Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Google Doodles (1998–2009)


 * 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 keep--Ymblanter (talk) 06:37, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

List of Google Doodles (1998–2009)

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WP:LISTCRUFT of Google logo that have appeared on the site between 1998 and 2009. While the official Google logo meets WP:N, individual daily iterations that follow pop culture, political or social trends do not meet WP:N. Any individual doodles of significance are mentioned in the Google Doodles section of the Google logo article. The article does include references for some of the doodles, the bulk of content is unsourced, especially those beyond 2001. AldezD (talk) 00:00, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

WP:WEBCRIT states "The content itself has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself." Although some of the Doodles listed in List of Google Doodles (1998–2009) in are referenced, the List of Google Doodles (1998–2009) listed are largely verification of the Doodle that appeared on a specific day; these references are not WP:SIGCOV of each individual Doodle.

I am also nominating the following related pages because the articles feature the same issues listed above:

AldezD (talk) 00:04, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep, this has been the source of a multitude of discussion in numerous secondary sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:26, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cirt. Often Google doodles have wide coverage in news sources all over the world (depending where they are shown), and in fact almost every single time there is a Doodle, one or more news outlets will post some sort of story on it. Maybe more sources need to be added to these articles, but I think the lists should all stay. Crumpled Fire (talk) 05:19, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep for reasons already given. VMS Mosaic (talk) 05:51, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 14:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep all per Cirt. One user's "cruft" is another user's notable cultural material. Google Doodles are the subject of consistent attention.  (My GNews search a few seconds ago for "Google doodle" yielded 10,800 hits.)  A few random selections, found very quickly, of articles discussing the Google Doodle conceptually, as a marketing tool:    --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:56, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep for reasons already given. --Allexkoch (talk) 08:43, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep all for same reason. No question that these are the subject of massive public attention and interest, and often significant works of art in their own right. Blythwood (talk) 12:11, 29 September 2014 (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.