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 Ok, I'm an idiot, found some sources. Tawker 04:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goatse.cx (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Concerns w/ WP:RS and WP:V, I don't see how we are going to source this one with independent sources. Tawker 03:29, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment The previous AfD discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goatse.cx Accurizer 03:41, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that this article was kept just a few weeks ago (with about 50 keep votes and 2 delete votes). --- RockMFR 03:56, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - per my nom. Really, we need to start looking at CZ's model on maintainability, there's no way we can maintain this. -- Tawker 03:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Not sure what that means, can you point me where to read? Thanks! Accurizer 03:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep - the most notable shock site, one of the most notable Internet memes, etc. Seems this was probably spurred by the recent GNAA deletion. However, I believe the chance of finding reliable sources on this one is extremely high. --- RockMFR 03:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  so find one - if we can't, time to nuke it -- Tawker 04:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong keep - there are 1,510,000 hits for "goatse" on Google. This is a clear indicator there are reliable sources achievable. It's extremely unlikely that there are no reliable sources throughout 1.5 million pages. --TheEmulatorGuy 04:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per RockMFR. This is one of the biggest Internet memes ever. It's not tasteful, but it's notable. --Aaron 04:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep as per WP:SK. This was kept- with a very strong consensus- at AfD just one month ago. -- Kicking222 04:23, 30 November 2006 (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.