Wikipedia? Very kind regards —Encephalon 12:23, 5 March 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.