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The result was delete. Wizardman 03:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cayuga Heights Elementary School[edit]

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The article is about a local elementary school which has little content and does not explain why it is notable. Delete JForget 23:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Arguments for deletion are sketchy, at best; WP:CORP does not apply as it's not an organization, it's a program, and claims of no sources are patently untrue (look at the article). Neil  08:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SALERO[edit]

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Apparently non-notable project. Fails WP:CORP and WP:N. — Coren (talk) 23:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. @pple 03:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's Unconditional[edit]

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The stub article is about a song of a vocalist who does not have it's own article (it's only mentionned in the disambiguation page. Also, the song itself doesn't look to be very notable. There is no mention that it had charted and there is no source only external links to the website, lyrics, a review and MySpace. Delete per those elements JForget 23:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. utcursch | talk 08:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

D*Dog[edit]

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See related Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D*Face Tyrenius 22:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable minor image from artist already in AfD. Even if the artist's article survives the AfD, I can think of any way this image is notable. Only non-blog reference is tangential in an interview for a barely reliable source. — Coren (talk) 23:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sandahl 04:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Escape from the underdark[edit]

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This is a contested prod. Concern: "Fan-run persistent world with no referenced assertion of notability; suggest deletion per WP:N." The only secondary reference I can find is an interview on BioWare's official NWN website; I'm not convinced that this is sufficient to establish notability per WP:N/WP:WEB. An article on this subject was previously deleted as an expired prod (see [2]). --Muchness 22:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Sandahl 04:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Kimble[edit]

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"Also ran" US senate candidate, only primary sourced, no other proven notoriety, fails WP:BIO for politicians SkierRMH 22:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edumarket game[edit]

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No evidence of this term's use outside this one paper. There may be a WP:COI; see author's username. Alksub 22:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was merge/redirect to MasterCard. MastCell Talk 23:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MYplash[edit]

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The subject of the article does not meet the criteria for notability per WP:N. No significant coverage from reliable sources that are independent of the subject.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nv8200p (talkcontribs) 22:00, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide sources to support your discussion. -Nv8200p talk 01:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not much published after release so there are no sources, but you'll just have to trust me. It was a huge success. — Ian Lee (Talk) 01:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Then your claim fails WP:V. -Nv8200p talk 14:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Non admin closure. ~ Wikihermit 22:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hyaku Shiki[edit]

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Delete. List of fictional weapons in Gundam universe. Information such as the fact that it has a "Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2015 kW" belongs in another wiki, but not in wikipedia. No real-world content from reliable sources either. Oscarthecat 21:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Anything to do with a work of fiction is not inherently notable. Notability must be provided by significant coverage through reliable sources Corpx 07:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. WjBscribe 17:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Cosmic Era vehicles and aircraft[edit]

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Appears to fail Wikipedia:Notability (fiction), specifically "Articles about topics within a fictional universe are notable if they provide sufficient real-world information in well organized units." Article falls into same category as the example of "List of Star Destroyers" cited on the WP:FICT page, which is deemed non-notable Oscarthecat 21:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Much more important, especially since a list of vehicles in a video-game only circles to its videogame, while a list about the vehicles of an ENTIRE ENORMOUS FRANCHISE like gundam is would be useful. ~ Kind Anon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.122.85 (talk) 23:21, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Keep per the other AfDs started by this user. Jtrainor 12:22, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There used to be, but people kept trying to mass-AfD them. The result of those was consensus for a 'list of' article. Jtrainor 21:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Delete. Not much doubt about the two children, whose only claim to fame is being (way down) in the line of succession to the British throne. A bit more doubt for the mother, who is not only one higher in the line of succession :), but also made some gossip headlines in her day, and has been apparently the "rear of the year" in 1989. All in all, not enough to warrant an article (following the spirit of not an indiscriminate collection, point 5, and following the consensus here). Fram 12:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marina Ogilvy, Zenouska Mowatt, and Christian Mowatt[edit]

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[Sorry the last set of links won't work. And the template immediately above seems tamper/delete-resistant. -- Hoary 13:23, 16 August 2007 (UTC)][reply]

Marina Ogilvy, Zenouska Mowatt, Christian Mowatt: nn.

Marina Ogilvy is "a composer for film and television"; no compositions, film titles, or television programs are listed, and no references are given. She's related to people.

Zenouska Mowatt "insists on leading the life of a normal young lady of her age" (17). She's related to people: her mum is Marina and her dad is Paul Mowatt (whose AfD appears to have been frozen by some "agent"). And that's all, it seems.

Christian Mowatt is 14. He's related to people. (Marina and Paul again.) And that's all, it seems.

If I understand correctly, if the British queen and thirty-six other people in line for the throne were all blown away -- by the combination of (a) bird flu and (b) a 1990s-Hollywood style asteroid? -- then Marina, Zenouska or Christian would become queen or king; but unless/until such a combination of disasters were to happen (and may god save our gracious queen!), their royal connections mean squat. And if it did happen, then my guess is that even readers of the Daily Mail would be too concerned about other matters to worry about whom Mr Brown's successor would be having regular chats with over cups of tea.

Wikipedia is not a collection of genealogical entries and instead bios must be about people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety. Zenouska and Christian appear to have none whatever. Marina's is that she was five months' pregnant when she got married. Crikey, if this were 1927, we'd all be flabbergasted, I'm sure; but in 1990 we weren't, even though one or two desperate gossip columnists might have managed to wring a "story" out of it. -- Hoary 13:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I don't think Christian and Zenouska are particularly encyclopaedic. The only reason I'd give for keeping them is this:

The Earl of Harewood is notable. And Princess Alexandra is notable. And I don't like breaking chains. I'm not sure if I'm being a bit silly here. ElinorD (talk) 13:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP Zenouska is high in the order of succession. She also is taking the controversial stand of distancing herself from the Royal Family. Keep her (and of course the others) availible! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.54.97.196 (talk) 20:10, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Harewood is indeed notable. He has achieved a lot, for which he fully deserves an article. If any of these Mowatts were shown to have achieved one tenth as much, I wouldn't have sent their articles to AfD. ¶ After number ten or so -- oh, all right, even twenty (though I'd say five) -- this "chain" is mere royaltycruft. -- Hoary 13:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not 100% committed to my position (note that I haven't said "keep"). I realise that Princess Alexandra is 33rd in line to the throne, and the Earl of Harewood is 40th, so I'm not vehemently insisting on keeping a chain unbroken because of six borderline-notable people. But I would feel that it would be a pity to get rid of a one-paragraph article about a not-very notable person who was fourteenth on a particular list, if 1&ndash13 and 15–50 were all notable with proper articles, and if each of those articles had one of those boxes at the bottom! I'm not claiming that I'm right or that I'm logical. It's just how I'd feel. This may be different because there are six borderline-notable links in the chain. They're not completely non-notable, and because they're borderline (in my view) and because I don't like breaking the chain, I'm slightly inclining towards a weak keep. ElinorD (talk) 14:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If my reason is idiotic (which perhaps it is), I'm sure the closing admin will discount it. And that won't break my heart. :-) ElinorD (talk) 14:24, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

* Redirect to Line of succession to the British throne. ¿SFGiДnts! ¿Complain! ¿Analyze! ¿Review! 20:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Struck double !vote to assist closing admin. --Dhartung | Talk 03:32, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SFGiants, clearly the relationship of any of these to their parents is greater than to the line of succession. That is, there is little point to expanding their entries in the latter, and good reason to do it in the former. --Dhartung | Talk 03:32, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was no consensus. WjBscribe 18:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

José Manuel Mójica Legarre[edit]

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This is a biography of a living Spanish writer, author of two books about history of cooking (published at a regional level) and one novel. While the article style is a bit clumsily enthusiastic about Mr Legarre and lacks sources, my main concern is that it does not seem to fulfill the conditions of Wikipedia:Notability (people) ; I strongly doubt that Mr Legarre may "have been the subject of published secondary sources", he has not received "significant recognized awards or honors" and none of his books "has won significant critical attention". The same page has been simultaneously created on :fr and :es Wikipedias, and a similar deletion request is currently discussed on :fr (see fr:Wikipédia:Pages à supprimer/José Manuel Mójica Legarre) French Tourist 18:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was delete without prejudice against re-creation if reliable third-party sources can be found to establish notability. — TKD::Talk 04:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Return to Pirate's Isle[edit]

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Speedied (A7) by Anetode while I was removing the speedy tag! I have no opinion on the matter, except to say that the game's designer may be sufficiently well known for this game to be notable. (although the article should demonstrate this) Pascal.Tesson 21:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good question, although the sales numbers are not that relevant for games of the early 80's. But is this game somehow considered significant historically or in the career of Scott Adams (game designer)? Pascal.Tesson 21:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:01, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Christina Brown[edit]

Comment: Very interesting. I've been observing this Wikipedia for some time now, and I find it fascinating the level of open hostility shown to people like the one being discussed here. I am what you might call a professional in the film business. However, the arrogance and outright glee with with these kinds of deletions are pursued is something I find very disturbing. My own profile on this system will never see deletion, so I will never have to weather the nasty, condescending commentary I see routinely directed toward non-notable artists, i.e., people who are swimming against all odds to achieve their goals. I'm told that a large majority of Wikipedia is composed of computer programmers and/or academics who are generally white middle-class men. You gentlemen could do with a course on diplomacy, ambassadorship, and humility. The way things read now, regardless of your counter-claims, most of you delight in seeing others fail Wikipedia. Perhaps you feel powerful as result. I am here to tell you that you are anything but powerful sitting behind a computer and using harsh terminology against people you've never met. In fact, cheers to the "non-notables" who struggle out in the real world: May all of you Wikipedians enjoy maintaining their profiles once they achieve their dreams, because for most of you it's as close as you'll ever come to anything resembling "accomplishment". Wikipedia, if you wish to be perceived as something other than a cult/haven for the disenfranchised and angry nerd, please work (hard) on issues of diplomacy and ambassadorship. Oh, did I already say that? ICanSeeTheWarnerBrosTowerFromHere 07:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC) — ICanSeeTheWarnerBrosTowerFromHere (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
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The result was redirect to Investment banking, closed per snowball clause. Giggy\Talk 07:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Investment bankers[edit]

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Concept is highly redundant to investment banking. Attempted redirect was reversed, so rather than edit war I'm bringing it here. Blueboy96 20:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, of course. Article is of very low quality, there's probably little worthy of merging but the author should feel free to try. Eleland 20:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was closed. We can call it a procedural close in the sense it was never opened correctly to begin with; the nominator did not intend this to be a deletion discussion and seems to misunderstand the purposes of WP:AFD. The existence of this discussion has no bearing, in terms of timing or otherwise, to any possible subsequent deletion discussion started on this article (so no speedy closing any actual deletion nomninations becauise this one was only x weeks ago). Neil  11:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies over the film Sicko[edit]

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This is a procedural nomination in the sense that I created the article and want to keep it. I made a mistake in letting a group of editors at the Sicko article vote to merge it into that article when, in fact, an AfD discussion is the appropriate venue. (From what I've seen in Wikipedia guidelines, mergers are appropriate for small articles, whereas this one is almost 20KB long and merger essentially amounts to deletion.) I just resurrected the article now in order to have this AfD discussion.

REASONS TO KEEP: Wikipedia has numerous articles on controversies. (see Category:Controversies which has 57 articles and eight subcategories; also see another controversy article about a Moore movie, Fahrenheit 9/11 controversy). This one is notable in that nearly every magazine, newspaper or other organ of opinion in the United States has commented on the movie -- outside of film reviews, which have also commented on controversial aspects of the movie. I don't think there can be any doubt that the subject is notable. This is not a POV fork in any sense: The article painstakingly presents Moore's POV as well as a range of others on various points and adheres to Wikipedia guidelines about presenting different points of view. Responsible sources are used (New York Times, New Republic, National Review, American Prospect, etc, etc, etc,). If anyone in this discussion calls this article a POV fork, they'd damn well better be prepared to say why or I'm going to accuse them of not reading it. (See Wikipedia:Content forking section "What content/POV forking is not". From the "Articles whose subject is a POV" subsection:

Different articles can be legitimately created on subjects which themselves represent points of view, as long as the title clearly indicates what its subject is, the point-of-view subject is presented neutrally, and each article cross-references articles on other other appropriate points of view.

