Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christian the Lion on YouTube


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The result was   Delete. Stifle (talk) 13:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Christian the Lion on YouTube

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Delete and merge salvageable content of Christian the Lion on YouTube with Christian the lion. Single-purpose account created this article and has been pushing vehemently at Christian the lion for inflation of importance of the YouTube viral video. Potential vanity article (a YouTube username is first article link). Article was already listed for speedy but was removed .Yeago (talk) 12:45, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete as strictly promotional per Speedy Criteria G11. The page "...exclusively promote(s) some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic." The external links to Youtube users are telling in this regard, as is the mention of the followup video by the original creator. I note also that the user who first created this article is User:Christianthelion, who may have a conflict of interest. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 12:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I posted this article because the video has been discussed on TV around the world which I feel warrants acknowledgement. There is no conflict of interest and the video certainly needs no promotion from me. I think pushing vehemently for inflation of importance of the YouTube viral video is unjustified. The worldwide interest in Christian the Lion is a direct result of this video. Without it, headlines such as sensation and phenomenon by various global publications would not have existed. The story of the lion was around for nearly 40 years without anyone taking a blind bit of notice....until this video was posted. For this reason I feel its inclusion on Wiki is justified. It's certainly not a potential vanity article - I included the user name merely as a matter of fact; Yeago makes it sound like a crusade! By the way, the user name was bit of fun, nothing more. If you feel revisions are necessary then so be it, but I feel the effect of the video has been so well reported and widespread that it should be a stand-alone article.
 * Delete: Mention in the article Christian the lion is more than enough.  D C E dwards 1966  18:25, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Christian the lion. --Conti|✉ 18:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, no redirect no one's gonna look for this. DCEdwards1966's suggestion is the best way to go. JuJube (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete/Merge If Christian already has an article, I don't see why this merits a seperate one. It could easily be merged.--CyberGhostface (talk) 21:17, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Can an admin just speedy this?Yeago (talk) 21:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Patience Yeago please. This may be your biggest concern but other people are busy. 90.201.182.141 (talk) 16:31, 29 August 2008 (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.