Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2005 January 13

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January 13

Non-notable vanity. Google only knows about one Tremain Downey, and he works for Caltrans. --Kelly Martin 00:20, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 00:51, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete vanity more appropriate for a user page. --Deathphoenix 01:33, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, vanity self-promotion. Wyss 03:00, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete no google hits for "soul canada entertainment" either. Wolfman 04:22, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/RIT Brick City Singers

Almost certainly vanity -- google searches for her name and "Red Eagle" (her alleged nickname) return zilch. Even if all the details provided are true (which, chronologically, seem unlikely) I don't see them adding up to a life that needs recording in an encyclopedia. Jwrosenzweig 00:36, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity, genealogy. Megan1967 00:59, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete reasons as above. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:06, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete vanity more appropriate for a user page. --Deathphoenix 01:37, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - pointlessDS 01:48, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC).
  • Delete, some sort of vanity rant or prank. Wyss 02:57, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete A prank. There is no way that photo is of a woman who was born in 1924. Philip 03:22, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

from VfD:

Doesn't appear to be notable. --fvw* 00:43, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

  • keep & expand unless more evidence of non-notability is presented. my google search finds at the least many hits for this band, specifying "tiger saw" + band - porter (the last trying to eliminate a porter-cable brand saw). Michael Ward 02:44, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, article provides no evidence of shows, recordings or a following. Keep Wyss 02:53, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • it does now. I just found and added their discography from the 2nd google link above. Wolfman 04:12, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Some Google hits, featured in allmusic.com. Move to Tiger Saw. JoaoRicardo 03:43, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete, borderline notability, article appears as a list with no explanation. Megan1967 23:43, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment that the above link to allmusic is to the wrong page. Their real page on allmusic is here. However, neither that page nor this one establish notability, so delete unless and until that happens. Tuf-Kat 00:08, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • I have created an article for Tiger Saw which is their correct name. This band has released three albums. They have been asked to write a soundtrack to a forthcoming film and have contributed a track to a Will Oldham tribute. They have toured extensively and performed with acts such as Vanessa Carlton, Songs: Ohia and The Microphones. In short, I consider that they are notable enough within the Sadcore genre to warrant an article. Keep Tiger Saw and merge Tiger Saw with that Capitalistroadster 09:27, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I mean merge Tiger saw with the new Tiger Saw article. Capitalistroadster 09:36, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as redirect to merged article - David Gerard 17:41, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

end moved discussion from VfD:

An article already exists at Anthropomorphism. DCEdwards1966 01:19, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • should be tagged with merge, for merge & redirect not listed on vfd. Michael Ward 02:47, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
If I thought it was worth merging I would have tagged it for merge. DCEdwards1966 02:56, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
ok, so then just boldly redirect it, like I just did. Wolfman 04:07, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Redirect and Delete, duplication. Wyss 02:52, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge anything useable to Anthropomorphism, then add redirect. A pity since some work has gone into it. Megan1967 23:45, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

end moved discussion

I say: censor it! - Ta bu shi da yu 01:33, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Heh, that's pretty good! El_C 03:08, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, as the article claims, satire, not encyclopedic. Wyss 02:51, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. The article admits that it's not encyclopedic. Carrp 03:36, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • delete satire Wolfman 04:18, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete: satire. Stombs 05:24, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, nonsense, not satire. —Stormie 11:26, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - David Gerard 20:08, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • I'm not sure "satire" is the right word here; usually satire 1. is funny, and 2. makes a semblence of sense. This does neither. Two semi-literate sentences do not an article make, in or out of the Wikipedia namespace. Delete. -R. fiend 21:05, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, un-encyclopaedic, hoax. Megan1967 23:46, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Why not to delete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extreme_article_deletion. It is non-Encyclopedic so that's why it is not under article ___domain. Currently is there any policy on wikipedia about non-___domain space articles? Any way if it is deleted I'll create it on my own user space. If it is not declared 'unappropriated user page', It can be put on wikinfo.org. There is no point of stoping speach on internet.Zain 01:13, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Someone who didn't spot your use of "speach" there might have asked you to learn the difference between letting everyone write whatever they like about anything that they like and writing an encyclopaedia. Uncle G 02:39, 2005 Jan 14 (UTC)
    • Why don't you put Extreme article deletion up for VfD? Two bad ideas don't make a good idea. —Ben Brockert (42)
  • Delete. —Ben Brockert (42) 02:58, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete as useless. It's certainly not satire in any sense I understand that word, unless the satire consists of going "Look! A vacuous article!" -- Jmabel | Talk 00:35, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • The community probably *has* to have in-jokes somewhere outside the article namespace, or they'll end up within in it. Having said that, I don't think this qualifies as an injoke. Delete - to the extreme. Lacrimosus 10:13, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • It took less than a day to delete my white minority rule article (I'm pretty certain the only other VfD I ever been signatory too), but this article which consists of two sentence fragments and mis-spells "attempts," and is signed by the author, has a lengthy, active vote and is still up. Therefore, as a sign of good faith in the VfD process, I am voting Keep; keep, keep, keep! El_C
    • You may wish to sign your vote, since anon ones aren't much good. —Ben Brockert (42) 01:57, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
      • Good point! El_C 02:20, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Not an official (or unofficial policy), or even funny like that wrong version thing at Meta. Delete or expand to patent nonsense; I'm sure that someone could come up with something funny, even a randomly changing redirect to, say, Cabal, CIA or the like. Alphax (t) (c) (e) 16:55, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Route 128 Station listed for Undeletion

