Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal Farm (fictional government)

This is just plain silly. I think the author had good intentions, but what if anything is here that should not be in the main Animal Farm article given that the book is about a political/social system? Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 17:41, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * There was a similar article about the Battle of the Cowshed (a battle between humans and animals in the book). Move to BJAODN and delete.
 * Please sign your votes.
 * NB that was User:Darksun Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 19:25, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry, I forgot to sign it, but it was me. Darksun 19:38, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I thought the first one was Bathos, and I think this is the same. The author doesn't seem to realize why.  Nevertheless, what we have here is not a fictional government but Soviet socialism.  There's nothing fictional about the government modelled on the farm. Geogre 19:17, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Patent nonsense. Delete.  RickK 19:20, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Only funny the first time. Nothing here that can't go in Animal Farm. Delete. DJ Clayworth 20:08, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Of course, I thought we should delete Battle of the Cowshed and it survived, so what do I know? But I do think we need an article on Beasts of England with a box showing its key signature, time signature, composer, lyricist, orchestration, number of staves, and number of measures, and number of stanzas, lines, words, and characters. Note: last sentence was ironic. I.e. a joke. Smiley follows. :-) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:30, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC) P.S. And I see we now have Battle of the Windmill as well. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:33, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Elf-friend 22:20, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pointless to have this as a separate article.   &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 05:44, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. -Sean Curtin 08:07, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * As the page's author, I give you permission to delete my page. However, you should probably include more details about the government of Animal Farm on the Animal Farm (book) page. And I will try to make a page containing the lyrics to Beasts of England.-B-101
 * Thank you, but we don't need your permission. :)  Deletion or not is by consensus.  DO NOT write articles about song lyrics -- they will be summarily deleted as copyright violations if still in copyright, or as to be moved to Wikisource if not still under copyright.  You could, however, improve the Animal Farm articles.  RickK 19:42, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * The text is public domain under 50 year rule (Orwell died in 1950), so Beasts of England would be allowed, if a suitable explanation can be given and it isn't just the lyrics. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 19:46, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I wrote Beasts of England so atleast I can show I have nothing against the book, or writing articles on it :) Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 20:03, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * And, as I said I would do, I've listed it on VfD since it belongs on Wikisource. RickK 21:56, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Oh, no... I will never, ever, ever, EVER make an ironic suggestion in VfD again. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:31, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * What, never? ChorusOfSockpuppets 23:32, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * No, never! [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:33, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * What, never? ChorusOfSockpuppets 23:34, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Well... hardly ever! [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:35, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * He hardly ever suggests ironically!--Samuel J. Howard 19:23, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Then give three cheers and one cheer more (Geez, VFD can be a bore) -- Another Chorus of Sockpuppets 05:24, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * For the well-bred Captain of the... VfD? -- orthogonal 07:14, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * As some day it may happen that an article for deletion must be found,
 * I've got a little list--I've got a little list,
 * Of subtrivial little articles that might well be underground,
 * And that never would be missed--that never would be missed!

--Elf-friend 16:51, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I added a paragraph linking the Animal Farm government to the Soviet Union. I tried to make the page better, but I'm not sure if you'll approve it.- B-101 13:58, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

This debate is closed. Once I've stopped humming to myself, that that's 7 deletes and 2 keeps. Article deleted. DJ Clayworth 17:07, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I hereby nominate the above debate for BJAODN, for lack of a better place to put it. Andrewa 22:06, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)