User talk:Felixstrange

Protect the Spoofhound
Felix: I see that you're a Spoofhound. They're trying to delete the article. Could you vote to protect it. Articles for deletion/Spoofhound Thanks! Americasroof 01:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you eloquent defense of the Spoofhound. You did a much better job than me.  The serial deleters are also targeting Maryville High School in an afd (even as the Spoofhound afd calls for a redirect).  I thought I did a good thing when I added a "mascot" category to the spoofhound article -- hoping that it would flush out some folks to write more about it.  It obviously had the opposite effect.  I saw your band reference.  Band was always Maryville's strong suit (I saw you guys in person at the Macy's Parade -- but that's another thread).  In my day, they used to perform halftimes at Chiefs games.  Those are all interesting trivia.  So if you think about it you might add something to the high school article (probably after the afd debate blows over).  I can't believe I've wasted so much time on this.  I had hope to significantly increase the knowledge base of real places and real people of northwest Missouri.  Given the vitrol of the debate, I'm leery about them stalking my articles.  It's a shame.  When you look at the user contributions, they're really into popular culture and computer gaming.  The real world apparently has no place on wikipedia.  It's very eye opening.  Americasroof 04:41, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. I have to agree with you that its surprising how gung-ho some people are about deleting articles. There's actually a Wiki philosophy called "Deletionism". I also agree that some of the people advocating deleting this article seem willing to turn a blind eye to articles with some of the same issues that are of interest to themselves (pop culture, technological matters). That being said, I think the reason people are advocating deletion is that currently the article does not cite any 'non-trivial' sources (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.). They are arguing that this means that the topic is not 'notable' according to Wiki standards. Personally, I've been surprised at how often the Spoofhound crops up in the media (like the ESPN feature you mention). I think that the people arguing for the deletion of the article are not aware of the noteriety. If you could dig up a few newspaper citations, etc. it would probably do a lot to silence them. Overall, I think that they are being far to stringent in their application of these standards. A lot of Wikipedia articles would be deleted if these standards were rigidly enforced accross the board. Felixstrange 06:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)