Route 128 Station has been listed on Votes for undeletion. It was previously deleted via VfD, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Route 128 Station. Please direct comments on its undeletion to Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion#Route 128 Station. —Ben Brockert (42) 02:17, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)


From VfD

Moved discussion:

Another incident that doesn't seem notable enough for an article. Possible merge with a ufology article. DCEdwards1966 02:29, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, early UFOcruft. Wyss 02:44, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete or Merge with Unidentified flying object. Not notable, but may be notable enough for a merge. --Deathphoenix 15:00, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. If not, should be merged - David Gerard 17:41, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I'm expanding this one myself. It's quite notable in the field - David Gerard 17:41, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 01:28, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A very sad memorial page for someone who sounds like a genuinely nice man who was, unfortunately, completely non-notable. I'm sure that his wife and friends still miss him, and I know that his friend had the best of intentions in putting up this page for him. But Wikipedia can't have an entry for absolutely everybody ever. DS 02:30, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, tribute, not encyclopedic. Wyss 02:41, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete this independent spirit, as hard as it is. JoaoRicardo 04:05, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. While sad, Wikipedia is not a memorial (#5). --Deathphoenix 15:08, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, Wikipedia is not a memorial. Megan1967 23:53, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Non-notable hairstyle. Googling for the exact phrase returns zero hits. Google gives 2 hits when searching without quotes around the phrase. Now that I think about it, this is probably a hoax anyway. DCEdwards1966 02:53, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete could be a stealthy vanity, obscure. Wyss 03:27, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable, possible prank. JoaoRicardo 04:12, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, possible hoax. Megan1967 23:54, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Vanity. Delete.-gadfium 03:14, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, vanity. Wyss 03:25, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Do As Infinity and delete. The man is not notable, but his band is, and there's not much content to merge. JoaoRicardo 04:18, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: "Redirect and delete" will be interpreted as "redirect and keep". See talk for why. Rossami (talk) 23:15, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Redirect to Do As Infinity. Thanks, Rossami. JoaoRicardo 04:11, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • agree with above Wolfman 04:19, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect, as above. --Deathphoenix 15:09, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, probable vanity. Megan1967 23:55, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Tin-foil hat POV BS. If I'm wrong, and this is a speedy candidate, please tag it as such. DCEdwards1966 03:36, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • Speedily deleted as incoherent nonsense. Neutralitytalk 03:38, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you. DCEdwards1966 03:39, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

Article about a surname. Probable vanity. DCEdwards1966 03:43, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete. Not encyclopedic. JoaoRicardo 04:27, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, genealogy. --Deathphoenix 15:10, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, Tribal in nature, distinct related group (linguistically and geographically) from an isolated area in the Alps that did not see the first roads until after WWI. Not genealogy, as it is a small known group, nor vanity, but a note on what may be one of the few remaining tribal (Ladin) subgroups. As to whether it is encyclopedic, it goes to showing background of a more general nature. comment added by anon user:66.28.243.27. (Please consider signing in before contributing to these discussions. Due to the risk of sockpuppetry, anonymous votes are steeply discounted. Rossami (talk))
  • Delete. This isn't even accurate. The dolomites do not touch Switzerland, as the article claims. Martg76 23:12, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, fuzzy genealogy. Wyss 23:05, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Comfort Stand Records