Commentators are all over the map when it comes to the movie, and the article reflects various shades of opinion as well as points where a good number of commentators are in consensus.

There is a small criticisms section in the Sicko article, but the subject of criticism/controversy deserves much more space in its own article because (a) health insurance is said to be either the top or one of the very top domestic issues in the presidential campaign; (b) Sicko has brought the issue to millions of Americans and others, far more than any opinion article, magazine piece, TV special or other media piece, and the movie is widely expected to influence the debate; (c) the movie is by Michael Moore, who can be expected to be in the middle of controversies in the future just as he's been in the past, and the article about this controversy is likely to be of lasting interest at least as long as other controversy articles in Wikipedia; (d) the movie is likely to be the source of just about all the knowledge many foreigners have (and many Americans have) of the U.S. and other healthcare systems. Even if this article is considered a "criticism of" article, that subject itself is of proven notability, given the attention paid by numerous reliable sources, as cited in the article; (e) controversy over the movie has generated more reliable sourcing than on most political controversies covered in Category:Political controversies.

BACKGROUND: The Sicko article has been the subject of constant, mindbogglingly long disputes over content, and I believe a number of editors are, surprise, surprise, pushing POV. The early, lengthy discussion on the talk page were mis-archived (does someone know how to fix that?) but the most relevant discussion about the article appears in the Talk:Sicko "Neutrality" section at 24 June 2007 (the merger discussion follows) and at the talk page for this article. Noroton 19:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was early closing, delete per WP:SNOWBALL -- The Anome 19:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We Believe the Bible to be the Word of God[edit]

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No evidence that this book is in any way notable. Prod removed without comment by creator. FisherQueen (Talk) 20:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:18, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Jewish American social and political scientists[edit]

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This is a third-order list, including only people meeting three criteria. Going in this direction would lead to way too many lists. Not currently policy, but see WP:OLIST for further discussion. Matchups 20:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete all. — TKD::Talk 03:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Paulo Vítor Freitas Souza[edit]

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Youth players are not notable as per WP:BIO and WikiProject Football standars —Lesfer (t/c/@) 20:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason:

Nícolas Andrade David (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Rodrigo Vítor dos Santos (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Luís Gustavo dos Santos Almeida (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Lázaro Vinícius Alves Martins (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
José Francisco Lopes Júnior (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
John Rodrigues Rocha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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The result was delete. Feel free to create a suitable redirect, if you want. — TKD::Talk 04:00, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Financial Organizer[edit]

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The lack of sources is a problem, and the article appears to be an advertisement for a non-notable product. Prod removed by creator without comment. FisherQueen (Talk) 20:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete all. — TKD::Talk 04:01, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Josimar Rosado da Silva Tavares[edit]

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Youth players are not notable as per WP:BIO and WikiProject Football standars —Lesfer (t/c/@) 19:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason:

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Abubakar Bello-Osagie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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The result was close DS 14:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Motion Picture[edit]

This page is a hoax. The references say nothing about the article. The movie poster is made up by the page originator. NrDg 19:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. FT2 (Talk | email) 18:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The policy based issue centers around whether a restaurant that has won a single minor award in its home town, and is (or has been) popular locally, is notable for Wikipedia inclusion purposes.

Non-policy based points raised: 1/ "Cincinnatians would understand immedietely why it was included" - fails WP:OR, 2/ "it gives broader coverage of our regional dish" - this is a reason to have an article on the regional dish, not on a restaurant that offers it, 3/ "the most notable 'cook', of the defining cuisine, of a large and notable city, in the English-speaking world" - notability of the city does not mean notability of a specialist restaurant within it, 4/ "makes 'the best' dish according to the locals" - a strong claim which is insufficiently evidenced as of 2007, and falls foul of WP:OR and WP:RS.

The main policy based points raised concern notability (WP:N), and also the concern that this article is better suited to a restaurant guide (WP:NOT). These are also in the majority of policy based points. I concur. One award is not notable, the restaurant is not notable, or the area in which it is notable is too restricted to support notability for Wikipedia policy purposes.

Even if there were a few more sources, such as a more recent award, this is likely to fall foul of WP:N in a second way, as a non-notable cross- or sub- categorization. In general, articles of the form "the most notable cook of cuisine X in town/city Y" are not usually considered notable per se, and much less so on the low level of evidence of significant notability presented in the article and this AFD.

I concur with the "delete" view, which is also in the majority of those raising policy-based concerns. Stripped to its basics, the article makes insufficient claim to notability and probably breaches WP:NOT. Media awards for "best local eateries" are common, and often say little by themselves. Winning one such newspaper award in 2000, in one sub-sub category (food → chili → non-chain), simply doesn't make it notable, even in a big city.


Pleasant Ridge Chili[edit]

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The article fails to establish notability in compliance with WP:N. The first 'award' is a passing mention with no criteria as to how the 'award' was determined and the second 'award' referred to a different restaurant with the source a review containing nothing that marks the restaurant out from any other. Delete. TerriersFan 19:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I don't see WP:ILIKEIT at play here, as Mind meal has added sources to show how this specific restaurant has played a part in the culture and development of Cincinnati chili, an important American regional dish and a critical component of the cultural life of Cincinnati, a major city in the US. Also, only having one location need not automatically exclude inclusion in WP, as long as that one location is somehow notable, as I feel Mind meal has shown. youngamerican (wtf?) 12:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Redirected to AltLaw. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:05, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AltLaw.org[edit]

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Duplicates AltLaw page, qualifies for speedy delete Ronnotel 19:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete without prejudice to recreation based on independent, reliable secondary sources. MastCell Talk 23:05, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Learning Enterprises[edit]

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Contested prod. In its current form, this article is simply an advertisement; thus I say delete. The Evil Spartan 19:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Kerkmans[edit]

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Doesn't appear notable enough. He's a beer buyer for a hotel chain. He's done some brewing and some home brew judging. The article doesn't assert any notability. Google search result: [9] SilkTork *** SilkyTalk 18:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Nihiltres(t.l) 17:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Halo 3 vehicles[edit]

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Wikipedia is not a game guide. This content is already written in an encyclopedic manner at Halo 3. --- RockMFR 18:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adrian Hunter[edit]

Completely lacking in reliable third party sources, this article fails WP:BLP, and appears to be of a promotional nature (read: spam) as well. Suggest deletion. Burntsauce 18:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete due to lack of reliable sources to establish notability. For the record, as far as I can tell, there was never an AfD regarding this subject, just infractions of CSD A7 and G12, so the content was not subject to speedy deletion as a re-creation of material deleted by an XfD discussion. — TKD::Talk 04:26, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Schatar Taylor[edit]

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This article has been deleted before under different page names, and the character does not pass WP:BIO Gamer83 18:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New 80s Musik[edit]

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Non-notable album. Alksub 18:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The artist himself doesn't seem to have an article based on the disamibguation page. I will nominated a song that has an article for deletion too.--JForget 23:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:33, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coosner[edit]

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No indication of notability. Alksub 18:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Merged to Barack Obama. There was obviously no consensus at all to delete here, so the only decision was whether this should be kept as a separate article or merged. Given how short this article is and weighing the opinions below, I see a strong case for a merge at this point based on the strength of the arguments advocating that. The content can always be broken back out in the future if there is enough content and notability to merit a full article.--Isotope23 talk 19:52, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My.BarackObama.com[edit]

