Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burnt Face Man (3rd nomination)

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 speedy closed. The restored version is substantially the same as the version deleted at the 2nd AfD. If you want an article undeleted, please use Deletion review. This goes for both admins and non-admins. --Kimchi.sg 03:12, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored Burnt Face Man and created this third nomination, with reasons. The first nomination was deleted about 6-3 in June 2005, which was a valid deletion. The article was recreated and has been rebuilt since November 2005. A second nomination was created a month ago - The nomination didn't last long, as several pointed to the previous nomination. It was speedied.

My argument and reason for the restoring is that the AfD was over a year ago - Things change with time, and this is a well-known animation. I hear mention of it a lot, and it's known quite well with school students and young people who I know. This popularity has came since most episodes were created, which was after the initial AfD. Much like Firth's other project Devvo, which has become known almost universally with UK teenagers, this is growing in popularity. I visited Wikipedia earlier today simply to look it up, and had to view it in the deletion log. Why have an encyclopedia if things I'm going to look up are deleted?

Sorry for the long nomination text, but I personally believe that this should be kept, and even if it is deleted, that it needs a full AfD - The first nomination isn't really much reasoning to delete it, as times change. By that logic, a year ago we could have deleted Theo Walcott, and prevented it from being created now because of an early AfD before he was notable - Is that good for Wikipedia? So yes, keep. :p Esteffect 01:44, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• You should not recreate stuff deleted at AfD without going through Deletion review. Kimchi.sg 03:06, 1 July 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.