No evidence of notability. --fvw* 04:50, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

  • Delete - nn. PMC 04:52, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete non-notable, possible vanity. --Deathphoenix 15:15, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 23:57, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, no evidence of encyclopedic potential. Wyss 23:00, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Huh? Not even a dicdef? How dissapointing. Redirect to Feral animals. Alphax (t) (c) (e) 16:58, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
    • Hmm? Strays tend to go feral, but I'm not sure it's the right place to redirect it to. Also, since we don't have a feral animals article, the redirect would be a candidate for speedy deletion. --fvw* 17:04, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

Google only gives one hit for this. DCEdwards1966 04:52, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete not notable, and incoherent too. Cdc 16:13, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete as a software ad. Wyss 22:57, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete and watch out, the guy who made these is trying to remove the VFD notices. CryptoDerk 23:07, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Are you not a bit paranoid ? I was trying to correct it again.

Now I am terrified of trying to correct the other pages, as then you will surely bann me. Did you not see it ? Whats wrong with articles about Free Software ? How are Free Software going to be made available if its not possible to express it even in a free forum ? Shakain

No evidence of notability. --fvw* 04:58, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

  • Four hits in Google and suggests notability within minority group, but possibly insufficient for encyclopædic entry, delete. Stombs 05:23, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

===There are over 1000 Articles in Vietnamese, that are available online--Bnguyen 07:55, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

    • Keep if there are this many articles, though a Google link to that would be welcome—in any case, needs clean-up, POV. Stombs 23:05, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

KEEP-why did you protect his page, I started this page on Nguyet Anh Duong she is a Influential Vietnamese American.

-Did you take the time to read the article?

-*Bomb Lady: Vietnamese American Makes Tools for War on Terror by Pacific News Service

-Nguyet Anh Duong Accomplishment in Naval technology saved lifes of American Soliders in Iraq and Afganistan.

-I would like you to read it over.--Bnguyen 05:39, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment. We read: She is noted as the "Scientist who developed the bomb that ended the war with Afghanistan." by the Vietnamese American National Gala. There was a "war with" Afghanistan? I thought it was supposed to be a "liberation" of Afghanistan, or similar. Whatever it was, has it ended? -- Hoary 07:12, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

-The Vietnamese American National Gala noted Nguyet Anh Duong "Scientist who developed the bomb that ended the war with Afghanistan." please see link: http://www.vangusa.com/mt_TriviaandFacts_INFO.php and goto Science & Technology.--Bnguyen 07:42, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • weak keep, article needs cleanup and removal of POV. The link above this to vangusa.com doesn't work with Firefox, and with IE only has the fragment in quotes anyway.-gadfium 08:06, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak keep, agree with Gadfium on cleanup and POV issues. Searching for "Duong Nguyet Anh" gets around 100 hits on Google, seems vaguely notable in her field and in the Vietnamese community. Probably needs some work on figuring out her correct name in accordance with established guidelines on Vietnamese names. --JuntungWu 10:05, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Above my notability threshold. Needs cleanup, kudos to Bnguyen for doing that. jni 10:37, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Yep. Messy, but keepworthy. DS 16:31, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep, article needs cleanup, removal of POV and expansion. Megan1967 23:59, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Dbenbenn 01:28, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • keep --Dtpham 11:44, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, needs cleanup is all. Wyss 22:56, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

end moved discussion

Only reference in Wikipedia is in Matthew Mankuzhikary, a relative (which I'm also tagging for deletion). Got 42 Google Hits for "Sebastian Mankuzhikary". Article is quite enthusiastic, looks like it was written by a descendant (or maybe by Matthew). JoaoRicardo 05:36, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

UPDATE: Mar Sebastian Mankuzhikary was the auxiliary bishop, and for one year the bishop, of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church. The Syro-Malabar Church is an Eastern Rite (Oriental) Catholic Church with a strength of four million. Ernakulam-Angamaly, situated in Kerala, India, is the Major Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church.