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Blatant advertising and canvassing. An article advertising a website that's sole purpose is to garner support for a candidate in the 2008 presidential election. WebHamster 18:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Links to all 3 of them are repeated several times on this page, none of them have been edited or removed. One man's edit war is another's correction of procedure. WebHamster 17:43, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
User:Italiavivi, your accusations against participants [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] and some of your edits [17][18][19][20] during this discussion are closely resembling an attempt at WP:POINT. Please refrain from this behavior. Also do not remove valid comments of others[21]. These are all forms of Wikipedia:Disruptive editing and are inappropriate. thank you--Hu12 18:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Pointing out that I have been WP:STALKed from unrelated content disputes is not disruptive editing. Endroit has used this discussion to accuse me of "obsession" with Barack Obama in another content dispute, and I am unapologetic in pointing out his activity. It is funny that Leuko is free to move my comments to the Talk page, but when I apply the same standard to others' comments it is "disruptive" and flogged on the Main (not Talk) page by you. You yourself have tried to pre-empt this AfD by removing MyBO mentions from other Wikipedia articles[22][23]; who's disrupting WP:POINT and WP:NOT#CRYSTAL BALL here? Italiavivi 18:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Another attack, how predictable. Nevertheless, large Large chunks of unnecessary policy text are not appropriate on the main page, that is why it was moved to the talk page. Plenty of links to the appropriate policies exist, as I'm confident those participating have read and understood before commenting. Your lack faith and respect towards your fellow editors and the consensus process is disappointing. Why, under any circumstances, would you feel it necessary to Insult everyone by stating "People who are participating on AfD's need to be force fed WP:N and WP:WEB."[24]? Seems you have quite the plan on How to make personal attacks on Wikipedia and get away with it right on your user page. You are sliding down a very slippery slope--Hu12 19:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My User page ("What I learned from Wikipedia") is an observation of other users' tactics, such as yours. Someone who has tried to pre-empt AfDs by wiping out mentions of an article elsewhere on Wikipedia[25][26] has no place lecturing anyone about disregard for the consensus process. Italiavivi 19:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Spamming a link to an article that went straight to afd within a half hour of its creation, does not meet the notability criteria for inclusion required for that list. Sorry. If you hadn't WP:SPAM'd the link, I wouldn't have found its AFD, thanks.--Hu12 20:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Redirect to Barack Obama (or to United States presidential election, 2008), while trimming the contents as much as possible. There's no need to have a separate article on this. See WP:NOT. Wikipedia is not a soapbox.--Endroit 23:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)(Changing vote, see below)--Endroit 20:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: To the closing administrator, User:Endroit has followed me here from another content dispute (WP:STALK) in which we disagree to make a point [27]. He is of course entitled to participate wherever he likes, but his participation and vote should be weighed with that in mind. Italiavivi 23:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Italiavivi, please discuss the topic at hand, and can you please lay off on your personal attacks? Can anybody give me an example of a similar article about any website, which only covers a single candidate in an election? Please give me examples.--Endroit 23:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see how that is relevant. The webiste is notable, per Wikipedia's notability criteria. It's written in an NPOV manner. There's no reason to delete it. -Chunky Rice 23:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, a first-of-its-kind candidate web site wouldn't have other examples of Wikipedia. Endroit is well aware of this, Chunky. See this content dispute for why Endroit has followed me here. He is a partisan Republican who is trying to sandbag an unrelated content dispute with claims I am "obsessed" with Sen. Obama because I created this new article. Italiavivi 23:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am here on my independent awareness. And I am entitled to my opinion here, which is: Wikipedia is not a soapbox for advertising any single candidate for an upcoming election.--Endroit 23:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you asserting that it lacks notability or that the article is not written in a neutral manner? Because otherwise, I don't see how you can cite WP:SOAP for this article. -Chunky Rice 23:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As unpleasant as that is, I actually agree with Endroit that there's really no need to drag it in here. The article is capable of standing purely based on its own merits. Whether Endroit has some sort of agenda is irrelevant as to the strength of the arguments presented. Right now, I would say that the keep argument is much stronger, and consensus seems to concur. -Chunky Rice 23:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It isn't a first of it's kind. It's just a variation on a theme. It's just a social networking website that's been fine tuned for the adoration of one person, sort of MySpace Lite. WebHamster 23:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless of whether it is first or a varaiation, it's notable, given the media coverage. -Chunky Rice 23:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, a "MySpace Lite" which has been the subject of considerable independent, third-party, reliable discussion in multiple high-profile mainstream media sources. No one has argued that it is not a social networking site like MySpace; such is clearly stated in the article's introduction. Italiavivi 23:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt it would have garnered any attention if it wasn't for the subject matter, it certainly wan't for the technology. It's the candidate who is notable, not the website.WebHamster 23:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The website is notable because of the coverage of the website. That's how notability works on Wikipedia. Our personal opinions as to whether or not there should have been coverage is irrelevant. -Chunky Rice 00:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The editors of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and CNet all seem to disagree with your assessment. The involvement of Chris Hughes alone has drawn specific attention to MyBO the site, distinct from Barack Obama the candidate. Whether or not you consider the coverage warranted is irrelevant. Italiavivi 00:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can also see this as an opening for all candidates to flood WP with all manner of advertising. It's a slippery slope. (ps, I'm running out of colons!)WebHamster 00:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Un-indent) I do see where you're coming from (there was a recently deleted self-referential article solely on Kucinich.us), but I consider the flood of reliable sources on this particular site enough to stem off the possibility of slope-slipping. So long as we stick to WP:RS and WP:N, adverts won't be a problem, I don't think. Italiavivi 00:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it is notable for the United States presidential election, 2008 in general, because the cited sources talk about the other candidates as well. However, I believe it is wrong to single out Barack Obama and to write an article about Barack alone based on these sources, due to WP:NPOV concerns. Perhaps, if you changed the title to Social networking websites in the 2008 US Presidential election and expand the scope, it would be OK.--Endroit 00:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'd concur with that, it covers the notability angle and will allow WP to be impartial (implicitly or explicitly). WebHamster 00:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds more like an original research magnet to me. I oppose this novel article idea. Italiavivi 00:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NPOV concerns linger with the current title (and coverage).--Endroit 00:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Endroit, what is POV about the way this piece is written? The piece is not "about Barack", it is about a ground-breaking website, and it is written in a neutral manner. I am still in agreement with Chunky Rice's comments. Tvoz |talk 00:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As an encyclopedia article, it gives undue weight to a single website My.BarackObama.com. In real life the independent cited sources consider this to be a phenomenom in the 2008 elections, one started by My.BarackObama.com, but imitated by other candidates to different degrees. The cited articles talk about the other candidates objectively. Why doesn't Wikipedia do so as well?--Endroit 00:41, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please clarify: Are you alleging that this article has any problems lacking accordance with WP:WEB whatsoever?
Sources range from February 2007 (when the site went online) to present. That's six months of streaming coverage, hardly a "short burst." If half a year is not evidence of long-term coverage, I wonder what your definition of "long-term" is, and how anything with less than half a year's coverage could be included in the encyclopedia. 75.23.42.170 02:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I'd go for at least 6 months... after the presidential election when the press feeding frenzy is over. At the moment the press are looking for all sorts of angles on candidates. This I believe is the reason for the press interest in the web site. This sort of media attention is hardly an indicator ot notability, I'd say notoriety is a more accurate term. WebHamster 02:22, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Notability concept should be distinct from "fame". Barack Obama seems to be the notable subject of the articles, not My.BarackObama.com. What news there is, does seem to be mainly trivial coverage or mentions. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. The depth of coverage of the subject by the source must be considered. A sub domain of a 2008 presidential campaign website, with trivial mentions is expected, but fails WP:Notability#Notability_is_not_temporary--Hu12 02:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would counter that the Wall Street Journal article is clearly discussing the website and those involved in its implementation, not Sen. Obama himself. Also, would you please cease underlining so much of your text? It is becoming an distraction. Italiavivi 02:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A fine example of the subject not being about "My.BarackObama.com. Chris Hughes (founder of Facebook Inc), is the subject of the article, "How a young tech entrepreneur...". Facebook is mentioned 19 times as opposed to My.BarackObama.com which has trivial mentions only 3 times. A clear imbalance. As WebHamster stated the press is only looking for angles. --Hu12 03:21, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I mentioned the Kucinich.us article above. Kucinich.us was an entirely self-referential article (based on its own content), and had no discussion in the media. Italiavivi 14:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is not "an article on everybody's campaign site," it is an article on a social networking site used by a campaign which has met WP:WEB's notability guidelines in every way. These are the most mainstream of mainstream sources -- NY Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal. "Articles on everybody's web sites" won't appear because they will fail WP:N and WP:WEB. And greetings from the Talk:Fred Thompson content dispute which you are involved in with me, B. Italiavivi 14:31, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia has never only had "one article per candidate." Please assume good faith instead of implying that other editors are using Wikipedia as a campaign tool. Italiavivi 14:15, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What makes you presume that the accusation is that you are using it as a tool? Please use your own repeated mantra "assume good faith". The website itself is a tool in the campaign, as such any mentions of it or references to it are also tools to the same end. WebHamster 14:27, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We don't need to make accusations of bad faith back and forth on this - there are actually facts we can look at: the substance of Beorhtric's comment is not consistent with the reality of Wikipedia - just about all of the major candidates have multiple forked off articles, so I don't follow the logic of that "merge" position. Tvoz |talk 18:31, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Tvoz. A reminder per WP:AGF. Making unwarranted accusations of bad faith (as opposed to explanations of good faith) can be inflammatory, and is often unhelpful in a dispute. If bad faith motives are alleged without clear evidence that others' editing is in fact based upon bad faith, it can also count as a form of personal attack.--Hu12 19:56, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You and I must be reading different versions of WP:N. Italiavivi 05:42, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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The result wasSpeedily deleted (G4) by user:Jaranda. Non-admin close by Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Larissa Aurora (Flavor of Love)[edit]

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This article has already been deleted multiple times. See here for discussion [28]. On top of this, the contestant fails WP:BIO. Gamer83 18:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:04, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Threshold Mathematics resolves the Primes Enigma and Riemann Hypothesis.[edit]

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Pseudomathematics and original research. Deprodded by author. Alksub 17:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Auctionplayer[edit]

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Non-notable ebay software company, whose only google hits seem to be a glutton of self-promotional spam: [29]. The Evil Spartan 17:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bryce Harrington[edit]

This article fails WP:BLP due to a lack of reliable third party sources, and in its present form reads like an over-glorified resume of sorts. Suggest deletion due to non-notability and potential vanity. Burntsauce 17:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep per WP:OUTCOMES and WP:SNOW, consensus has proven time and time again that any village, city, town, etc. is inherently notable. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer(Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsReview?) 20:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andavadoaka[edit]

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non-notable fishing village in remote location of Madagascar; article makes only half-hearted assertion of notability. It was created by someone connected to the non-profit organization that, the article asserts, is based there, yet the organization itself doesn't even have a page. This article seems like a way for the organization to get itself on wikipedia without having to create a clearly COI article about itself, and to plug it as an ecotourism destination. I know some people think that any location on earth is inherently notable and deserving an article, so I figured I'd bring it here for discussion. Apollo58 17:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't it a bit strong to call that a "precedent"? In my opinion it's not a precedent but rather a rationale that some people use, while another set of users believe exactly the opposite. I certainly have seen enough AfDs close with little discussion or interest and then get used as a "precedent" a week later. -Apollo58 17:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, because there are literally dozens of cases where it's been used over the course of several years. That's not a weak precedent at all. FrozenPurpleCube 18:04, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And, do we really know this is an officially recognized place? There aren't any citations independant of the (arguably) spam site of the people who created the article. The only google hits are the same article, mirrors of it, and mirrors of wikipedia. Is this location just a neighborhood of a larger town? Is it nothing but a collection of huts that this NPO is choosing to call a village, perhaps for political purposes? I don't know, and neither will anybody judging from the content of the article. Given that situation, does that change the relation of this article to WP:OUTCOMES?-Apollo58 18:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome to make an effort to find out whether or not this locale has official recognition by anyone. That would be a valid argument for deletion. However, the onus of doing that is up to you. FrozenPurpleCube 18:04, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see no evidence that it is a hoax, on the contrary it gets far too many mentions for that. According to [30] (and several other websites) the village has a population of 1200, so it's not "a collection of huts that this NPO is choosing to call a village". Hut 8.5 18:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Even the Madagascar government says it has a population of 1,100. [31] --Oakshade 18:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 04:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special Needs Advocates for Understanding[edit]

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Non-profit for supporting special needs children and their families. Wonderful goals, but fails notability for organizations. No significant coverage in reliable sources. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 16:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect to list of GURPS books. This appears to be the outcome acceptable to most participants in this discussion. Later recommendations to keep have not found material other than user-submitted reviews or have not argued why this individual book is notable; bear in mind that notability is not inherited. — TKD::Talk 17:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GURPS Technomancer[edit]

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This article fails to establish the book's Notability, and serves only a spammy advertorial. --Gavin Collins 16:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So how do you feel about a redirect? FrozenPurpleCube 18:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yea, that's fine too. Looks like most of the books with articles in List of GURPS Books fall in this same category Corpx 20:53, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it probably doesn't help that the book was originally printed in 1998, so existing contemporary reviews in the relevant magazines may not be on the Internet very much. FrozenPurpleCube 18:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Don't get me wrong, I believe this subject is notable, but that doesn't excuse us from keeping with our verifiability standards. Redirects make good placeholders until said sources turn up. Burntsauce 18:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, I agree with you, and I'm willing to go with a redirect pending further improvement. FrozenPurpleCube 18:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • They look like user submitted reviews Corpx 15:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:05, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Symphonies by number[edit]

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Possile marginal A3 speedy or even A1 speedy (who's symphonies? Everyone's, I think, but it does not say.). But in general, I just don't see the point of this. It only serves to hold the one template. Most of the incoming links are from pages that already have the same template, so it's redundant to them. Just does not appear useful to me. TexasAndroid 16:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. Carlossuarez46 00:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzel Holding[edit]

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Tractor manufacturer. Article keeps getting re-created here or at Uzel Corporation. Clearly written by someone with a COI. Unsalvageable spam / non-notable company / just needs cleanup? -- RHaworth 15:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

\ماشین سوزن[edit]

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nonsense Gfzh 15:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article is in Persian. It contains a few short definitions of terms related to rail points plus an external link to a manufacturer of said points. There is nothing here of any value to translate. --Folantin 12:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Speedy deleted - nonsense - Note that there is no criterion for speedying for not being in english, unless the article is at that language's WP. On the other hand nonsense, coyvio, etc, criteria apply regardless of language. - Nabla 17:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

گولبوليوم[edit]

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nonsense Gfzh 14:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

الأحماض التي يمكن ربطها معاً بمختلف الإرتباطات لتكوين سلسل بروتينية. مكونات 'لسلسلة حماض الامينية والتتابع الذي تترتب فيه تلك الاحماض على طوللسلسلة يحدد كيفية التفاف السلسلة في هيئة ثلاثية الابعاد وربما ترتبط بسلاسل أخرى.Mandsford 22:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy deleted - nonsense - Note that there is no criterion for speedying for not being in english, unless the article is at that language's WP. On the other hand nonsense, coyvio, etc, criteria apply regardless of language. - Nabla 17:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

گيجولزاده[edit]

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nonsense Gfzh 14:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete - the keeps were awaiting a translation that never came, but German appears to be unencyclopedic with a possibility of copyvio admixture. Carlossuarez46 00:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dabak[edit]

AfDs for this article:
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nonsense Gfzh 14:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. As New England points out, IMDB alone is not enough to satisfy notability (in fact, WP:MOVIE explicitly excludes IMDB from counting toward it). The lack of other reliable sources for this film means that the article cannot satisfy verifiability or notability at this time. — TKD::Talk 04:59, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brain Warehouse[edit]

