Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Desperate Housewives' remark on the Philippines


 * 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 was Delete-- JForget 01:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

2007 Desperate Housewives&

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This is not a notable news event. It is briefly covered in the main Desperate Housewives article, so it does not require a separate article. Perhaps it does not belong in the main article either, but that may be a separate question. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 17:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a notable news not for Shalom but for the Philippines. Don't be such a racist Shalom. This is Democracy...it's not a nonsense... It's important for the Filipinos... Are you from ABC. The Filipinos want this article to be in its right place. Bother anything else...get lost! HInicome 17:00, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and comment - Please remember WP:NPA, WP:ASG, and Wikipedia is not a democracy.--WaltCip 17:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Further comment - Append a speedy delete - the original creator has been blocked for invoking WP:POINT, which brings into question and scrutiny the validity and the performance of this article outside of the confines of the creator's interests.--WaltCip 22:18, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete and possibly SALT. The notation within Desperate Housewives seems sufficient, if required at all, and as I see by comments here, there are problems with WP:NOT which may require SALTing.  Accounting4Taste 17:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm leaning toward the opinion that it is noteworthy, however it already seems fully covered by the brief mention in the main article. I don't see what else there is to say that would need a full separate article.--Cube lurker 17:46, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete what's next? 2003 Scrubs' remark on nurses? 2002 Family Guy's remark on the Mexicans? Will (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete some people got the hump about a line on a TV programme. So what? Even Joghn Lennon's remark about being bigger than Jesus doesn't seem to merit an article so why should this? It'll be forgotten in a month. And also, Alf Garnett would merit a whole new encyclopedia for what he's said down through the years! Totnesmartin 18:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Mention in main article is more than enough. DCEdwards1966 18:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is the definition of "Wikipedia is not a news service". Next year, will anyone remember or care? Remember when the Simpsons bashed East St. Louis and the mayor of East St. Louis got mad? See my point? Smashville 18:50, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Although it is worthy to note that similar controversies regarding the Simpsons are covered in Wikipedia. Not sure about the East St Louis one, but the New Orleans and the Brazil controversies both recieve a paragraph in the article for the individual episode.  To be clear, see my above comment, there's no need for a separate article, but I also don't think the incident needs to be purged from WP atogether.--Cube lurker 19:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree and think your point does follow that. It's notable within the context of the episode...or, if the show is not notable to have episodic pages, it's notable to mention on the main page. I know this isn't the first Desperate Housewives controversy. Smashville 19:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per DCEdwards, and suggest WP:SNOW close. Leuko 19:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable, unsourced cruft. Unless this gets covered by reliable sources, it is not even worthy of a mention on the main Desperate Housewives page, as anyone under the sun can file an online petition about anything they want. Tarc 19:51, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * AP and Yahoo! News cruft —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.2.81.100 (talk) 04:10, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree that the remark was inflammatory but I don't think it deserves an article. If we create articles for every derogatory message created by "developed" countries, the Wikipedia servers will be overloaded. It is not cruft if you are on the receiving end, Tarc.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 20:04, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment User:Hinicome, the creator of the article in question, nominated 11 articles for deletion solely because they were created by the nominator. --Old Hoss 20:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That user is now blocked. (good work) Seems they had a bad habit of creating very non-notable articles, anyway. Rocket000 20:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The mention in the main article is enough for this. Delete Tony Fox (arf!) 20:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete, Wikipedia is neither a soapbox nor a place to organize or publcize a petitioning campaign. Corvus cornix 20:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge with article - It's a bit notable, but it would be better if we merge it in the DH article... 203.177.171.199 00:37, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as Wikipedia is not a news service. This is covered in the main article, so no need for this fork.   B figura  (talk) 01:16, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Unencyclopedic and non-notable incident. Keb25 03:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. News story on a slow news day. Absolutely no indication of any lasting impact. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * UPDATE - Even though ABC has already apologized, our Senators want the program blocked . The news articles can be used as ref to DH or this article, my vote is still delete though.-- Lenticel  ( talk ) 11:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 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.