Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phone Car

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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 delete. —Kurykh 01:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phone Car

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No real notability for this. I've tried to find reliable sources but searching for "Phone Car" with "Howard Davis" brings hardly anything[1], just the two links that are already in the article, and neither of them are about this, they just mention it as part of the topic. Nice photo, but it's just a novelty car, there must be thousands of novelty cars in the world. Saikokira 00:43, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy delete - G11; completely non-notable; and, as a self-proclaimed publicity stunt, speedy-worthy as spam. — Coren (talk) 01:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. Nice tights. It doesn't qualify as spam, because the article not an advertisement for the company - it is an article about the car - accordingly, it doesn't qualify as a G11. (You could G11 the Wienermobile if you could rationalize that one.) But, unfortunately, the car itself has very little coverage, so there's no notability outside of the bay area. Maybe if he went on a national tour.... --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as per Saikokira Harlowraman 01:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete until he gets some converage on TV or a magazine or something reputable. Useight 01:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete for now unless it becomes notable. Oysterguitarist 01:41, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I might not say so if I knew the extent of the Motor Trend coverage, but there's not even a citation for that. Notability not established.--Chaser - T 02:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete If the Weekly World News is seriously being cited as a source, then we need an article on Hilary Clinton's alien baby. Acroterion (talk) 03:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete until it gets more significant coverage. Bart133 (t) (c) 03:56, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's a put-on by a person who is trying to look serious but is succeeding only in looking ridiculous--like those hypochondriacs who keep going from doctor to doctor until they can fool one into giving them pills. We're not responsible for giving Telephone Man his medication. I say we exile him to Uncyclopedia. Qworty 04:12, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Devil's advocate here. This guy is using it as a prop to plug his business. A hypochondriac simply thinks that there really is something wrong with them. Hate to say it, Qworty, but that's a borderline non sequitur. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:30, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I'll go out on a limb here and say keep. Being featured in the Petersen Automotive Museum, Weekly World News, and Motortrend I think is significant coverage. That is assuming that being "featured in" isn't merely a trivial reference. --Android Mouse 18:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep If the claimed exhibition and article in a major motor magazine were properly referenced in the article and verifiable, it would go a long way toward satisfying WP:N. I note that the creator of the article, User:Buckyboy28 was not informed on his talk page that the article was up for deletion,as is customary for AFDs, so I request that the deletion debate be left open the usual 5 days to allow him a chance to furnish more details of these two claims to notability. I left a note informing him of this AFD. Edison 20:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
    • While you're right that we should try to inform article creators about AFDs of their articles, that account hasn't edited since early June. Don't hold your breath.--Chaser - T 13:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Does the guy have a bumper sticker on the back saying, "Hang Up and Drive"? Does he drive around the city asking passersby, "Can you hear me now?"? I think I'm getting more entertainment value than encyclopedic value out of this article. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 13:40, 24 July 2007 (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.