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The result was delete due to lack of independent reliable sources to establish notability. — TKD::Talk 05:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kitina Thomas[edit]

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Sourceless bio on non-notable vanity-press (PublishAmerica) author. PROD tag added, but removed without comment by the article's creator. Calton | Talk 14:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. Although fairly evenly split there is no clear consensus to delete, hence it stays. There are also good arguments that it can be cleaned up and significantly improved. JodyB yak, yak, yak 21:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sirius in fiction[edit]

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Long list of trivial references (some even admit to being passing mentions), unacceptable per WP:NOT#TRIVIA. All genuine cultural significance is well covered by the main article. Eyrian 14:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

  • What "cultural significance" might that be (other than as an easily recognized star name for lazy science fiction writers to reach for) and where are the actual discussions of said "cultural significance"? --Calton | Talk 14:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This rationale is false. First, the entries are not at all random; second, the inclusion of a reference in this list depends upon the significant appearance of the star in the plot of the work of fiction referenced, not the mere appearance of the word. RandomCritic 14:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Name one that is significant. Perhaps "Rama (1989-1993) series of novels by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. One of the Raman vessels leaves the Solar System for a node in the Sirius system."? Or "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) series by Douglas Adams. The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company.", where little more than the name is used? As I've said, all the real cultural impact is covered in the main article. Purging the trivia leaves an empty article. --Eyrian 14:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I think they are all significant. Most of them are science fictional references to planets in the Sirius system. The word "trivia" is being abused by nominator to mean no more than WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Something is not trivial simply because it offends somebody's aesthetic sense.RandomCritic 14:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's simply wrong. These things have no bearing on Sirius the star. They aren't a part of popular perception, nor do they have significant cultural impact. They are minute, insignificant, inconsequential details, which tell us nothing about the star's (well communicated, in the main article) cultural importance. --Eyrian 15:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
That the references mentioned are "insignificant and inconsequential" is, in the first place, an opinion of the nominator which he has not troubled to demonstrate (insofar as it is demonstrable); and, in the second place, it is quite false. Let's consider some of the examples:
  • Lucky Starr series: The antagonism of the Sirians to the humans of the Solar System is the key connecting theme of the whole series. The fact that they live in the Sirian, as part of the first wave of human expansion, is a central plot point.
  • The Starlight Barking: The mythological relationship between Sirius and dogs, as seen through the personification of the star itself as a dog, is central to the plot.
  • Wasp (novel): The conflict between the Sirian Empire and Terra is basic to the whole novel.
  • Dogsbody (novel): The entire book turns around the embodiment of Sirius in canine form.
  • Children of the Dog Star: Entirely focused on contacts between Earth and Sirius.
To claim that these works have no "significant cultural impact" is preposterous; to say that whole stories that revolve around Sirius "have no bearing on Sirius the star" and are "minute, insignificant, inconsequential details", is -- like this nomination -- simply not serious. No pun intended. RandomCritic 20:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Entities named for the star that are important to a work of fiction does not translate to the work of fiction being important to the star. --Eyrian 20:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
The works of fiction named appear to feature the star, not entities named for the star. Or are you concerned that the work of fiction should have a direct effect on the stellar body in some way? That would seem a bit of a stretch. Artw 20:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not the physical star, clearly. But the cultural perception needs to have a general change. These examples most certainly do not do that. --Eyrian 20:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Speak for yourself. Children of the Dog Star certainly had an effect on me as a kid, being the way I first heard that there was anything remotely unusual or spooky about Sirius. Artw 20:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, so everything that affects at least one person's perception of something should be in the corresponding article? Verifiability be damned? I see. --Eyrian 20:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
This is the argument known as WP:APATHY, or perhaps it should be WP:INEVERHEARDOFIT. It's not a valid argument. These are widely sold, widely known works of art, and of course they have a cultural impact. The notability criteria are more than met. RandomCritic 20:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not questioning their notability; those aren't the articles nominated for deletion. The question in whether there is anything about Sirius in fiction that is constructed from secondary sources, rather than an assortment of primary ones. --Eyrian 20:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
In general or on a case by case basis? Artw 21:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it did win a pretty major award, so I expect other people watched it too. It's pretty notable, and I don't see a WP:V issue at all - possibly you are letting your general dislike of any reference to fiction get in the way of good judgement here? Artw 20:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This criticism is absolutely false, and is either in bad faith, or is based on not even bothering to look at the page. Nothing is on the page that does not refer to the star Sirius.RandomCritic 20:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • With all due respect, I'm getting pretty damn tired of your bogus half-assed accusations. I did look at the page, and it's nothing but a list of things that happen be named or mention "Sirius." There is nothing that shows the things are related to each other. There is nothing that indicates that the people who picked the name "Sirius" were doing so because of its associations with other things on the list or that the people were even aware of the other things on the list. It's a list of "hey look, something called 'Sirius,' let me get to my computer and add it like it means something!" junk that suffers from the same problem as so many other of these trivia lists. The existence of Thing A that shares a name or an element with Thing B doesn't mean that Thing A and Thing B have any relationship to each other and these repeated claims that they do are nothing but original research. Otto4711 21:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Once again, all the items on the list refer to the star Sirius and not "things that happen to be named Sirius". It is very, very bad to try to justify a deletion based on a false characterization of the page. RandomCritic 21:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Once again, the fact that a handful of random independent writers all happened to pick the same name for use in their fiction doesn't mean that the things bear any relation to each other. It is very, very bad to argue to keep an article that is nothing but trivia and OR by ignoring the crux of the arguments against it. Otto4711 22:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Have to agree with RandomCritic - you're mischaracterising the article. Artw 22:05, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Really. Where is the material in the article that isn't just a list of things called "Sirius"? Where are the reliable sources that establish that there is a relationship between these various items past the use of the name? I'm always happy to consider sources but where are they? Otto4711 22:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On the article being just a list of " things called sirius" - plainly it isn't. Have you even read the article? I think perhaps you are being deliberately obtuse here.
On sources - possibly you should follow the links if you want to find them? Artw 00:27, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On the article being just a list - plainly it is, as there is nothing to the article but a list of things called "Sirius." On sources, where are the ones that indicate that the subject of "Sirius in fiction" has been the subject of reliable sources? There don't appear to be any in the article. Otto4711 06:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fiction doesn't need to say why it uses a term, no, but WP lists do need some reason to put things in a list beyond them all having the same name. --Jamoche 00:36, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please be civil; we should be discussing the article, not sniping at other editors. María (críticame) 23:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Once again, incorrect. It's just that that importance needs to be demonstrated by a reliable source, just like everything else in Wikipedia. --Eyrian 16:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Each of the items on the page should have a blue link to an article that meets WP:NOTE, establishes the item has Sirius as a major theme (and not just "something named Sirius"), and is a work of fiction. Any judgement calls on top of that are purely subjective, so a matter for consesus. You seem to be arguing that each and ever item on the page needs it's own cite on the page, which I don't see supported by any policies. Artw 17:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The question is not whether Sirius appears, it's whether that appearance is significant. That significance needs to be cited, otherwise the article is just a collection of insignificant data, i.e. a trivia collection. From WP:V: "The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged should be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation." I challenge that significance for all of these entries. Therefore,the significance should be attributed to a reliable, published source with an inline citation. --Eyrian 18:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • You're really reaching here. WP:V would refer to the factual content, not the importance of the content. So you oculd challenge "Canopus in Argos series of novels by Doris Lessing. Star-visitors from Sirius play a part in Earth's history" under WP:V, and remove it if no one could provide sources for that, but you can't use WP:V to demand a cite for the relative importance of that fact. Artw 18:30, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Incorrect. We're not discussing significance of the fact within the work, but significance to a larger culture. Do you think things that aren't significant to culture should be included in these sorts of lists? A work can be used to justify the significance of plot elements within itself, but not in a broader societal context. --Eyrian 18:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Nothing to do with WP:V or it's applicability here. Artw 18:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No. By placing something on such a list, it's societal importance is being asserted. That assertion needs to be verified. --Eyrian 18:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

comment I've made some updates to the article for Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, including a reference which establishes the DOgon, their beliefs and the Sirius mysteries as major themes in the book. Sirius is integral to the book, and was not picked arbitarily, and the title of the book itself is a farily obvious reference to the Nommo. This seems fairly relevant given the number of people basing their delete votes on this being "list of things that just happen to be called Sirius". Artw 07:42, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still no evidence of general cultural relevance. --Eyrian 07:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
If the people who give their rational for deletion as "list of things that just happen to be called Sirius" wish to change their rational to "no evidence of general cultural relevance" they can do so, however that was not the point I was addressing. You don't have to reply to every single comment Artw 07:54, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

comment I've added a source to the opening statement, , concerning the customary use of Sirius as a setting in SF. Artw 21:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was Keep and cleanup. Notable and not spammy anymore, but obviously has some work. Fram 13:09, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Howies[edit]

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Previously deleted as Advert, and I was going to db-repost, but may be notable with a lot of Google Hits for "Howies" +clothing. Article will need substantial rewrite, but it's a stub anyway. Don't know if it belongs here or not. (That is, I don't know if the subject is encyclopedic or not.) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I recreated the Howies Wiki page using a copy on WayBackMachine as a template that had been on Wikipedia for sometime - this version didn't have any obvious advertising and did not have a AfD. The page now is more of how it used to look before I think someone at howies had altered the wiki entry and added lots of material that made it a blatant advert (this was on about 5th July: see howies blog entry which correlates with the date the page was made a blatant advert ). Note that there are now third-party sources for the information. Cheers, --LeisureHat 10:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete: Pure Spam.--Gavin Collins 12:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How can this be "spam"? It has valid sources - often double sourced, I could triple or quadruple source lots of the article if you really want me to. The references are to the Financial Times, the Guardian, BBC News etc. I've yet to reference the ethical / environmental awards howies won as well (if this is a valid "source"). If this is categorized as "spam" , then have a look at Life is Good as that appears to be more "spam" like than this. I've had a look at the Spam and, to my mind it does not match anything listed there. It is not "External link spamming": one link to the companies web site at the end - shall the links to all companies that have a wiki entry be deleted.? It is not "Source soliciting", "External link spamming with bots", "Canvassing", "Wikiproject advertisement" etc, under what criteria is it "spam" please? --LeisureHat 13:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Neil  09:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Marve[edit]

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Contested PROD. Non-notable athlete, has yet to play (and won't for a season!) down of college football. Scout.com sources are meaningless since every college football player has a page there and many high school players do as well that aren't notable with the ESPN one not about this player and just mentions him in passing. Not a notable player, yet. Re-create when named starter or plays or gets more coverage (ie, transfer). MECUtalk 13:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - If you really want this article deleted then you might as well nominate Jimmy Clausen for the same reasons. Seancp 13:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is a big difference between Clausen and Marve. One will be playing this season and has articles about just him and the other doesn't. One has been the subject on ESPN Sportscenter (right or wrong) segments.... I could go on. MECUtalk 15:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Clausen is going to play this year? I have not heard that.↔NMajdantalk 16:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't mean play as in named starting QB or what-not, but the difference between being injured and not playing and at least playing in practice type. Also, Clausen has articles about him and just him, ala http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2990282&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines MECUtalk 14:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect to Stargate Command#Department of Homeworld Security without prejudice against later retargeting. This discussion makes it clear that this should not exist as a separate article. There is less clear agreement about the target of the redirect, but the argument that Stargate Command explains the topic already means that it's probably a better target for the redirect, at least for now. If material is later added or moved elsewhere, feel free to re-target the redirect at that point. — TKD::Talk 05:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Department of Homeworld Security[edit]

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Not notable enough. The Department of Homeworld Security was only mentioned in a few episodes towards the end of SG-1, and even then it was only really as a pun of the Department of Homeland Security Philip Stevens 13:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Change to redirect to main SG-1 page, or articles about episodes that involve this. MECUtalk 13:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect fails notability guidelines. Eleland 14:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually I think Stargate Command would be a better target for merge/redirect as it already has a short section on Homeworld Security. Wl219 17:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Neil  09:14, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bustitution[edit]

