Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angry German kid


 * 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   speedy delete. Copyvio of the Youtube video description Mr.Z-man 00:32, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Angry German kid

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Non- notable YouTube persona. Two other capitalizations, Angry german kid, and Angry German Kid, have had to be salted because of repeated recreations.

A Google search comes up with nearly 300,000 results, but a Google News search yields absolutely nothing. I know that Google is not an absolute gauge of notability, but considering that this is an Internet topic, if he was notable, there would unquestionably be something out there.

I'm doing an AFD here rather than A7-ing it because the article has been there for 2 months. Also, this definitely needs to be settled in a deletion discussion. In various spellings of the title, this article has been deleted at least 12 times, and speedied at least 10. J.delanoy gabs adds 19:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom. J.delanoy gabs adds  19:51, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The kid has been noticed around the net. Same with Fred (youtube). Might as well just keep it. If Fred can have such impact, im sure This guy can too. Giant Gah (talk) 19:53, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Please read my nom. There are no reliable sources that attest to this person's notability. If you can present one, I will be happy to withdraw this AFD. J.delanoy gabs adds  19:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 *  Strong Keep Weak Delete In some areas, he is quite notable even in real life. Some people use it as an educational material to teach children not to play too much computers.Fangfufu (talk) 20:04, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Really? I doubt those people are teachers. - Face 20:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Some of them are teachers indeed. However this video had never received any serious media converageFangfufu (talk) 00:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The search link given in the nomination only covers the last month. When expanded to include all dates, several hits are found.  I expect I could find many more using other search phrases. Colonel Warden (talk) 20:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Alternative Google News search link : Goole News Search, All DatesFangfufu (talk) 20:14, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * If you actually read the 10 sources it finds there, only one of them is both a reliable source and does not merely mention the video in passing. WP:N states that the article's subject must have "significant coverage in reliable sources." To quote the page,
 * "Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, and no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than trivial but may be less than exclusive.
 * One mention in a "viral video hall of fame" does not constitute significant coverage. J.delanoy gabs adds  20:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does - it is more than adequate to demonstrate notability. You said above that you'd withdraw when a source was found but now you're welching - tsk.  This video is an Internet smash hit and has been given huge amounts of secondary coverage, not least in all the parodies - Angry German Kid vs Chris Crocker; 2 Girls, 1 Angry German Kid; etc.  The fact that people keep writing articles about it should tell you something. Colonel Warden (talk) 20:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * According to our notability guideline, it does not. It does not make any difference how many people have made parodies of this. What matters is that the article's subject must be covered by multiple reliable sources in a non-trivial way. Since this is not the case, he is not notable, and the article should be deleted. J.delanoy gabs adds  20:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.   -- Rtyq2 (talk) 20:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

-, deleted 6 times, salted -, deleted 2 times -, deleted 5 times, salted I googled and have not found an AfD about the Angry German Kid, even though the subject has been attracting attention on WP for about 2 years. Lets settle this ones and for all now. Cheers, Face 20:11, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - A few numbers:


 * Protect and redirect all of the above pages to Emsdetten, where the root of the video lies and where a short explanation can be found. This phenomenon is certainly not notable enough for an article of its own. Cheers, Face 20:11, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt Absolutely no reliable sources exist beyond the one that's already in the shooting section. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:23, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * How do you know this? You are fluent in German and have checked the German media like the TV station that broadcast this and all the associated news coverage in Germany?  Colonel Warden (talk) 23:36, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not fluent in German, but I do know enough to recognize substantial coverage. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:41, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


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