Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homer Hanky


 * 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 Withdraw, WP:SNOW Tavix (talk) 23:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Homer Hanky

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In short, it is an unnotable towel. It was only used a handful of times and seems to be an advertising ploy. Tavix (talk) 23:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - in short, it is a notable towel. It is covered nontrivially in a handful of reliable, independent sources which allow for verifiability. Wily D  03:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The baseball equivalent to the Terrible Towel. Notability is easily met.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 05:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 10:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes, it began as an advertising ploy, but the article discloses that, and the ploy succeeded in garnering nontrivial coverage.  Incidentally, why is "this article's entry" on the AfD notice a red link, but it takes a reader here anyway? JamesMLane t c 12:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Agree with above. LK (talk) 15:02, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable in the history of promotional items (stop laughing!), just needs better sourcing. Lots of good sources out there: this, this, and this are decent places to start. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 16:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is, I'm baffled by this Afd. Can the nominator explain exactly how the Homer Hanky does not meet the notability criteria for linens? I feel as though it meets all towel notability guidelines. Kinston eagle (talk) 19:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Last I checked, Wikipedia doesn't have a separate guideline for towels. You would use the general guideline. Tavix (talk) 23:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


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