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  • Geronimo Jones - "Apparently the name of a 1960s U.S. film we might want a brief article on." Andre Engels 21:39 19 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Changed to a redirect to user:Geronimo Jones. Perhaps it could be deleted if people think the movie is too important to be treated in this way. -- Tim Starling 14:05 25 May 2003 (UTC)
  • All the subpages of Internet humor which are pure source texts should be removed or replaced with external links to the content. In any case, the subpages must go. --Eloquence 00:09 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Admissions Essay
  • Classified ads
  • Girlfriend software
  • Goodtimes Virus Warning
  • Honor System Virus
    • "Apparently this actually fooled a lot of people into thinking they actually got a virus" If this statement is true then the page should be rewritten and kept Theresa knott 12:19 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • How Hot is it in Hell?
    • Letter from R Shambaugh starts"In many versions of this story, the correct course number and title are given (CHE 3123 -Heat, Mass,and Momentum Transfer -- yes, I do teach this course), " I vote the page shoud be kept because the story purports to be factual. This reply from the professor who is supposed to have set the exam question should therefore be kept.
  • How to measure the height of a building with a Barometer
  • Letter from the Smithsonian Institute
  • Lightbulb jokes
    • I'm not sure, It doesn't seem to have very much meritTheresa knott 12:19 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Number of the beast
  • Standard Disclaimer
  • System Qual
  • You have two cows
  • George W. Bush lexicon
    • Of these, the only ones I see worth saving (and moving) are Goodtimes Virus Warning, Lightbulb jokes, and You have two cows (although those last two could be trimmed down). -- Minesweeper 11:12 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • I've indicated my thoughts above, but I would say that the contensts should be copied to Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense rather than lost.Theresa knott 12:19 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • I disagree. I see no good reason to delete just about any of these. Better entries should be written, based off of the content (e.g. You have two cows), but they are all useful and interesting starting points. --The Cunctator 22:50 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • No, there's no reason to delete them, if you ignore our policies on source texts and subpages. However, since these policies are established, any argument that ignores them without successfully changing the policies first is null and void. --Eloquence 23:05 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • The What Wikipedia is not guidelines are just that: guidelines, subordinate to the goal of creating a good, complete, and consistent encyclopedia. They are not gospel (like the principles of neutrality, self-identification as an encyclopedia, and open content are). Thus individual cases should be viewed within that context. What purpose does having these entries serve? In the case of the Internet humor pages, they are distinguished primarily by the fact that this is an area of knowledge in which traditional paper encyclopedias are particularly deficient. Although Wikipedia should not be a repository of source documents, Wikipedians should not feel constrained by ex cathedra laws to use their judgment to determine the degree that including source material is useful and necessary. Wikipedia is a living document, and the guidelines are meant to reflect best practices as much as they are to shape them. --The Cunctator 23:19 20 May 2003 (UTC)
      • The guidelines are not subordinate to the goal, they are a reflection thereof. They have been formulated and agreed upon with the specific idea that following these guidelines will improve our encyclopedia. Without justification calling into question these principles for each individual case is not only counter-productive, it is also annoying. If we are to make an exception to any individual rule, such an exception needs to be well qualified, and the qualification itself should then become part of our guidelines. For the case at hand, there is no particular reason to ignore or amend our established policies. It is true that Wikipedia knows more about Internet humor than the Britannica; it also knows more about Linux, yet we do not import the entire set of Linux HOWTOs, arguably much more factual information and readily available under compatible licenses. We do not even import relevant political speeches or essays. Why have we formed this policy? Simply because an openly editable encyclopedia is not particularly useful for mirroring static content, where authenticity is of very high importance. This is also the case for these humor articles, because if the source texts are collaboratively edited we diverge from the goal of documenting what is known to the separate goal of creating new "knowledge", which is not what an encyclopedia is meant to do. I am a supporter of the Sourceberg idea (though I dislike the name), but Wikipedia is not such a source repository. If we don't store crucial political texts or literary works that are freely available, the rationale for including George W. Bush jokes and chain letters is much weaker still. Your argument thus has no merit whatsoever. --Eloquence 23:39 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • I mostly agree with Minesweepers assesment, though George W. Bush lexicon looks like it could be remade into "Texas Slang" or something similar. -- Infrogmation 06:39 23 May 2003 (UTC)
  • The Garden of Cyrus - possible copyright violation Theresa knott 10:26 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • The poster is claiming to be the original author. See Talk:The Garden of Cyrus. -- Minesweeper 02:19 22 May 2003 (UTC)
      • I got an email from him, and can confirm that the email address he used was the same as the one listed on that page. Author now calls himself Norwikian here. It seems to be his. -- IHCOYC 15:20 22 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Autograph collecting - bulletpoint style POV tutorial, similar to the deleted How to get rich. Note: Cunctator removed and renamed this. A new title does not change the fact that it is POV and non-encyclopedic. --Eloquence 10:43 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Agreed. People do not seek an encyclopedia for the likes of such info. --Menchi 13:13 24 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Sarah_Marple-Cantrell doesn't seem to be anyone who warrants an encyclopedia entry. Timo Honkasalo 15:49 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Apparently she was a twelve-year-old girl who shot herself. I suspect that's pretty unusual, even for Texas (although for some reason there seems to be a dearth of online news reports), and so therefore perhaps worthy of note. -- Oliver P. 16:53 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • I agree with Oliver. If she was on the news, then she's worth noting. I mean lets face it, we've had people on the news for less important things (read: the woman who claims to have had an affair with President Kennedy). Now, to my business in this page....Antonio Unhibited Martin
