Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Truck nuts

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 to delete. Maxim_(talk) 13:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Truck nuts

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Contested prod. Non-notable novelty product. Not enough context, no sources. Author did remove links to websites selling these items, but that's not enough to save this. (I'm sure some of you creative types will have some very interesting messages to go with your votes.) Realkyhick 16:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I add links for sources and he flags it spam. Who dictates what is "Non-Notable", these have been contested on the senate floor and debated on capital hill. Every edit I do, this guy just has a problem with - I believe its because he has a personal feeling against the product which is hindering his ability to let the information exist.

SO, once again, if I add links for sources, he flags as spam. He alone is determining what is notable and not. Talk about censorship and the god complex, this guy is purely nuts! Edhartel 16:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: Please remember not to personally attack other editors and to keep your remarks civil. As for who dictates what is not notable — well, that's the whole point of this discussion. I'm hardly alone in this determination. For the record, my edits to this article were 1) the original {{prod}} and 2) the AfD notice. As for being contested in the Senate, there's gotta be a Larry Craig joke there somewhere. Realkyhick 16:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment possible notability: an article in the Washington Post here. As the article is now, it's completely non-encyclopaedic and there is a conflict of interest as the author appears to be, at the very least, the web designer for the product's site. [1] --BelovedFreak 16:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Please refrain from making comments in an article that are about the article, as was done here. Comments/discussion about the article belong on the article's talk page. If the article is being debated in an articles for deletion, as is the case here, then comments/discussion about the proposed deletion belong on the AfD page. Thank you. — Becksguy 18:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

• For the record, this is the reverted text from the article: Now, would the dick who keeps deleting this for spam tell me why that is spam? That is pure information, not spam, and DO NOT let your religous feelings or thought block you from telling people about what the term truck nuts is for. — Becksguy 07:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

• Weak delete unless sourced and made NPOV (to account for the variety of brands, e.g. Truck-Nutz, Your Nutz, etc.). For such a widely-sold product there appear to be few reliable sources but I have an open mind. In any case, the present article is of poor quality and the COI issue (and the incivil means of dispute) means I'm not willing to give it an extra chance. --Dhartung | Talk 18:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Dhartung. I'm rather surprised that there doesn't seem to be enough out there to support this article. It's a fairly ubiquitous sort of product and one would think there might be more to say about them than there is - but apparantly not. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 21:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It's a non-notable fad, and a few newspaper articles don't change this. Ubiquitous? I drive Alabama highways every week and have not noticed this. Clearly it's no hula hoop. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 22:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as nominated. --Agamemnon2 08:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Dhartung and nominator. Although there is a newspaper article, per Belovedfreak above, that may confer notability, I agree that the WP:COI issue, lack of context, WP:SPAM issue, lack of sources in the article, and the incivility of the author render this problematic as it is. The article was created, WP:PROD proposed, contested, nominated for WP:AFD, vandalized by the author, and finally reverted by me, all on the same day, September 7th. I usually argue that if the article can be fixed, then it should be fixed, but in this case, I just don't see it becoming an acceptable article. Therefore, unless an established editor is willing to take it in hand before the AfD discussion period expires, delete without prejudice. — Becksguy 04:11, 12 September 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.