Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Leeroy Jenkins

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The result of the debate was delete. —Xezbeth 05:48, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Leeroy Jenkins

This page is probably vanity. After folowing the links, it seems that this article is not worth keeping. --Happyfeet10 01:25, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Happyfeet10 nominated this article for deletion, but it wasn't submitted to the VfD page, so I am submitting it now. I noticed that Happyfeet10 is the only one listed in the article's edit history, but the Newpages page shows that 69.114.7.176 is the creator. Article has already been speedy deleted once. To me the article looked silly, so a clear delete from me. Sjakkalle 11:30, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete! Bengt Olav Olsen 12:48, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete all articles on specific RPG/MMORPG player characters. This one is even worse than most, as the whole thing centres on an event (a botched raid) which is far from unusual, rare, or notable even within the game itself. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:51, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete all player characters from MMORPGs, CRPGs, and pen-and-paper RPG campaigns. See also Leeroy. android↔talk 13:32, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete it and the horse it rode in on: This actually made me physically ill. This is a vanity page for someone's character. I'm not sure there is any depth below that, and I don't want to find out if there is. Geogre 15:12, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete as a previously speedied article. Otherwise, just get rid of it. Blatant vanity, non-notable. --InShaneee 15:31, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
  • This event is a notable event in internet/gaming pop culture and should be kept, just as much as should the entries on YTMND, All Your Base, and Star Wars Kid. This article is about the event itself, not the MMORPG character. — (Unsigned comment by 66.57.83.6; user's 4th edit.)
  • Keep it, well known event in gaming culture, not mere vanity at all! — (Unsigned comment by 210.49.170.242; user's 8th edit.)
  • I just want to say that that video is ridiculously hilarious. Everyking 14:56, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Definitely worth keeping. I've seen references to a "Leeroy Jenkins" all around the internet, and, as usual, Wikipedia was the quickest, easiest source to get an answer as to what it was that caused talk of this event. Wikipedia, serving as the useful be-all-and-end-all info depository, does its best services in cases such as this.
    • Anon (User:68.205.195.83) vote. User's first edit. Sjakkalle 12:52, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • This is a keeper I too saw this referenced around the internet and had no idea what it was about at first. I did a search on wikipedia and got the leeroy jenkins page where I got all the info I needed. This page shouldn't be deleted, its a good record of internet culture.--Sakebalboa 04:24, 23 May 2005 (UTC) — (User's 4th edit.)
  • This is a Definitely a keeper Fantastic video, and a landmark in mmorpg culture. Judvrd 13.30 23 May 2005
    • Vote was not made by Judvrd but by User:81.136.182.49 Sjakkalle 12:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is a notable and popular recent internet meme. Please knock it off with the sockpuppets, you're not helping your case with that nonsense. Gamaliel 18:48, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
    • Yes, it's recent. Far too recent for an Internet/gaming meme to be catalogued in an encyclopedia. AиDя01DTALK 22:12, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep If "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" can have it's own Wikipedia page, so can this. — (Unsigned comment by 66.144.41.232; user's 86th edit.)
    • When this gets as big as AYBABTU, come back and write an article about it. Also, please add comments in chronological order. AиDя01DTALK 22:12, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is my first edit of a wikipedia article. One of my gamer buddies sent this link to our group, to provide additional info, after another buddy sent out the link to the video. I read the "what Wikipedia is not" page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NOT), and I can't see why this page would be deleted. It is clearly not a vanity page . . . at least not now that Leeroy has made his way around the Internet. terrynie 10 PM, CDT, May 23, 2005
    • User's first and second edits. [1] Sjakkalle 06:26, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Very recent, very minor event in an MMOG. For a supposed "internet meme", it only gets 1200 Google hits. AYB, for comparison, gets in excess of 200,000. --Carnildo 07:16, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep It did take place, and having it on here isnt hurting anything.
  • Read this first before casting a vote as a sockpuppet: I will advise that casting all these sockpuppet votes annoys everybody greatly. You are wasting our time, and you are wasting your time. All such sockpuppet votes will be ignored when the administrator makes the verdict. Sjakkalle 08:58, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable. If people are still talking about this in 2 years, it should be mentioned in WP. Quale 19:32, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keeper!. Most definitely an entry worthy of posting, due to the fact that it is a widely-used and recognized phrase/person in gaming circles. It has been mimiced ever since its creation, and I do believe that it is only valid to post a wp entry detaling just what it means, so that others may see just what all these people are talking about. — (Unsigned comment by 66.177.45.112; user's 1st edit.)
  • Keep it. As discussed above, this is sort of like an AYB-sort of deal. I found this article quite handy when I wanted to know what all this "Leeroy" stuff was all about. --Ncdoyle 20:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC) — (Ncdoyle's 7th edit.)