  • Delete Less than 50 Google Hits, and no evidence of notability outside the article itself that I can see. Maybe a redirect to a list of bishops? (is there such thing?) [[User:Consequencefree|Ardent]] 06:14, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. I doubt the Google test is very useful in a case like this. Have you searched Google in Malayalam as well? The article looks like an obituary from a church publication, but a bishop is probably of enough local and regional significance to deserve an article. Would a bishop of a Catholic diocese in e.g. England have been nominated for deletion for lack of notability? / up+land 13:49, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Strong keep. I have stubbified the article (something from the original version can perhaps still be worked back in) and modify my vote here. Mankuzhikary held an important position in an ancient church, which in terms of membership may seem small in a country like India, but is the size of some national churches in Europe (see data below). It is important to avoid cultural bias in a case like this, taking into account that language and transcription problems probably makes the information easily available and searchable in English less than complete. / up+land 00:13, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. A Bishop is a fairly senior post but if you check the article, he was a Bishop in the Syrian Catholic Church which is a semi-autonomous church, and not the full Roman Catholic Church. According to this website there are only 30,000 Syrian Catholic Church adherents outside of their middle-east base. If we could get some confirmation of the number of people in his diocese then that might help make it clearer whether he was a substantial religious leader or not. If he only ever had a flock of a few hundred even while called a Bishop, then that would not be notability. Dbiv 14:43, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
After reading some of the links below, weak keep. Would still like more info. Dbiv 01:15, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep, As per Problems that may require deletion at Deletion policy I dont see any reason to delete this article.
    • Google hit should not be considered on this article, lived in Kerala, not a politician or a film star.
    • written by a descendant - if it was a relative then there would have been more contents at related article of Matthew Mankuzhikary. I believe it is by somebody who was influenced by Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary, and that should be OK.
    • I suggest a rename to Sebastian Mankuzhikary
    • Thanks up+land for the information.
    • As a Malayalee I know the importance of a Catholic Bishop on the community in Kerala.

~ Bijee 23:58, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No reference in Wikipedia, 1 Google hit. Looks like vanity by some descendant. JoaoRicardo 05:38, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • I get more google hits than that jeez. Delete for vanity. [[User:Consequencefree|Ardent]] 05:44, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep This is a case where the number of Google hits is absolutely meaningless. His language is Malayam and his area of influence was a part of India that doesn't have a lot of Internet usage. The article itself, if accurate, establishes notability. He wrote lots of books and was a popular speaker at spiritual retreats. That's good enough for me. --LeeHunter 23:49, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 00:05, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Vanity? Where do you folks see "vanity" in this article? We've got hundreds, if not thousands of articles about people who did nothing but write one book, played one season in an NFL club, or were a fictional character on one episode of the Simpsons. This guy wrote a bunch of books and was an influential religious figure for 70 years. --LeeHunter 01:34, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Well those articles should be made FvD candidates then if you dont think they did anything. He may or may not have written a "bunch" of books but they still do not make this person noteworth. Megan1967 00:36, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Neutral for now....if anyone could find more information, that would be helpful.. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 03:22, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Neutral. Could be a merger into Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary. Would like to know more. --JuntungWu 05:27, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, tribute. Wyss 22:44, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Vanity by genealogical proxy? Nothing here to establish notability, though possibly notable. Weak delete, subject to change if notability can be demonstrated. Lots of folks have written books but don't deserve an encyclopedia article. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:46, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep the article or at the very least merge whatever is useful with Sebastian Mankuzhikary, provided that article is kept. If the article is deleted, Matthew may possibly still deserve an article of his own in the future, and meanwhile the present text could perhaps be moved to the talkpage of Sebastian M:s article. If Matthew was a significant person in his own cultural and religious context, which does not seem unlikely, this would (I think) make him as notable as many of the pornstars, baseball players or fictional characters from TV-shows already having articles on Wikipedia. / up+land 12:34, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Edited: changed my vote to keep above. / up+land 00:59, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • I searched the Library of Congress catalogue for the name Mankuzhikary and was directed to an entry on one book by Matthew, where the name is transcribed from Malayalam as M¯atyu Manku_likkari. One book doesn't make him notable, but I can imagine that even the LoC is less than complete when it comes to religious literature in Malayalam. (It also illustrates the transcription and searching problems involved.) The National Library of India does not appear to have an online catalogue (at least I couldn't locate it on their website). / up+land 22:56, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Keep and collect updated information on him from Kerala Catholic Church. You may get proper information from [8] The congregation he co-founded working for the down-trodden in many countries of the world. You can enquire and verify it. He led thousands into mental and spiritual happiness. Beware of geographical and cultural biasHe died at the age of 93 on 2nd January 2003. He was the Guru of 1000+ Catholic priests. Also he led a saintly life. Anybody interested can verify the facts.

