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 of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. — JIP | Talk 18:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article was tagged by Zoe, who couldn't create the afd page due to a computer bug. I'm creating it for her. No vote. Joyous (talk) 04:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. I remember seeing this on MSNBC, as well as Slashdot.org and FARK.com. — ceejayoz ^★ 05:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Del. Thoroughly non-encyclopedic. encephalon 05:08, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Something Awful Forums under, perhaps, "notable events", its own section, or something similar. -Nameneko 05:14, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Notable enough to have its own page. Friggin' hilarious, too. - Sensor 05:16, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Something Awful Forums. It's an amusing anecdote that was well-publicized at the time, but Bob forbid articles should be split at the "good anecdote" level. — mendel ☎ 06:23, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral at this point. A more highly condensed version of this story might merit inclusion somewhere. What worries me is the gratuitous link to the article on "Something Awful", which I've found to be an utterly non-notable site that's vigorously spammed over Wikipedia. -- Hoary 08:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I'm afraid that this article was flagged because of my "editing". This was attempted in an effort to correct the ending of the article which did not coincide with information posted on http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com. I am however confused as to which guideline for deletion the article violates. The article describes a well known internet event, which is at least as interesting as All_your_base or JEFF_K. Just because a community is solidly devoted to entertaining humor does not mean that it should be condemned to internet mediocrity. 68.185.207.169 04:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge as per other suggestions - a pretty major stunt from SA folks that got media attention too. --Wwwwolf 10:27, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • On a second thought, just Merge to appropriate SA article (SA itself or the Forums article), as suggested by others. --Wwwwolf 16:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge or Keep I personally think this is worthy of documenting, due to the significant amount of media attention it got, though I have concerns that giving it its own article might encourage forum users to create articles about more marginal events. Still, I'd prefer keeping it, even as its own article, to outright deletion. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:14, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as scambait that made the news. It's better known than most conty councillors. Pilatus 13:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, non-notable incident in the non-notable history of a non-notable forum. User:Zoe|^(talk) 20:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• keep notable 24ip | lolol 21:05, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Something Awful. Well known prank but I don't think this quite deserves its own article as it wasn't as popular as the "all your base" thingy, for instance. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 21:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge. Agree with Rune Welsh above. I remember this - I lived in London at the time, it intrigued me. But by itself it's just a nice story. It's noteworth that the three big mirrors linked from the site are down, and that it's basically moribund. The chap must have felt better than Hitler did after France capitulated, though. -Ashley Pomeroy 22:31, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It's a notable 'Net phenom, as far as 'Net phenoms go. Deserves its own page, too. StarryEyes 23:36, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or Merge with Something Awful --devotchka
• Keep - notable -- Chuq 03:44, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• K-K-K-Keep. N-N-N-Notable c-c-c-counterscam. Unfocused 03:47, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Of c-c-c-cource we should K-K-K-keep this! As above. Trollderella 04:55, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and expand. McPhail 01:37, 31 October 2005 (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.