Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet

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Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet
Question: Are potentially-derogatory press release quotations directed towards members of the Ontario Liberal Party inherently noteworthy? If not, with 271 google hits what makes this one worthy of note on Wikipedia, or for that matter, any other encyclopaedia? --GRider\talk 19:07, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. Notable. Xezbeth  19:11, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hello Xezbeth and thank you for your participation. If you would not mind, could you please explain the rationale behind your vote to keep this article?  --GRider\talk 19:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * If this guy found the article interesting enough to feature in a news article, then it should stay. Xezbeth  19:29, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Despite the silly sounding title, this is a fairly well written valid article on a legitmate bit of historic triva. -- Infrogmation 19:24, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not all bits of political derogation are going to be notable.  This does not stop individual examples from being notable.  GRider, I wish you would stop phrasing every single VfD you submit in terms of a judgement to be made on an entire class to which the article in question belongs.  I don't know if you're doing this to make a point but it's tiresome. -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:51, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - easily verifiable. - SimonP 19:54, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Spinboy 20:04, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. While I recognize that many would argue that this is inherently non-notable since it relates to Canada, it was actually and surprisingly a key turning point in that election campaign. It marked the beginning of the rapid downward spiral of the governing party, and it was clear that they would be unable to recover from it. Kevintoronto 20:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The title seems off to me. Could the controversy be listed under something different? -R. fiend 20:28, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge. A cleaned up version of this article would be more at home as part of Ontario general election, 2003 in the Campaign section. - NormanEinstein 20:32, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Any politics watcher in Canada would be able to easily cite this quote, it deserves to be an entry in the same way that coalition of the willing does in my humble opinion. - Jord 20:40, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Dalton McGuinty . RickK 20:41, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. chocolateboy 20:57, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. - Lucky13pjn 21:34, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. The title is ridiculous and nonintuitive -- would anyone ACTUALLY type this in while looking for information on this specific topic?  As part of an article on a particular campaign the information itself seems worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, but not as a separate article, and certainly not with this title. Katefan0 21:35, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is clearly an interesting facet of Canadian politics. The Recycling Troll 22:35, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Can't see any valid reason to delete this.--Gene_poole 23:26, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Ontario general election, 2003, reducing to a couple of sentences. Minor incident from an provincial election campaign, not meriting an separate article. --BM 00:09, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As soon as I read the title I recalled the incident, and I'm not even Canadian. So I'd say it's notable. It would be definately be a candidate for the unusual articles category, though. Jonathunder 00:38, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's not the press release itself that's the notable part, it's the reaction that followed. Bryan 01:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Fits right in with lots of articles on trivial bits of momentary political spin at Wikipedia. --Wetman 01:18, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and delete. ComCat 02:09, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. What the hell. As long as chocolateboy promises to keep Miss Kitty Fantastico from getting devoured. The article is not actually about evil reptilian kitten-eaters from another planet, in which case it would be patent nonsense; it's about a locally memorable political incident that marked or caused a turning point in political affairs.  This probably falls under the same category as Checkers speech, above the threshold for being encyclopedic. For what it's worth, the province of Ontario has more than 1/3 of Canada's population.  -- Curps 02:49, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 02:53, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep article is almost 2 years old Earl Andrew 05:13, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Eh, keep. The subject seems to have actually had a quantifiable effect upon politics and society, which is more than can be said for most articles of the type. --Slowking Man 06:45, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge or rename, as the title is ludicrous. Radiant! 08:59, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Like All your base are belong to us, the title used to describe the incident matches the phrase used in the incident. Rename to what?  -- Curps 09:13, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Canadian politics are noteworthy enough for me.  09:21, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: ?Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 14:54, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Oddly enough, it's probably one of the most memorable events of that election.  It certainly generated more national news coverage than just about anything else that happened in the campaign.  I wouldn't be averse to seeing it merged into the election article, though. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Absolutely keep. This had a significant effect on the outcome of the election. Also, today is my birthday. DS 01:08, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. -Sean Curtin 03:04, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * The first time I saw this, I thought it was silly and pointless and didn't need to be chunked out from Ontario general election, 2003. But, in actual fact, two sentences in the election article can't cover this adequately; there's not one single word in Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet that isn't absolutely essential to understanding the context and the impact this had on the election. And it ain't every day that a political incident at the provincial level in Canada gets coverage in Australian newspapers, either, so we're clearly not talking about trivialities here. This is no less valid than anything else listed at Unusual articles: no less valid than You forgot Poland, Ich bin ein Berliner, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, How to keep an idiot busy for hours, You are X and I claim my five pounds, Mush from the Wimp, etc. Keep. Bearcat 04:46, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This may sound stupid, but it was an very important point in the election.  It's probably the most memorable catchphrase to come out of Canadian politics in the last few years. Saforrest 06:55, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Practically featured-article standard. :-) --Phil | Talk 13:47, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. &#8212;Mar·ka·ci: 2005-03-12 01:58 Z
 * Keep; quite notable. Saforrest hit it on the head.  Besides, it's really funny. Antandrus 02:01, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Are you working through Unusual articles? - David Gerard 00:24, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, you convinced me!. It needs more than two sentences in the main article.  Take as many sentences as you need, but still merge.  --BM 01:15, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep! -Branddobbe 22:40, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As Saforrest and many others said, it was a turning point in the election. --  user:zanimum

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