The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:59, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Obvious[edit]

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This does not merit an encyclopedia page. It is a popular culture expression and this page may be considered an advertisement for hotels.com. Fails GNG. Jip Orlando (talk) 21:09, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Certainly fails WP:GNG, as it doesn't seem to be a direct topic of coverage in any reliable source. Also a clearcut violation of WP:NOT#DICT (specifically section 3. regarding slang, and idiom guides). Lastly, seemingly very much a WP:COATRACK to shoe horn in mention of a promotional campaign. Snow ^{let's rap} 22:55, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:10, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Hotels.com, which has a section on the site's advertising mentioning the Captain. Although there are scraps of coverage, he's not notable independent of the parent company (some advertising mascots take on a life of their own or become important cultural figures, but not him). The expression isn't notable either, as seen when it failed the previous AfD (which was pre-mascot). --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:11, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete and do not redirect. This is a widely used (if poorly documented) term. It should not be specifically connected with a specific company using it in a specific commercial. On the other hand, we lack the good documentation to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:48, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I oppose the redirect under the same rationale. Unless/until that campaign gets some dominating cultural currency on the term somewhere years down the line, this is just a common (well, not common, but certainly widely known) turn of phrase. Snow ^{let's rap} 02:27, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and Oppose Redirect. A redirect would be an extension of an advertising campaign. As far as keeping the article, I agree that it's more a topic for TVTropes/Urban Dictionary than Wikipedia. Power~enwiki (talk) 00:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.