    • As about 60% of suicides in US are done with firearms, I see no reason to assume that they are not used by girls. As for the news, only thing Google could come up with was five hits, three of them pointing to same article in dallasnews.com. Local news, that is. - Timo Honkasalo 17:26 20 May 2003 (UTC)
      • Local news for local people? Well, Wikipedia is for everyone (even local people), and Wiki is not paper so we have room. -- Oliver P. 18:12 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Dawn of man - vague and confused stuff on evolution, non-encyclopedic, blanked. Kosebamse 20:47 20 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Rolf Josef Eibicht - blanked by John Owens, was a German non-encyclopedic article (political pamphlete) before -- JeLuF 21:38 20 May 2003 (UTC)
    • The more I look at it (which hasn't been much yet), the less it looks worth keeping. -- John Owens 11:03 21 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Educational issues - Lists some supposed "educational issues" in the united states. Except the temporary problem of US-only coverage, I don't think a concensus can be built about this kind of topic. For example, if I think X is an issue and you think Y is an issue, what would we do, write "Some people think big classes is an issue", "30 persons think not having a pool in each school is an issue", "5 people think schools are themselves useless" etc. etc. Focusing in an academic treatment of different teaching methods, or concentrating on controversial issues regarding education (as in the evolution example) sounds more encyclopedic than these newspaper-style contemporary-ministery-of-education-politics treatments, a more academic view is needed with another name -- Rotem Dan 02:05 21 May 2003 (UTC)
It was merged to education now. -- Taku 13:50 21 May 2003 (UTC)
'kay -- Rotem Dan 15:12 21 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Image:Roken1.jpg - can someone see if this orphaned image has any reason to stay? -- Minesweeper 08:00 21 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Quite the contrary, it looks like it only contains filthy sentences (e.g. you can find "anal sex" or "blowjob"), someone speaking dutch can tell more, I can only guess from the similarity with german. 100% agree to remove it. andy 08:13 21 May 2003 (UTC)
      • It is a number of mostly pro-smoking statements. I assume it is used as a reaction to a law last year that every cigarette package should have some large text warning of the dangers of smoking. I see no reason to keep it. Andre Engels 09:44 21 May 2003 (UTC)
        • Okay, so does this count as random junk that can be deleted without waiting a week? -- Oliver P. 11:21 21 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Image:Ov10cdf.jpg: 12.81.64.208 is complaining rather loudly, alleging that this picture from User:Ray Van De Walker is copyrighted and used without permission. Ray looks to be the sort who only pops in here once every couple of weeks, so I don't know if he'll be back soon enough to vouch for it. The alleger seems to think that the picture is © Doug F. Smith & http://www.DSXPRODUCTIONS.com/, which is a company that seems to produce entirely automotive show video, for what it's worth. -- John Owens 11:17 21 May 2003 (UTC)
  • A. P. Mathur - is this person significant? Kingturtle 18:13 22 May 2003 (UTC)
    • The name gets 527 hits on Google [2]. He seems to have written a number of books. -- Infrogmation 06:40 23 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Atlas Shrugged/Section181 - there used to be a lot more articles on Atlas Shrugged, they have now been brought down to 12 main articles, the rest having been deleted or redirected. This one seems to have been forgotten. Andre Engels 20:08 22 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Assassins' Guild - a club that plays a game called Killer. It's a small club, probably made up of high school or college kids. The game they play could use an entry, but the club doesn't deserve one. There are probably dozens of clubs with the same name around the world. --Frecklefoot 22:35 22 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Delete. This will never become anywhere close to an article. --Menchi 13:13 24 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Quantum Neutrino Field This is a complete nonsense page Stupidmoron 01:43 23 May 2003 (UTC)
    • "Quantum Neutrino Field" gets exactly 1 Google hit: a page called A Gamma World Hell Hole: Chapter 24. It's a role-playing game. "Farsnworth effect" gets zero hits. Barely even worth waiting 7 days to detete this one, but I guess we might as well. I've blanked it. Tannin 01:58 23 May 2003 (UTC)
    • Of course there is a quantum field theory of neutrinos (e.g. [3]), but this isn't it. -- Tim Starling 03:12 23 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Yukar - possible copyvio. Author gave the vague assurance that the original source didn't mention copyright. This is hardly the same as permission. Evercat 02:27 23 May 2003 (UTC)
  • TextOut is a Windows API function. It is currently far less than a stub (it doesn't even say what the function does) and there are no other Windows API function articles. It has been vandalised and blank for most of it's history. CGS 14:56 23 May 2003 (UTC).
  • Casting drama
    • In order to cast drama is important to know how many roles are in a play. That seems to be a howto and not an encyclopeic article. -- JeLuF 20:54 23 May 2003 (UTC)
    • There are other howtos but this one seems particularly useless. It really doesn't explain anything, and I don't understand it at all. Seconded. Evercat 20:57 23 May 2003 (UTC)
  • Dana International - was a list of romanian prime ministers. so i created Prime ministers of Romania. does anyone know why someone would post such a list for a dana international article? Would anyone like to write a decent article about Dana International, an Israeli, cross-dressing, pop singer? Kingturtle 20:48 24 May 2003 (UTC)
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