Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/You forgot Poland

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You forgot Poland

Fails to meet notability requirements, as far as I know. The fact that there are no solid citations in the media or elsewhere listed leads me to think it isn't notable. Dwiki 00:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I was going to vote Delete until I googled it and got 244,000 hits, so I'm not sure. Not quite up there with "all your base are belong to us" (about a million) but that's a lot. As nom says, no solid citations, but apparently a lot of people in forums and blogs are using this. Fan-1967 01:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect? to bushism maybe? T REX_speak 05:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Bushism? Oh, that has to go too. :) -Dwiki 05:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment It is quite popular and notable - frankly, I'm shocked that I've having so much difficulty coming up with an A+ citation. WilyD 12:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete / Transwiki to Wikiquote (or possible redirect to Bushism) Political/Bushism trivia. I am extremely skeptical about the idea that this is an encyclopedically notable phrase. However, this is moot as such an entry belongs on Wikiquote not here anyway, as the quote has negligible resonance beyond its original context. Wikipedia is not an archive of catchphrases and quotations. That's what Wikiquote is for. Bwithh 14:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia has several great articles on quotes, some of them even featured. WilyD 15:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Reply I know - that's why I qualified my statement with the further rationale "the quote has negligible resonance beyond its original context". It has very little or no practical impact Bwithh 23:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

This is a notable phrase. Here, poland.ytmnd.com

• Comment if there's a ytmnd about it, it's pretty notable... sure this isn't a humor site, this isn't a place for us all to gather and tell jokes etc. But since this is a notable joke/phrase I don't see why this articles existence would be a problem. --67.185.55.69 06:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

YTMND has its own wiki to document YTMND fads. There's a link to it from the YTMND page. See Talk:YTMND for more about why YTMND fads don't belong on Wikipedia --Dwiki 06:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

C'mon. The phrase is highly notable outside of YTMND - it's the subject of recurring jokes on the Daily show, at the very least, as well as basically anyplace on the internet ---- This isn't really for a YTMND wiki - on a serious note, WTF can't anyone find a solid reference for such a notable occurance? The mind boggles. WilyD 13:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, pretty well known political phrase, was replicated and lampooned everywhere. Seems reasonable. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or maybe transwiki or merge to Bushisms, but this is not really an actual subject as such, just another example of political idiocy. Guy 12:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, or at least merge with Bushism, which seems like it's going to be kept. It was most certainly a major, widespread catchphrase; heck, there are 119 image results for it.

Here's one usable reference I found on Lexis. It's from an Oct. 24 Boston Globe article titled "Speach Wear", written by Joshua Glenn: "During the first presidential debate on Sept. 30, John Kerry said there were three countries that supplied forces when the invasion of Iraq began - Britain, Australia, and the United States - to which George W. Bush testily replied, "Well, actually you forgot Poland!" The nation's producers of election-year political apparel pounced on this immortalizable phrase, and before you could say "Kerry for President of France" there were innumerable varieties of "You forgot Poland!" T-shirts, caps, hoodies, boxer shorts, and thongs available on such insta-merchandise websites as CafePress.com and Zazzle.com." (page E2)Zagalejo 20:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Notable catch-phrase. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 06:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Bushism per above. Eusebeus 12:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - A cursory Lexis/Nexis search pulls up references to the phrase to at least 17 major publications including the NY Times, London Daily Observer, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Denver Post, NY Daily News, Washington Post, MN Star Tribune and others. At least three major magazines reference the phrase: New Yorker, New Republic and American Spectator. --Skurczysyn 13:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep widely used and lampooned phrase --Tim1988 ^talk 18:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Bushism - not really worthy of its own article, but still notable enough to keep around. --gxti 18:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per reasons listed above--Acebrock 05:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable on its own. —Nightstallion (?) 13:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep don't merge, very notable political phrase. bbx 06:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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