Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I'm in a rat in a cage

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 12:36, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

I'm in a rat in a cage
A fairly blatant attempt to "evangelize" this catchphrase, as the "Regal Social Club" (rather undoubtedly the page's authors) are openly declared to be doing. Delete. -- Antaeus Feldspar 00:20, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I hate these stupid attempts to popularize stupid injokes. Ben-w 00:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. Self-promotion by a small group. Phrase not yet in any significant real use. Note, these appear to be energetic self-promoters who have already created a website, http://www.iminaratinacage.com/ There are only thirteen Google hits currently on "I'm in a rat in a cage," but this will probably increase as they continue to add references everywhere that allows user-added content. As always, Google Groups is a useful second gauge: there are no hits at all on the exact phrase in Google Groups. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:17, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Damn. This is just a few words off of being a decent redirect to Bullet with Butterfly Wings. Oh well. Delete. android  79  01:34, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Del.— Encephalon |  &zeta;  |  &Sigma;  01:45:33, 2005-08-09 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is like some new gold standard of a vanity page. Nandesuka 03:06, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense. Hamster Sandwich 03:25, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unless someone can find the importance of this article. (The Horse 03:44, 9 August 2005 (UTC))
 * Delete. very well written for nn vanity nonsense, deserves a honorable deletion.  &rarr;ub&#949;r n&#949;mo &rarr;  lóquï 03:51, August 9, 2005 (UTC).
 * Delete. nn. RasputinAXP   talk  *  contribs  04:29, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn-van. MicahMN | Talk 19:23, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. if "stupid in-joke" isn't good enough, I guess vanity will have to do.
 * Delete. nn. --Apyule 05:17, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't know if this is significant or not, but in the last 13 months, I've seen the phrase written on a park bench at the national mall in Washington D.C., on a flyer promoting a new night club in Chicago, and I heard an announcer use the phrase at a rodeo in my hometown of Memphis.
 * Keep Clearly an inside joke, but it may be becoming big enough to deserve recognition...I've seen bumper stickers in three different states and have heard people mention it more than once.Scottbeowulf 05:17, 12 August 2005 (UTC)  &mdash; (Scottbeowulf's 1st edit.)
 * If someone will upload a picture showing the phrase on a park bench, a night club flyer, or a bumper sticker, with an affirmation, using their real name and contact information, that the picture was taken in good faith (i.e. not a phony created by the uploader or an accomplice), I will change my vote. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails Google test, non-notable, inside joke, etc. Hosterweis (talk) (contribs) 15:48, 14 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

Here's a park bench photo. I took this pic at a park in downtown San Francisco yesterday: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/NicCageSticker.jpg