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Contested PROD. Barely more than a dictionary definition, and has already been transwikied. Self-admitted (by the article) Neoglism. Unsourced, questionable notability. TexasAndroid 12:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy Delete Nick 19:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bioshock (film)[edit]

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Blatant hoax. There is no such film. Closedmouth 12:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete as a hoax, punish the originator. --Agamemnon2 12:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


This not a hoax. I swear. Its the truth. Syphon367 18:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete The JPStalk to me 08:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roberto Bentivegna[edit]

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Minor filmmaker. Lots of name-dropping, no real sources and few signs of actual real-world impact. Creation of -- and sole contributions of Emperorpasta (talk · contribs); PROD tag added, but removed by -- wait for it -- User:Rbentivegna (didn't see that coming, did you?), whose own sole contributions are this and adding refs to Roberto Bentivegna to Hotel Chelsea. I'm sensing a self-promotion campaign. Calton | Talk 12:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the article does not merit a page, then it will be taken down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rbentivegna (talkcontribs) 15:41, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

  • I have seen much worse entries on wikipedia that were not taken down - Please see WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS; if you don't mind, send along that list of "much worse entries [you've] seen" so those can be taken care of, too, as things get overlooked all the time.
  • I don't particularly feel the need to defend my accomplishments with a group of people that I have never met before - And yet you had no compunction about using Wikipedia as tool for self-promotion. Funny, that. --Calton | Talk 20:10, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see you again Alistair! I see you have found yourself to another one of my "pointless" struggles. This dedication must make you one of my biggest fans! It must make all Wikipedians feel good that no matter what kind of decision, just or not, informed or not, they make about deleting an article on Wikipedia someone like Alistair McMillan here will jump and cast his notable vote and all will be settled. The fact that you say Mr. Bentivegna wrote the article about himself when he didn't is yet another example of Wikipedia's deleting staff being incapable of reading the clear writing on the wall. As I have said before, I don't care if I have an article here on Wikipedia, I didn't write it and I don't really *get* anything out of having it. What gave and continues to give me pause was the fact that someone here believes that they have the right to sit in judgment over my worthiness of a couple of paragraphs about things I have accomplished. If Mr. Bentivegna is denied his few paragraphs...he looses nothing but a pointless battle with malicious and jealous "admins"--SebastianProoth 00:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anderson's Cinemas[edit]

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Non-notable company (especially since it's supposed to be defunct) as confirmed by no sources listed. Svetovid 12:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete, also given that the article on the company has been deleted. --Coredesat 04:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lorraine Anderson[edit]

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Non-notable former owner of a few cinemas and with no sources to back at least that. Svetovid 12:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 05:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elephant Talk[edit]

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This is a fan newsletter and website about the band King Crimson. I have serious doubts as to its notability. If this comes out as delete, move Elephant Talk (song) to this page, where it should be anyway. h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Her main claim to fame is the one award, but that award is utterly non notable, as it is a choice by the readers from between the models in the magazine. 15 hits for the award don't really indicate much notability. So no reliable independent sources indicating notability for this model, means no article. Fram 13:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kerry Marie[edit]

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Previous AfD closed last month after a reference had been added. But is winning two awards in a non-notable porn magazine notable? You help me decide. h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. Yeah, that's what I thought, but how can the magazine be notable within its subgenre yet not notable enough for an article?--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - User:FisherQueen speedied the article on the magazine last month. Not really sure why; I'm not an admin so can't access the deleted WP version, but assuming it's the same as answers.com's cached version it could maybe have been AfD'd for insufficient notability (although I think it would have survived), but certainly isn't appropriate for speedyiridescent (talk to me!) 12:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. As I understand it, something's notable if other people (in WP:RS have taken non-trivial note of it). I don't think that's too likely with this magazine, but I couldn't say really.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Isn't that the whole problem with porn, and why we have separate guidelines for them; because it's not covered by the mainstream press, you have a bunch of magazines, companies, channels etc which all cover each other, but none of which constitutes enough of a RS to 'get the ball rolling'?iridescent (talk to me!) 12:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Yeah, porn articles present a few problems for Wikipedia. Some say we shouldn't have such articles at all, others say that WP:NOT#CENSORED, but it's hard to judge in many cases.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - which is an award of questionable notability. Is it significant enough to the BBW erotica scene to merit an article? You tell me.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The award doesn't have to be notable. There just has to be evidence that she is one of the top BBW models. Epbr123 12:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The award has to be well-known (eg. notable). This one isn't. Valrith 22:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well-known doesn't mean notable. The award is possibly the most well-known award in the bbw genre. Anyway, it's criteria 3 that's being claimed she passes, not criteria 1. Epbr123 22:36, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It's the debate that has been raised here that means that the WP:PORNBIO guidelines need to be made more clear, and less subjective. We need to explain why a model merits an article if they've won a well-known award, but not done anything else notable in particular.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 09:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Her website and XL Magazine are reliable sources. Epbr123 17:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neither of those is a reliable source. Both are simple self-promoting outlets. Valrith 22:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • So XL Magazine isn't a reliable source that she won Plumper of the Year, and her website isn't a reliable source for her birth location? Do you mean they aren't independent sources? Epbr123 22:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Redirect, protect. Deiz talk 11:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sumerian people[edit]

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POV-pushing original research essay that is a content fork from Sumer, written in a nonencyclopedic tone, and inaccurate in many regards. Created by a banned editor, and resurrected by a brand-new editor. The article is an orphan. THF 11:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:16, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anton Reid[edit]

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Not quite A7, but worth considering for deletion. What do you think? Seems to be covered in WP:RS, but WP:NOT#NEWS and WP:NOT#MEMORIAL. h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Never even signed a professional contract. --Badmotorfinger 15:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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This nomination is no longer an implicit Del vote. -Jerzy(t) 02:41, 2004 Sep 22 (UTC) Vanity stub on a guy apparently acknowledged for one joke filk music performance at a Sci-Fi convention. Deletion will enable demolition of dab structure built to accommodate this article. --Jerzy(t) 08:33, 2004 Sep 17 (UTC)

Please flesh it out some, if you can, during VfD. Some of us take pleasure in changing our votes, and mine was based as much on the one line -> link format as anything (advertising). Also, it would help if some of the non-filk stuff were there, at least for me. Geogre 00:28, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
It's fine now. I'll bet that if you had waited to post it until you had assembled those three high-quality sentences, it would never have come up on VfD. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 16:36, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I can't guarantee it wouldn't have been nominated by someone, but it indeed wouldn't have been nominated by me, who in fact nominated it. --Jerzy(t) 02:41, 2004 Sep 22 (UTC)
  • Heh. I agree. Keep. CHL
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The result was keep. CitiCat 02:20, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Technomancy[edit]

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The term is a non-notable neogolism, whilst the article itself is wholly comprised of original research dressed up as mysticism. --Gavin Collins 10:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment verging on Keep - I am not sure about this: I don't seem to see actual mysticism, it is made clear that the article is about "an imaginary or fictional category of magical abilities". It seems more like an admissible article about a recurring theme in science fiction and fantasy, not too dissimilar, but in scope, from Time travel or Shapeshifting, say. Goochelaar 10:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I edited my previous remark to strike the "verging on" and make it a full-fledged "keep". --Goochelaar 11:55, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the difference is that time travel and shapeshifting are widely used and established scifi concepts. Technomancy isn't, and the term to describe it is a neologism. I don't know about the games listed, but nowhere on Buffy or Angel is the term "technomancy" used. - Koweja 13:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Getting curious about this, I did some serching around and found:
  • it is not quite a neologism; there is at least a short story by a Steve Martindale titled "Technomancy" (see here) published in 1990;
  • as for role-playing games and the like, the term is used not less than one hundred times just in the rpg.net domain;
  • there are several items tagged "technomancy" in del.icio.us and similar sites, and I understand that the term is widely, jocularly used to describe a kind of attitude towards one's computer.
Hope this helps, Goochelaar 15:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Delete. FT2 (Talk | email) 00:11, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As stated, a tough call with good comments on all sides. The main concern is whether commanders of the Serious Crime Squad or QPM's are per se notable or not, or whether the head of a major investigation is notable. But:

  1. The "Squad" itself is a division in the West Midlands police rather than a major national police force, it would seem. If it has greater standing then the article doesn't say so. Commanders of divisions in regional police forces probably aren't especially notable.
  2. Senior detectives and QPM award winners are not especially notable (per comments in this AFD), and
  3. The claim to fame of running a high profile case (James Bulger) isn't really grounds for an article, since a person notable as a participant in one main incident is usually handled by a redirect to that incident anyhow.

Does all this added together make him notable? People might want to look him up, but then again not everyone that could be looked up has a BIO article, that's what AFD is intended to decide. On the whole the AFD seems to veer towards non-notability, and deletion, and the above concerns tend to support that. Delete without prejudice against trying it again on a stronger basis.

Albert Kirby[edit]

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Biographical article which is completely unreferenced for almost a whole year. It seems like this material should be deleted since nobody is interested in improving it, and because of liability concerns. Mikeblas 09:54, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. Eluchil404 00:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ReCycle (program)[edit]

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Article fails WP:NOTABILITY, see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reason components Hu12 09:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[40] [41] [42] [43] --Torchwood Who? 23:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Arguments to "keep" in a number of cases lack any justification for retaining the list (Richard Arthur Norton, DHowell, Hmains, Badagani, Pia, Drieakko, Nomen Nescio), and a number of others (Steve Hart, Storm Surfer, DGG, Mikka) don't really provide any justification for why we should keep the list. In this case, DGG's duplicate argument is ignored. Neil  09:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Norwegian Americans[edit]