  • Keep. The article does a good job of explaining the video to thosw who don't play WoW (me included). ---Mr. Qwert — (Mr. Qwert's 11th edit.)
  • Delete For reasons others have already stated, this is not notable. Xcali 21:07, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, sock puppet limit has been exceeded. RickK 21:31, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
    • Exactly what is the limit for sockpuppets? :-) Sjakkalle 08:06, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
      • My personal limit is 3. RickK 23:03, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
      • I would have said 0. Xcali 03:42, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and Redirect to World of Warcraft. Someone above stated that this only gets 1,200 google hits. In fact, I got 2,750...which is pretty darn near my notablity scale for a thing like this. In any case, if its a redirect, it will cut down on the vandalism that this page has been getting non-stop. func(talk) 02:29, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Too many socks. Jayjg (talk) 21:24, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
    • Wait a minute, you're voting to delete because you don't like some of the other votes? I don't have a strong feeling about whether the article should be kept or not, but I do feel strongly that a vote made on those grounds shouldn't count. Everyking 02:06, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
  • KEEP! — (Unsigned comment by 65.13.119.2; user's 1st edit.)
  • Keep. Leeroy recently got airtime on G4 TV. The phrase "Let's make like Leeroy and do this thing" was said during an aired unreal tournament piece. If THAT doesn't say Leeroy has seeped his way into gaming culture, then I don't know what does. Secondly, there's really no reason to remove the page. Anyone looking for information on Leeroy Jenkins can easily show up here; and as previously stated, there have been people looking for information. Removing this page is a disservice to the citizens of the internet. The same goes for any other popular internet meme entry in wikipedia. — (Unsigned comment by 155.246.15.34; user's 25th edit.)
  • Keep. As has been previously stated, "Leeroy" is now a popular term in online gaming. Definitely a useful wiki article. — (Unsigned comment by BigBoss, user's 15th edit.)
  • Keep. Just as the many users before have said, Leeroy could be considered widely-used in online circles. I, myself, got information on Leeroy from this article after seeing it referenced on a website. This should definately be kept. Zig 01:03, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. If "all your base are belong to us" deserves a page, this does too.
    • User's third edit. RickK 04:06, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and Redirect to World of Warcraft. As Leeroy is well known amongst the gaming community, this should definitely be kept, but I personally don't think something this specific deserves its own article. Ikusawa 02:01, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
    • User's second edit. RickK 04:07, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I googled over 13,000 results today — (Unsigned comment by 64.42.102.221; user's 1st edit.)
  • Merge and redirect to the World of Warcraft page.. Those of you argueing that this event should only have reference on Wikipedia if it is notable in a certain amount of time have an invalid arguement. Wikipedia browsers should not be restricted from obtaining information because the Wikipedia editors are waiting to see if a topic is still significant in "2 years". Ridiculous. The Tsunami of 04' was not omitted from the Tsunami Wikipedia page simply because someone said it may not be significant in "2 years". Also, I don't see how you have the authority to decide that a search is meaningless simply because it does not contain quotations. Leeroy Jenkins without quotations returns 13,600 results on a Google Search. "leeroy jenkins" generates 294 unique results out of the total 3,040 results found using the Google search engine. Also if you follow the "show omitted results" link at the bottom of the search for "leeroy jenkins" you will come up with 10,400 results. I do agree that the event is not large enough yet to deserve it's own article but I do believe this event should be mentioned on the World of Warcraft page. Also, the article is expressed from a neutral view point in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. The article is also not expressed in a way that the subject of the article, "Leeroy", will experience any personal gain from this article.--65.40.72.15 19:26, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
    • A search without quotes is meaningless because it doesn't search for the exact phrase "leeroy jenkins" – it finds any pages that have instances of the terms leeroy and jenkins, no matter how far apart they are in the page. Since Leeroy and Jenkins are rather common names, this is going to generate a lot of false-positive hits. Also, unique hits are a better overall barometer for web "presence."
    • Comparison of this little movie to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
    • If you want to try to convince the regular editors of World of Warcraft that a blurb about Leeroy would be appropriate in that article, go right ahead, but it's my guess that it will not be desired. Repeating the same arguments over and over in this space is pretty pointless. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 01:09, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • KEEP THIS Perfectly explains what Leeroy Jenkins is about. And let's face it, Leeroy is the newest internet phenominon. --Chef — (Unsigned comment by 24.215.52.234; user's 8th edit.)
  • Keep. My friends have been going on and on about it, and even linked to the video that I can't view because my dialup sucks. Finally I looked it up here to figure out what they were rambling about, so it has its use for the clueless like me. --Koji 05:39, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Karol 05:47, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
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