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The result was keep. Randykitty (talk) 15:48, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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This is a relatively unnoteable meme that could just as easily be merged to a small section in the main Ed Miliband article. Jtrainor (talk) 13:55, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep (Speedy, if you choose). This was no mere meme; this sandwich has the dubious honour of having, arguably, changed UK electoral history; no mean feat for a sandwich of any filling. The article demonstartes the significant coverage the incident recieved at the time, and it has continued to receive persistent coverage in reliable sources as recently as 2018, remaining a political touchstone among commentators—[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]—and scholarly literature alike—[8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15].An object lesson in what Richard M. Cook called "Punch cartoons for the Snapchat generation", you, nom, may call it a meme!—Michael Weiss described it as "the worst massacre in history ever perpetrated by a bacon sandwich"[1] :) ——SerialNumber54129 14:25, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep -- Sources already in article much, much more than establish notability. Also nom fails to state an adequate deletion rationale. Whether or not this photograph is "relatively unnoteable" is not relevant to anything. It meets GNG, which is based on absolute rather than relative notability. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 15:12, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per SN. This isn't just a one-off "bad" photo of an MP being mocked, it has a long-lasting impact on his career. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 17:49, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Nice phrasing :) he was absolutely... (rhymes with Donald Ducked) :D ——SerialNumber54129 17:54, 5 December 2018 (UTC) [reply]
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- Keep passes WP:GNG. It's a famous incident and a merge would lose a lot of sourced information. SportingFlyer talk 19:55, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Per the above links providing coverage over a wide timeframe, this is clearly a photograph of historical importance. SmartSE (talk) 20:29, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Twenty references? Andy Dingley (talk) 22:49, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep This does meet WP:PERSISTENCE, along with the other WP:N(E) criteria. Ralbegen (talk) 16:08, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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