Keep if the information in the article is correct. This is one case where internet sources are likely to be unhelpful. The Steve 11:51, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep if the article is correct (but some kind of attempt at verifying the information and possibly include a bibliography would be appropriate). An author of several books and articles should normally be considered notable. As mentioned above, we have many articles of people that have achieved far less. Not to mention the Pokemon characters... Alarm 12:48, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, As per Problems that may require deletion at Deletion policy I dont see any reason to delete this article.
    • No reference in Wikipedia, how do you expect a reference if you start deleting articles and scare away new authors, we should have educated the original author to wikify the article. Also please spend time to contribute to articles than delete.
    • Google hit should not be considered on this article, this is about a person who may have died before www (as DOB in 1909), lived/lives in Kerala, not a politician or a film star.
    • vanity by some descendant - if it was a relative then there would have been more contents. I believe it is by somebody who was influenced by Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary, and that should be OK.
    • This persons main work is not literature, it is his community work.

~ Bijee 23:46, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your input, Bijee. I strongly agree that references from other Wikipedia articles is a particularly weak argument when it comes to underrepresented cultures or geographic areas; it serves to conserve an already existing systemic bias. I hope that we will get more from Kerala. I wouldn't mind seeing lists and, when possible, biographies of all bishops from all dioceses of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, just like there are redlinked lists of all bishops of English dioceses from the 7th century until today (and for that matter all important leaders in other religions in the area as well). But Wikipedia needs more editors who know the area and the language. / up+land 00:59, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

end moved discussion

Can't be bothered to read the whole thing, but it looks like original research to me. Been listed on cleanup for ages. Some of this could probably be merged somewhere, but I have a feeling if the votes go that way no one will actually do it. Less than 100 google hits for "South African Art Music", but some of those are hits on "...South African art, music, etc...". -R. fiend 05:48, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Discussion on poll method