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Relisting per suggestions from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Portuguese Americans. Also nominated are the fellow Scandinavians (as there should be no reason to keep some but not delete others).Bulldog123 08:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • We do tend to overcategorize and that's why there are limitations to it WP:OCAT. However, we also tend to overlist and destory the purpose of a list WP:OLIST. When category intersection rolls around (the near future) we're not going to have to worry about what ethnicity-occupation intersections we don't have. These lists do end up being a random assortment because so many of these people are related by nothing more than having an ancestor from the same country. We don't even list distant family members in this way. Categories completely suffice. Bulldog123 02:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bearian, on the AfD for List of English Americans you put "Delete per Corpx, Arkyan, Dark Teal, et al. CAT" but here you imply WP:LIST has some kind of requirement for keeping all lists that can be poorly sourced. Why is there so much of a difference between a list of Scandinavian Americans and a list of English Americans? Bulldog123 06:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • As categories by occupation, they fail overcategorization. So why wouldn't this be a form of overcategorization in lists? See the essay WP:OLIST for ethnicity-occupation intersections. Bulldog123 07:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would be overcategorization to divide these into separate categories by occupation. Grouping them on one list is just sensible. Kappa 08:27, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no policy to indicate these lists should be created either. This extreme view of policy is a dying argument because most AfDs run on consensus when there is no policy violation in play. We can make tons of lists that can be sourced and verifiable, but whether they are notable or have importance as an individual article relies on community opinion. There is no other way to do it. If we were to allow just any lists sourced by "reliable" references, wikipedia would turn into a memorial service, a trivia basket, and a huge collection of loosely connected names and items. WP:LIST really says nothing to help us determine what should and what shouldn't be kept. Bulldog123 06:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with this, we shouldn't have lists based on race/ethnicity or, in my opinion, religion. But I don't think there is consensus to kill lists based on nationalities. The question is rather how far back in time can these lists go before nationality can no longer be claimed. -- Steve Hart 00:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • So WP:EFFORT is a better argument than WP:IDONTLIKEIT? User:Jack O'Lantern contributed to these lists and still thinks they should be deleted, so I don't think the assumption that everyone who may have made an edit to this page would want it kept is fair. Bulldog123 06:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "USEFUL" essay you cite above is idiotic, and does not become less so the more times it is cited in these sorts of damaging, WP:POINT AFDs. Badagnani 07:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've just looked through several thousand of your edits, and see that you only make edits to try to delete things. I don't think I wish to "debate" with someone like that anymore; hope you don't take that personally. Badagnani 07:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody needs to make sure wikipedia doesn't turn into a triviabag because of overzealous editors. Corpx does a great job. Bulldog123 08:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is a difference between "triviabag" and "valuable content." You don't seem to be able to distinguish between the two, and when knowledgeable editors prove the value of articles such as this one, you denigrate them with this sort of language. It's time to move on, and begin creating your own valuable content, or work to delete actual "junk" articles. This is not one of them. Badagnani 08:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, eye of the beholder I suppose, but you're taking this way too seriously and getting a little uncivil. Bulldog123 21:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Useful" seemed a particularly useful shorthand phrase at my 2 am energy level. Sorry to have skipped the essay on the uselessness of the word "useful". I meant "useful" as in "non-trivial to many users", as in "satisfies usage needs not covered by categorization alone", as in "a good starting point for further research into a population sector", and as in "a good way for students to get quick access to footnotes on a general population sector and to find examples of people in this population sector." Pia 17:11, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why is there no List of Finnish Americans on the Finnish wikipedia? Bulldog123 07:52, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • How come? The list is at the end of the Finnish article, and it seems to cover pretty much the same names. --Drieakko 08:24, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You've been proven wrong, Bulldog123, by someone who knows more than you about this particular subject. It's time to move on (and maybe write an article or two of your own, contributing valuable content to Wikipedia? You will enjoy it!). Badagnani 08:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Finnish Wikipedia has an equivalent to Finnish American with a short list at the bottom, apparently unsourced. Once they are sourced, the list will probably be pruned even more. Adding Finnish-American (who are truly notable for their Finnish-Americanness) on Finnish Americans is acceptable in everyone's view. There isn't a list of Finnish Americans alone though, so my point stands. Drieakko, are there any other X-American lists? Bulldog123 20:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Finnish Wikipedia list has 38 names, the comparable English list 34 names. The Finnish list is unsourced but the English list is well sourced. Much of the Finnish Wikipedia suffers from the lack of proper sources. Finnish Wikipedia covers only a fraction of English Wikipedia articles (some 0.5%, I think) so claiming that some articles in English Wikipedia would not be worth existing because they are not in Finnish Wikipedia is just strange. --Drieakko 08:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment on notability: I think it's relevant that histories of Finns in the U.S. commonly note the contributions of specific (notable) Americans of Finnish descent, not as trivia but as a pertinent part of that historical treatment. Also, the existence of notable members of an ethnicity can itself be a component of that ethnic identity in the U.S. (See, e.g., "Survey of Finnish-Americans", item 45.) And these lists, by definition, include only those whose ethnic ancestry has, in fact, been noted in the wider world outside Wikipedia. -Langrel 18:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment on the "how-Fooian" concern: The fact is that this slope is not terribly slippery. Even if you broadly qualified any notable American with any degree of publicly known Finnish ancestry, for example, you would still have a very short list. (Personally, I would be happy to be proven wrong about that, but I don't expect I will be.) -Langrel 18:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The main problem in Wikipedia in general regarding categories is that there is no way referencing article's inclusion in a category. Whenever you need to source that, you also need to start making lists. --Drieakko 08:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Note a duplicate "keep" from DGG was not wholly ignored, as he made a different point. DHowell's excellent "keep" argument justifies the existence of our Belgian Americans and Swiss Americans articles very well but fails to address why we should have a list. Badagnani's argument consists of "Keep as it is encyclopaedic", without evidencing why (the rest of his comments are not pertinent to this deletion discussion). Mikka and DGG's arguments, again, justify the Belgian Americans article very well, but fail to address why we also need a list. Only Kappa's argument has any real pertinence to this list, and given the number of deletions citing valid policy, I can only close this as a delete. Neil  09:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Belgian Americans[edit]

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List of Swiss Americans (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - exact same reason

First of all, this appears to be a NATIONALITY-NATIONALITY list instead of the typical ETHNICITY-NATIONALITY list. It should be deleted because of its forced amalgamation of potentially completely unrelated people. Last, it is in line with the recent nominations of List of English Americans and List of Portuguese Americans. Bulldog123 08:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"To avoid problems with lists, the criteria for inclusion must comply with Wikipedia:Verifiability. That is, if someone is listed as an X, that person must have been identified as an X by a reliable published source. Also be aware of original research when selecting the criteria for inclusion: use a criterion that is widely agreed upon rather than inventing new criteria that cannot be verified as notable or that is not widely accepted.

Lists should always include unambiguous statements of membership criteria based on definitions made by reputable sources, especially in difficult or contentious topics. Beware of those cases in which the definitions themselves are disputed. Many lists on Wikipedia have been created without any membership criteria, and editors are left to guess about what or whom should be included only from the name of the list. Even if it might "seem obvious" what qualifies for membership in a list, explicit is better than implicit".

If lists of these types are kept, they should all be required to follow the suggestions above. Explicit criteria should be at the top of the page, and citations should be required for each entry - otherwise, it's personal research. MarkinBoston 22:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • You justified Belgian Americans and Swiss Americans, not these lists. All I can say, for now at least, is the only other international wikipedia which has this list is the Belgian wikipedia, with a total of 10 names, all of which appear to have been born in Belgium. That alone speaks volumes. You could use your long list of reliable sources if anyone dare nominate Category:Belgian Americans, but here it is off topic. I just think you're thinking of a very different use of WP:IINFO than what people are expressing here. Bulldog123 06:19, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that in numerous past AFDs and CFDs you chose to delete all text entirely rather than merge it into articles such as Belgian Americans shows your bad faith in each of these attempts to delete carefully crafted articles that provide our users with important information about notable inhabitants of the United States. Please stop. Badagnani 07:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm responding to User:Badagnani's suggestion that I'm menacingly deleting List of Americans, which I don't think has anything to do with WP:WAX since that seems to refer to arguments to avoid when !voting. I do believe your many links are superfluous here because the question of whether a Swedish American is notable would be relevant if we were deleting Swedish Americans or Category:Swedish-Americans. The argument for deletion isn't "Being Swedish-American isn't notable." Moreso, I would say, it is "Being Swedish-American isn't notable for EVERYONE who has some Swedish background" and certainly not on the same level. WP:LIST, nor any policy that I can think of, suggestions we MUST keep every list that is verifiable. No, obviously, I don't think all lists should be deleted, and neither does anyone else here. Bulldog123 20:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • But you haven't told us why different (and stricter) criteria should be applied to List of Swedish Americans than to Category:Swedish-Americans. Apparently, the only arguments you have made for deletion here are it being a "forced amalgamation of potentially completely unrelated people", an opinion which is not supported by any policy nor consensus; and that List of English Americans was deleted, which is exactly a WP:WAX argument. And supposing I accept that your statement "Being Swedish-American isn't notable for EVERYONE who has some Swedish background" is an argument against listing EVERY notable person who has some Swedish background; then what is wrong with a list of notable Americans for whom having Swedish background IS notable? DHowell 01:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

35 Rhums[edit]

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Fails film notability for future films. Also may be perceived as crystal-balling, since the project is not even the director's next one in line. Girolamo Savonarola 06:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete the list and redirect the pyramid article to glycemic index. There is a clear consensus to delete the list. However, Mandsford correctly points out that many participants in this discussion seemed not to address the article on the pyramid. On the other hand, a couple of keep recommendations for the pyramid article were based on the nominator's lack of clear rationale, which isn't helpful for determining the merits of the article once it's been listed in good faith; the other argument for keeping the pyramid article was that the existence of a broader article doesn't preclude it; this is true, but that doesn't justify directly why the article should exist. I'm left with Arkyan's rationale for redirection as the strongest argument for deciding what to do with the article. Whether any content from the history is merged into glycemic index is up to editorial discretion. There is also no prejudice against turning glycemic-index pyramid back into an article if sufficient reliable sourcing is found; no one addressed whether that material might actually exist. — TKD::Talk 02:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of foods with a low glycemic index[edit]

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This is a cross between an unverified list and an "advice" page of unreferenced dietary and medical information. The topic is covered with greater authority in Glycemic index and references contained therein.

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Glycemic-index pyramid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dbromage [Talk] 06:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LDSC

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The result was keep. — TKD::Talk 00:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Korean beverages[edit]

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The entire subject is covered more thoroughly and comprehensively in Korean wine, Korean beer, Korean Tea and to some extent in Korean cuisine. Notable companies receive an appropriate mention inthose articles. Dbromage [Talk] 06:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete and redirect. CitiCat 02:24, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Philippine snack food[edit]

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The entire subject is covered more thoroughly and comprehensively in Cuisine of the Philippines. Notable companies recieve an appropriate mention there. Dbromage [Talk] 06:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy deletion. --Ed (Edgar181) 19:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Gouda[edit]

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Suspected hoax of an NBA player. Search engine yields no basketball related results for "Peter Gouda" -wikipedia, and all of them are about some random Dutch person. An attempt to search for "Peter Butros Gouda" -wikipedia (as indicated by the article) returns nothing. Hence it's likely to be a hoax. Alasdair 06:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete and redirect to scratchcard. — TKD::Talk 00:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lucky For Life[edit]

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Article describes a $20 scratch-off lottery ticket. Not encyclopedic. Gilliam 06:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A.m.aji 09:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. — TKD::Talk 00:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of instant noodles[edit]

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The entire subject is covered more thoroughly and comprehensively in the main article for Instant noodles. Notable companies recieve an appropriate mention there, integrated into the article. There is no need for a separate page listing manufacturers of instant noodles, as it is redundant to the main article. Calgary 06:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of acquired tastes[edit]

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Is this a suitable subject for an article? How can one say what is or is not an acquired taste? I'm not sure how strongly I'd argue for deletion here, but I'm not sure this can be an effective list, as the scope is potentially vast. FrozenPurpleCube 05:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, if somebody else wants to look through Category:Lists of foods you might find other articles to be concerned about. FrozenPurpleCube 05:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Likewise, try telling anyone from New York that coffee is an acquired taste. Indeed, the list currently expands to cover just about all culinary areas that you could imagine. I'm sure even cheese could be considered an acquired taste to some. Calgary 06:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • And now I look back to see that cheese is actually on the list. See what I mean? Calgary 06:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Being Australian, I'll make the same claim about Vegemite. Dbromage [Talk] 06:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, there's no need to Snowball, let it hang around so the deletions can pile on. FrozenPurpleCube 15:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was nomination withdrawn. Non-admin closure. --Dhartung | Talk 05:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese p90[edit]

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Non-neutral stub. Alksub 05:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was Speedy delete G11, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer(Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsReview?) 20:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trips & Getaways Magazine[edit]

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Magazine started in Aug 2007. Clearly non-notable. Deproded by author without explanation. eaolson 05:14, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete both. I like smoky bacon best, anyway. Neil  08:49, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cheese & onion[edit]

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Does not assert notability or cite any references. Cheese and Onion was previously deleted but unsure of that page's content.

