Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/California cheeseburger


 * 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. - Mailer Diablo 06:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

California cheeseburger (second nomination)
This term appears to have originated as a joke on the Simpsons reflecting an obscure urban legend. There's no evidence that it is in widespread use or indeed in any use at all outside Wikipedia, so it should be deleted as a non-notable neologism (WP:NEO, WP:WINAD). In the first AfD discussion, the principal argument for keeping it was that it in fact was a verifiable Simpsons joke, but that does not make it encyclopedic in and of itself, in my opinion. Sandstein 04:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment As a matter of fact, this episode will be coming out on DVD today. Someone might want to check out the commentary track to see if the term was invented by a Simpsons writer or if it actually existed before the Simpsons. Based on what I know, though, I'd say redirect to "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson".  All the Google references seem to refer to this episode (or to a literal cheeseburger from California). Zagalejo 05:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Another comment I do think that some original Simpsons jokes are notable, like Can't sleep, clown will eat me or Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. However, this joke hasn't had the same cultural impact as any of those. Zagalejo 06:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete —  or merge per above. M  a  rtinp23  12:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Zagalejo GrahameS 15:36, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - I watch the Simpsons and I can't remember this at all. Baseball,Baby!   balls  •  strikes  20:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into List of ethnic slurs. Green caterpillar 20:40, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete While I do recall the episode, it is not notable. Most California cheeseburgers on google are legit recipes (I didn't check them all, but beef seemed to be a primary ingredient :-) )  --TeaDrinker 20:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge per above -- Deville (Talk) 22:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. wikipediatrix 23:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * D'oh-lete! This is a minor joke and has no significance whatsoever. --Thatdog 07:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Forgettable gag; definitely not on the menu at In-N-Out. Dryman 21:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete NN per above will381796 06:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete NN per above will381796 06:06, 19 August 2006 (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.