  • Keep. In order for the poll to be legitimate, after 5 days voters' participation should exceed 10% of the List of Active Vfd Voters. The decision method that should be used in order to decide what to do should be the majority rule method. Whatever the poll's decision is, it should be valid for 6 months then reconsider.Iasson 07:46, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: The above is NOT valid, the standard Deletion policy applies here. The List of Active Vfd Voters is itself on VfD, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of Active Vfd Voters.Thryduulf 10:10, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Clarification: I feel I ought to clarify that my comment relates only to Iasson's claims regarding legitimacy of the poll. His vote to keep article is valid. Thryduulf 16:55, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
      • Iasson, how many times do you have to be told that you cannot arbitarily change the deletion policy to match your views? If you want to change the system you must get a consensus to do that, the place to discuss the changes and see if you have support is not here, it is at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) or Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy. Thryduulf 10:10, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
        • Iasson, you seem afraid of following consensus. You've pushed your idea forward without caring what others think. If you annoy enough people, you're going to be put up for RfC or worse soon. Do what Thryduulf suggests instead of disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. --Deathphoenix 13:22, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
          • OK, Iasson, so by your interpretation of the rules which don't exist, one would need 30 or 31 votes for any valid result. Well, about the only article on VfD that's going to reach that quorum is your List of Active Vfd Voters. Without that list we need 10% of nothing, which I think is nothing. So we're back where we started. Listen, VfD is already overburdened with things that should be speedied but are left here for 5 days because people are afraid to go ahead and get rid of them quickly. Having 30 votes on every piece of crap that's listed here is a completely moronic idea, and completely arbitrary. If you want your stupid idea to be policy, there's a procedure you can go through, but I advise you not to waste your time because it stands little chance of passing. -R. fiend 16:33, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
            • Comment:What you dont understand is that I may propose 10% minimum participation for this poll (as long as my proposed minimum participation policy may differs for another Vfd poll) but you and another one can propose 1% minimum participation. For this hypothetical case if we use 2/3 majority (strong majority) the minimum participation for this poll will be defined to 1%, or if we use the average method the minimum participation will be defined to 4%(=(1+1+10)/3). Is it clear now? I am not imposing my 10% minimum participation POV, like you and the rest admins are doing for your 1% minimum participation POV or for your 0%(equals to no_percentage) minumum participation POV. So stop accusing me, and let me speak and vote freely. Iasson 11:54, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC) (comment moved above Andrewa's for clarity by Thryduulf 13:50, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC))
              • Comment:. The point is that there is a policy currently in force that applies to all articles proposed for deletion - i.e. that a minimum of one vote is cast and the result of the poll is valid as long as the article remains substantially similar to the form in which it was voted on. Whether you agree with this or not, you (nor anyone else for that matter) cannot suggest, impose, recommend, demand, and/or implement etc, a different policy for an individual vote. IM(H)O your proposal would be akin to a general election in which the vote in one constituency required a minimum of 10% participation of those voters who have voted in a local election in the past year for validity and the winner being elected for 5 years, while the adjacent consituency required a minimum participation of 40% of the eligable voting population and the winner being elected for 4 years; with each stipulation being unilaterally declared by the first person to cast their vote. Such a system is (IMO) unworkable. If you want to propose that the existing policy is changed, then do so in the apropriate place (see links in my earlier comment) not here. Thryduulf 13:50, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
              • Comment:. Thank you for your answers. So the vfd policy regarding the minimum participation percentage applies to all vfd polls and it is 0%+1 vote. Where is this decided? Where is this written? Can you point to a poll that has been used in order to take such decision? I have also questions about the decision method that is used in order to extract the decision from all vfd polls. I asked some admins about that, and I received different answers. One said it is unamimity minus one, another said simple majority, another said consensus(?), and another said the only thing that matters is administrator's judgement when he/she performs the deletion. Is there any common decided decision method that applies to all vfd polls? Where is this written? Where is this voted? Iasson 15:01, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
                • Comment:. As I understand it (I've not been here a month yet myself) the votes for deletion has always opperated in this manner. Prior to your attempt to set up a list of active voters, there was no such list of people who had voted in polls. As such a percentage of voters was neither known nor knowable (x as a percentage of y is unsolvable when the value of y is not known), meaning that a validity based on a percentage of (active) voters impossible. The only other option for validity then is an absolute number of votes. The figure chosen is 1 vote (not 0%+1 vote, just 1 vote).
Whether or not an article is actually deleted or not is the decision of the administrator. This decision is based on the votes and comments on the votes for deletion page. Where a consensus (which I personally define as "all or the vast majority of voters agree") has been reached then the administrator will go with that consensus to delete or keep (or merge, etc) - e.g. consensus (by my definition) has been reached in Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Boris Johnson, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of Active Vfd Voters and Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Ariel Ortega. "Unanimity minus 1" is an alternative definition of consensus.
If consensus hasn't been reached, and no clear majority exists then personal judgment by the administrator will probably be used. This can also happen in other situations, e.g. if the article was improved part way through voting, the administrator might chose to disregard votes cast before the improvement; I exepct that the decision to keep or delete in the Olb case will come down to personal judgment. Thryduulf 16:13, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
This personal judgement method admins are using in order to decide what to delete is very funny ! As Dr_Zen said it: "They call for a vote and they finnaly ignore the outcome! They might just as well delete whatever they please and not bother with the vote" :-))))) Iasson 20:24, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Agree that Iasson's vote counts, but IMO his statement on the conduct of the vote does not supersede existing policy, so the above discussion is of no relevance to the vote. This is I'm sure obvious to all admins but may be confusing to others. My advice is to ignore the above and vote below. Andrewa 01:05, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Votes

  • note Iasson's vote is in the discussion section above. Thryduulf 13:50, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Signed essays do not belong here. Transwikied to Wikinfo. Andrewa 18:46, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Original research. And the article threatens more just like it. RickK 23:02, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, POV original research. Megan1967 00:05, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, or redirect to music of South Africa Tuf-Kat 00:23, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • Abstain. Just to make it clear that nothing I have said above constitutes a vote for or against this proposal. Thryduulf 13:50, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete Personal essay Philip 22:01, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, as Megan1967 above. Wyss 22:43, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge: needs a lot of editing, but on a quick read about 30% of this looks like Wikipedia material. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:49, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Jayjg | (Talk) 02:45, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Looks like vanity. A schoolbus rider who researches on Holocaust as a hobby. One of his claims to fame is having been an extra on Hannibal. Got 21 Google hits for "chris keyser" + holocaust. Apparently there's a man with the same name, co-creator of the Party of Five TV series. JoaoRicardo 06:16, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • School bus driver. I strongly suspect that this is some dude telling tales to a student for a school project. Delete Gazpacho 09:49, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 00:06, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, nothing encyclopedic here, probably some sort of vanity motive. Wyss 22:40, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete -- Infrogmation 22:59, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)