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Salt & vinegar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dbromage [Talk] 04:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think most people can tell from the nomination what action you're advocating. But y'know, I'm slightly more bothered by the lack of world-wide perspective to these articles. Seem a bit UK-centric. Oh well, I don't know that there's enough content to merit an article on them, though potato chip flavoring may be sustainable on its own. FrozenPurpleCube 05:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dunno, but Salt n pepper is a hip-hop trio. FrozenPurpleCube 05:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response Even if there is material which we could use to expand it, how is this particular flavor (or any flavor of potato chip, for that matter) notable enough to have an entire article devoted to it? Calgary 08:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure that chips have to follow BLP guidelines for notability. The manufacture, distribution, usage, etc., have encyclopedic value, although assembling that would be nigh-impossible so I'm sure merging it into the potato chip article is just as good as keeping it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrPrada (talk • contribs) 21:28, August 24, 2007 (UTC)
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The result was Delete. Eluchil404 00:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Technological momentum[edit]

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A neologism, some guy promoting a book of the same title. SolidPlaid 04:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Speedy delete A7 company with no assertion of notability. ((1 == 2) ? (('Stop') : ('Go')) 05:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

M2Z[edit]

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Future company, no citations, funding will dry up in current credit meltdown anyway. Speciate 03:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. CitiCat 02:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AHANA[edit]

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unsourced neologism not in common use or frequency Chris 03:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete. I don't know how 'neo' a word has to be to be branded a neologism, but in any case it fails WP:V. Dbromage [Talk] 04:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak keep. Changing my vote as it does appear to be verifiable from reliable sources.[46][47] Also see WP:IDONTKNOWIT regarding limited geographic usage of the term. Dbromage [Talk] 07:00, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete as hoax, I have never heard of this or been refered to as such, without any reference this doesn't meet WP:V. - Caribbean~H.Q. 04:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added some references. --Vonones 06:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Boston Globe has articles on this that I have referenced. --Vonones 06:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Neil  08:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Idenics[edit]

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Note: the above post is the very first edit User:Identitygoldz has made. wikipediatrix 21:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've done idenics, and it's very useful. I believe it's an up and coming thing. I'm assuming scientologists are trying to suppress this, although I know little about the religion, but know something about it's practices in silencing its competition. The guy who calls it "Fourth-rate Scientology-wannabe spin-off" is clueless about what he's talking about, and is too ignorant to be allowed to comment on this subject. He's probably from the "church" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.221.56 (talk • contribs)

  • Reply I could care less about who or what the CoS (CofS) thinks is "suppressive". Although I have found that sometimes those tagged such rightly deserve it - they are sometimes manipulative, selfish, and abusive people . . . or worse. Sometimes they are not. --Justanother 14:07, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • F451, what is with this evaluative BS commentary on other editors. --Justanother 14:07, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And yet there are no Federal racketeering charges being brought against the CoS, even though their opponents have been stating for over 25 years that it's coming "any day now". How is it that you think you know more than the U.S. Government? Or are they part of the conspiracy too? (More importantly, what do all these red herrings you keep dragging in have to do with whether the Idenics article passes WP:CORP?) wikipediatrix 19:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The crime and the prosecution are two different things entirely. I think you are dragging red herrings here in support of a spurious contention of "not notable". --Fahrenheit451 02:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Idenics is a system not related to Church of Scientology copyrights. I have held important exec positions in the Church for many years, so i can say this. however, the Church wishs to stamp out anything like a self-help group that they do not control. I find it very odd that a Church hides behind commercial law and will do this. readers should know about Idenics whether the Church likes it or not. Are we book burners? no. George Rasmussen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.195.15 (talk • contribs)

Wow. So the Office of Special Affairs is out to delete this article, eh? And all editors who disagree with you are part of the conspiracy, eh? And you don't need to assume good faith because of this, eh? Paranoia strikes deep. wikipediatrix 14:41, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did not state that, you did to misdirect from what I did state. You are speaking for yourself Wikipediatrix.--Fahrenheit451 14:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So you didn't just say that "This AfD is a Office of Special Affairs inspired hatchet job"? And you didn't just say "The Deletes from User:S. M. Sullivan, User:Leocomix, User:HubcapD, and User:Justanother are all maliciously motivated"?? And you didn't just say "There is no such thing as assuming good faith from them"? wikipediatrix 14:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I repeat my entire comment in context, which you destroy in your "comment":Comment to the closing admin This AfD is a Office of Special Affairs inspired hatchet job and Justanother is a member of the Church of Scientology who, along with his cohorts, are following the human rights violating dogma of Fair Game (Scientology). The Deletes from User:S. M. Sullivan, User:Leocomix, User:HubcapD, and User:Justanother are all maliciously motivated. There is no such thing as assuming good faith from them because the cofs dogma demands that they must not.--Fahrenheit451 14:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From WP:HARASS:

Harassment is defined as a pattern of offensive behavior that appears to a reasonable observer to have the purpose of adversely affecting a targeted person or persons, usually (but not always) for the purpose of threatening or intimidating the primary target. The intended outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine them, to frighten them, or to discourage them from editing entirely. [emphasis added]

--Justanother 15:43, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Justanother, harassment is certainly one aspect of the practice of Fair Game (Scientology). The practice is used routinely against those folks who object to the Human Rights violations of the cofs. We are seeing it here.--Fahrenheit451 17:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What on Earth does any of this OSA junk have to do with whether the Idenics article passes WP:CORP?

wikipediatrix 20:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OSA being a hidden setup group or not, is NOT important. Wikipedia deleting an article because it does not get used is the point. Someone may write about arcane information on Hamiltonian Operators in Quantum Mechanics. Maybe only ten people can understand it. It should be left in. Number of users looking at it should not be the criteria. There is no shortage of cheap storage space. User:ThomasPaine123 21:43, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Gerard gave no guideline/policy-based answer, thus simply saying "I agree with him" is unhelpful. What parts of WP:CORP and WP:RS do you cite to support your decision? wikipediatrix 23:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like some good referencing is provided. David Gerard (talk · contribs) is a good editor and respected on Wikipedia, and I trust and defer to his judgement. If he says keep, and the article can be worked on, then I think we should keep it and give it a chance. Shinealight2007 23:33, 27 August 2007 (UTC).[reply]
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The result was delete. CitiCat 02:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Massmann[edit]

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This article was prod'ded, and I don't necessarily disagree, but considering that it was deprodded once, I felt being it to AFD was appropriate. The concerns as stated by the prodder are: "article lists membership in Writers Guild of America, west -- no such membership exists [49], article lists membership in Screen Actors Guild -- no such membership exists [50]. Subject is not notable under the WP:BIO guidelines. Basically the guy is a local actor and video producer. No sources cited. Veracity of claims questionable given that on IMdb database, subject lists General Hospital credits dating back to his birth (obviously he is taking credit for another person's work)[51]. MikeDWatcher 01:54, 23 August 2007 (UTC)"[reply]

This seems possibly true to me, though there may be some other people with the name, so it could be I'm missing something. FrozenPurpleCube 03:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Actually, the IMDB page only counts 5 episodes of General Hospital from 2006. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 12:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was g11 -- Y not? 04:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Narragansett church of god[edit]

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A church, with a list of doctrine from the parent church. No claim to notability. I believe Narragansett is the name of the street the church is on in Chicago. Speciate 03:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. While it is possible that he meets notability guidelines (through the discussion below suggests he does not), in light of WP:BLP the lack of sourcing and balance mean that the current article must be deleted. Eluchil404 00:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Derek Zeisman[edit]

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Non-notable person. Ran for office but never elected. Article is also way too self-aggrandizing. Suttungr 03:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Claim to fame is embroiling himself in scandal during an election. Being a defeated candidate is not inherently notable, but he was the subject of (as opposed to merely being mentioned in) news coverage across Canada (and perhaps outside of Canada too; I'm not aware). Keep. Sarcasticidealist 19:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grunka lunkas[edit]

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Non notable, shown in very few episodes. DurinsBane87 03:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Fans wanting information is not wikipedia's concern. Notability is. These are not notable. being in 1, maybe 2 episodes while being ONLY supporting character does not make a subject notable. DurinsBane87 03:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment See WP:USEFUL and WP:INTERESTING. Dbromage [Talk] 03:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Keep. Carlossuarez46 00:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Thornton[edit]

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Not a notable individual P0per 02:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep Should have checked earlier versions before. Tagged version was vandalism. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 03:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Weak delete. Regardless of vandalism, only borderline notability is asserted and it fails WP:V. Does not cite any sources. Dbromage [Talk] 03:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Changed by vote on the basis of additional information below. Dbromage [Talk] 05:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Speedy Keep Nom has been withdrawn, nobody has countered. spazure (contribs) 06:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC) You're right, I'm an idiot. For some reason I thought Dlohcierekim was the nom. Nevermind, striking my keep vote. spazure (contribs) 06:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see where P0per has withdrawn the nomination. --ElKevbo 06:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was g11 -- Y not? 04:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Web Analytics Association[edit]

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Speedy delete. Article fails WP:NOTABILITY, WP:CORP, WP:NOT. Hu12 02:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 00:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ahsan Ansari[edit]

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non notable architect whose article doesn't seem to meet the criteria of WP:BIO. - Fordan (talk) 02:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was suspended. That sounds awfully weird, but really I don't really feel comfortable taking any action based on what's going on right now. If she wins, is she notable? Most likely yes. If she's eliminated this week and disappears is she notable? Most likely no. So, I think this should just wait to see if this could be expanded or retooled as she remains on the show. I support re-AfDing this a couple weeks after her elimination to see what consensus is then.Wizardman 23:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Schumer[edit]

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Non-notable and a breeding ground for vandalism. It has been vandalized twice just while I've been watching it, and also it's only 39 words long. Somebody Else's Problem(aka Alethiophile)Ask me why 02:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

perhaps Merge with the Last Comic Standing page, but deletion is not necessary. Other comics who have performed on the show (e.g., Doug Benson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Benson) have similarly short bios. Delete her, delete them all. Sauce for the goose, as they say . . . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.158.232.222 (talk) 16:06, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

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The result was The result was Speedy Delete as advertising. Page has been salted. James086Talk | Email 08:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Propellerhead Software[edit]

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Article fails WP:NOTABILITY, WP:CORP. Was speedied 4 times previously under WP:CSD#A7 and WP:CSD#G11. Hu12 02:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Time turner series[edit]

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WP:NOT#CRYSTAL - The series is only a rumour. Alksub 01:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 02:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scrote[edit]

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Original research. The Wiktionary definition for the term indicates it is only a pejorative. The article's extensive description of a demographic, or subculture (as chav), by this name is prima facie unverifiable. Alksub 01:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. CitiCat 02:08, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Airline complaints[edit]

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Non-notable subject, people complain about everything. Cool Bluetalk to me 01:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Response It's not notable in and of itself, it is notable relative to certain other subjects. I'm not even sure I'd go so far as to say that the complaints themselves are notable so much as the causes of the complaints are notable (the hassles of air travel), which again are not notable as their own subject. Calgary 06:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response Please explain how this is a "clear case" of synthesis of sources. Most people in favor of deletion are citing this same reason without any justification. I fail to see what part of this article constitutes "original research" which is a main element of WP:SYN.--Sidarthian 18:57, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response What part of this article is a "how-to"? The article itself contains no information regarding how to complain about an airline.--Sidarthian 18:57, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

195.50.215.56 22:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedy deleted by MZMcBride (talk · contribs). Non-admin closure. --Dhartung | Talk 02:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Idaho Hold 'em[edit]

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Vanity nonsense. Zero online mentions. Also silly commentary about some kid playing 25 cent games. (And the prio contributions of the editor who created article have been vandalism.) 2005 01:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. CitiCat 02:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No Doubt's sixth studio album[edit]

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Previously deleted (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/No Doubt's sixth studio album). This version's not much different. It's some quotes saying that they liked performing and that they're happy to be making a new album. Still no release date has been announced, no song titles, only that Spike Stent has been at the sessions. The last reference (which provides no actual information anyway) is unreliable. The ((db-repost)) template was removed by Haemo with the edit summary "substanitally (sic) different, and more sourced, than the deleted version -- suggest WP:AFD instead?". 17Drew 00:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's more reliable than the other article, so you can not say "not much different." you have to let other people edit No Doubt and Gwen sometime :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anthonyeatworld (talkcontribs) 01:03, August 23, 2007 (UTC).

