Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flo (Progressive Insurance)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Flo (Progressive Insurance)

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What is wikipedia coming to when we have articles on just any advertising character that kids find "funny"? Yes, I realise that this character has a sizeable internet following but most of it is along the lines of "who would you rather bang, Flo or Erin Esurance?" What's next, an article on the Free Credit Report.com singers? My God! Delete post-haste. Silk Knot (talk) 05:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep Clearly meets notability requirements. While I am usually prepared to assume good faith this smacks of a pointy nomination. ukexpat (talk) 16:35, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions.  -- ukexpat (talk) 16:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions.  -- ukexpat (talk) 16:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Either keep or merge to Progressive Insurance. Some of the links to sources appear to be broken, although there are at least two reliable sources which are linked. I should note that I see this character in commercials several times a day, although I can't remember her being called by name as "Flo" in the commercials; hence, it might be easier to find the information about her if it were merged into Progressive Insurance. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * All four of the links work. The Boston Herald article is now old enough to be in their archives, and although the online version of the archives is a pay website, public libraries still have copies available to read for free. The other three links all work without any obstacles. Grundle2600 (talk) 23:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Progressive Corporation has a one-sentence Advertising section which mentions solely her, so if I didn't know her name, I don't think it would be difficult to find this article from that article. Her name may not have been said in a commercial, but it is on her big tricked-out name tag. --Geniac (talk) 21:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - easily meets WP:RS, WP:V and WP:PSTS without violating WP:OR. --Jeremy (blah blah) 23:27, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per all above.Nrswanson (talk) 08:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article is well sourced, and this fictional character has somewhat of a cult following. Grundle2600 (talk) 23:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Question: Snowball close anyone? – ukexpat (talk) 00:13, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep THD3 (talk) 10:44, 6 April 2009 (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.