There's a difference between "allowing" people to edit articles (as if I were any sort of authority) and deleting an article full of non-information such as "I don’t think I will make another solo album. I can’t predict anything." 17Drew 01:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What? An artist is not a reliable source for information about their work? Atropos 06:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think The Transhumanist is referring to the fact that articles can use primary sources, but that primary sources do not establish the notability of the article. 17Drew 23:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hope so. Otherwise, what he said makes no sense.
Been seeing eachother everywhere. Crazy, eh? Atropos 05:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

fine, fine ok. delete the page, and you do sorta not let anyone edit no doubt, you monitor them and make sure it's perfect, if you don't like it it's gone! and is it YOU (drew) who keeps editing gwen's ablums and changing the genre to R&B? (she is clearly not R&B) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.202.177.5 (talk) 13:44, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

If you have an issue with my editing, please let me know. But AfD is not dispute resolution. 17Drew 18:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i have a problem with you generally. gwen stefani isnt bloody R&B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthonyeatworld (talkcontribs) 00:57, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

And this has what to do with the No Doubt's sixth studio album article? 17Drew 01:35, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was no consensus. CitiCat 01:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Don't Dance[edit]

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Non-notable High School Musical 2 album track. No sources here, all speculation - no content at all, really. Suggest delete or redirect to album page. - eo 00:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Being released as a single is relevant; otherwise any song that is available as a digital download anywhere would be notable enough for an article. - eo 01:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The point isn't just that it is "available" as a download but that it "charted" as a download. And on two different international charts. Kinston eagle 01:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you're talking about iTunes or Radio Disney, those are not official charts nor are they representative of any country. - eo 01:45, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. That's the point they are not representative of any country because they are international showing worldwide appreciation of the song. Kinston eagle 01:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, they are not representative because the iTunes Store is one specific retailer, and Radio Disney is not compiled by any official measure of radio airplay outside of Radio Disney. These charts say nothing about international popularity. The song is an album track and benefitted digitally because the album (worthy of an article) was released and sold tons of copies. - eo 01:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're reasons for deletion are 1. It's an album track that hasn't been released as a single - Many songs from musicals are never released as singles. See for example, Consider Yourself and If I Were a Rich Man (song), besides, there is no requirement for a song to have been released as a single to be notable. 2. No sources - I've added several sources that discuss this song including the New York Times. 3. All speculation - Only one line of speculation and that can be easily removed if you object to it. 4. No content at all - at 5800 bytes, I wouldn't say that there was no content. In fact, it's currently larger than the page for the soundtrack. These are the four objections you've stated and I don't see as how you have an argument for any of them. Kinston eagle 02:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. I never said a song had to be a single to be notable, I was countering your argument that it was "irrelevant". 2. As you stated above, you added content to the article after I nominated it for deletion. 3. Speculation should be removed yes, but again, you added content after I nominated this article. 4. Same as #2. - eo 10:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So, are you saying that it should not be deleted now that the content has been added? By the way, I just found out that it is the official theme song for this year's Little League World Series. I will be adding that info very soon. Kinston eagle 12:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't put words in my mouth. I've responded to the points you brought up. - eo 12:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This was added to the baseball related deletions due to the prominent use of major league players in the music video as well as the baseball related dance routine in the movie. It is also the official theme song for this year's Little League World Series.Kinston eagle 02:33, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Village Voice, the Charlotte Observer, and New York Times are trivial sources? My keep vote lacks reasoning? You vote delete for "possibly" being WP:CRYSTAL, and yet you give no instances where it even might be. Exactly which lines are predicting anything? Be specific, so we can address your concerns. Kinston eagle 09:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's not that the sources per se are trivial, their mentions of the song are. Ten Pound Hammer(Broken clamshellsOtter chirpsReview?) 12:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Village Voice, the Charlotte Observer, and New York Times are not reliable sources? Kinston eagle 09:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yet another poster who claims that this article is crystal balling without showing exactly where it supposedly is. Please tell us exactly which lines in the article are predicting something and maybe we'll have a chance to address those concerns. Making vague assertions isn't helping anything. I'm not sure where all this WP:ILIKEIT talk originated, but neither I nor any of the other Keep people mentioned anything about liking the song. As a matter of fact, I don't like the song. Just because I don't like it though, doesn't mean it isn't notable. I feel that being the official theme song of a major international sporting event is enough in and of itself to make it notable. Kinston eagle 19:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, let's see. "The only speculative content is whether or not it will be released as an official single" (Kinston eagle), "It is a likely single" (Neranei (talk)), "This song most likely satisfies the WP:MUSIC criteria for songs. (Metropolitan90)". Of the keep votes, three claim likelyhood (*cough Crystal Ball cough*), two are simply assertions of agreement ('nothing wrong', 'notable'), and only one gives an argument (Irish Pearl), but it could be refuted by WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Just because other songs, who in that user's opinion are lesser, have articles, doesn't also mean that a song the user thinks is better should have an article as well. The article has trivial references, and has no major references dedicated to it entirely; it would be like creating a page for a minor league prospect simply because the NYT ran an article about prospects in , say, the Yankees or Red Sox organizations. It isn't specific enough of a reference.Ravenmasterq 04:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You stated that you wanted to "Delete in accordance with WP:CRYSTAL" and yet all the crystalballing you're talking about is in the deletion discussion. The deletion discussion is not up for deletion, it is the article that is up for deletion. What is in the article up for deletion that you consider to violate WP:CRYSTAL? That was the question. In regards to the references. One of the references is entirely on the song and the video for the song: [61]. The comparison with articles on prospects isn't appropriate. Prospects "may" make the major leagues someday, whereas this song "has" been released and "has" achieved sales through downloads - enough to be a top twenty seller, and it "has" already been used as an official theme song of a major international sporting event. Kinston eagle 13:33, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if your arguments are based off WP:CRYSTAL, as I previously showed (and an apology is due to Metropolitan90, I used the incorrect quote, it should have been "there is a fairly decent chance that this song might be released as a single and hit the charts") then doesn't defending the article based on WP:CRYSTAL form a logical fallacy? And didn't you say 'The only speculative content is....' which could be interpreted as 'may'? Regarding the sources, the first one is specifically focused on the Major League baseball players, the second (Greensboro New Record) has ~75 words regarding the song, the Village Voice covers it in ~45 words, 'TV Blend' has ~35 words, the Charlotte Observer uses 13 words to disparage the song, and the NYT, the most reliable source on the list, uses ~80 words in its description. So, only about ~225 words are used to describe this article in all the sources used! It doesn't seem relevant enough to deserve listing.Ravenmasterq 19:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say that the song most likely will satisfy the WP:MUSIC criteria for songs; I said that it most likely satisfies the criteria (present tense). No crystal ball is involved. The criterion it most likely satisfies is "...has been covered in sufficient independent works." --Metropolitan90 13:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I let the Delete voters know about this on their talk pages in case they weren't watching this page anymore. That did seem to be one of the major objections to the notability of the song. Thanks. Kinston eagle 12:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not sure about this article. While the proposed wikipedia song policy does indeed state "...has been ranked on a national or significant music chart." as a guideline, I would still feel more comfortable if there was a major source specifically dedicated to the song. As we saw before, all these sources (minus the MLBPA source) only give trivial mention of the song while doing an entire article that is focused more specifically on High School Musical Two. The long list of them may look impressive, but it seems akin to the practice back in high school that would be used to pad a reference list with trivial mentions of certain information. I would like to see a larger criticism section, with more reviews from more reliable sources. I would like to see a history of the song with more production details. I'd also like to check into the reliability of 'TV Blend'. So for now, my vote remains Delete, but a few more well placed sections or primary sources focusing on the song itself would throw me to keep.Ravenmasterq 15:55, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Redirect. Carlossuarez46 17:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All For One[edit]

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Non-notable album track from the High School Musical 2 soundtrack. Suggest delete or redirect to the album page unless this song is released as a single or some other special reason for notability arises. - eo 00:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 17:39, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Duets (Aaliyah album)[edit]

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Unsourced, crystal ball-gazing article about a supposedly rumoured album release from Aaliyah; moreover, the content of the article contradicts the title. Prodded by myself; de-prodded without explanation. Extraordinary Machine 00:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Shane Ruttle Martinez[edit]

The result was speedy keep. The actual discussion has been hidden from view for privacy reasons but can still be accessed by following the "history" link at the top of the page. 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..
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The result was delete. —Centrxtalk • 03:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sydnee Capri[edit]

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Doesn't pass WP:PORNBIO. Epbr123 00:28, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 17:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May Production[edit]

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Was going to speedy this, but the article asserts notability. Appears to be a production studio of some kind that produced 22 (mostly redlinked) videos. The article is written by someone claiming to be a producer for the studio, and I can't find any reliable sources that would show notability. I've speedied a couple of the videos for being empty, but this nomination also includes the two non-empty video articles, which might actually be speedily deletable under A1 for lacking context:

--Coredesat 09:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. CitiCat 23:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barker Brettell[edit]

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Non-notable specialized law firm. It has not been the subject of coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. The "notable cases" section does not help to establish notability since a notable case does not necessarily make the lawyer involved notable (a case may be notable by its content or the parties involved, rather than by the lawyers involved). "Ranked top regional" does not make a specialized law firm notable (by the way this is unverified). Finally, the year of foundation (unverified) has not been acknowledged as being notable in independent sources (compared to other law firms). Edcolins 19:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

With respect to Epacpa's view, the Legal 500 seems to accept entries based on whether or not the firm wishes to pay for space, not on the basis of its own research into the sector. As a partner in a firm of patent & trade mark attorneys, my only contact with Legal 500 has been as the recipient of mailshots asking for my money, not my opinion of other firms. Perhaps research is carried out on those who are included (I wouldn't know!), but that would then be a selection from a limited group only and therefore not independent. Patently 16:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have any reliable verification of that suggestion? Also, just because they haven't polled you, why does that mean they haven't polled other independent people? --Epacpa 14:05, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, they explicitly say that they don't accept payment for inclusion - inclusion is by merit only, and based on the views of clients for whom the firms have acted and their researchers. It would therefore seem a reliable source, IMO. --Epacpa 15:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Further, legal cases are usually regarded as notable due to the issues they raise or the principles they set out; the lawyer involved would only become notable if those principles were the result of his/her especially insightful analysis of the case. Establishing that through verifiable independent sources would be a steep hill to climb, especially as I haven't heard of either case.
Now, I'm going to refrain from expressing a firm opinion either way; I hope that this is not seen as unhelpful, but (as I said) I'm new here as a registered user (although I've gratefully used the resource for some time) so I'm reluctant to press either way on what (in the end) is a policy issue perhaps best left to those with more experience. But this is an interesting question; can an article such as this remain on Wikipedia?? If so, we can expect to see many more; that will undoubtedly be useful to many, but is it what is wanted from Wikipedia? Patently 16:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Epacpa, since you created the article, since you are the sole contributor to the article (with me), and given your advice to Patently on his talk page to go ahead and create an article about his firm (!!), I would not be surprised you work at Barker Brettell... If yes, please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. You may also consider declaring an interest, although this is not mandatory. Thanks.
To the admin closing the discussion: please consider whether Epacpa's opinion should be taken into account or not, given his list of contributions. Thanks. --Edcolins 19:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I work at Barker Brettell, but I hasten to add that I have made all my edits in good faith and have tried to keep the article as NPOV as I can. (and, as an aside, what is wrong with encouraging people to be bold if they keep within wikipedia's guidelines, as I advised?) --Epacpa 09:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Keep, all participants felt he was notable enough for inclusion (non-admin closure). New England Review Me!/Go Red Sox! 20:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jason David Frank[edit]

Profile of TV character, no longer notable by today's standards. PowerRangerHunter193 20:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was keep. --Tony SidawayTalk 04:55, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fahrenheit 9/11½[edit]

Crystal ball, likely hoax (see talk page). Delete with prejudice.  Grue  21:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 17:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Me & Michael[edit]

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Promotional; no secondary sources Tom Harrison Talk 23:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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