Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue


 * 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. Consensus, regardless of humor, is to keep. (non-admin closure)  Onel 5969  TT me 18:01, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue

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This article has been tagged for ten years for insufficient references. Please decide whether a museum devoted to toilet paper is notable, in which case the refimprove tag goes away, or whether to delete altogether. I am ambivalent, except to say that the article should not stay in this state for another ten years. Rhadow (talk) 17:58, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Flush this article. I did some searching and was able to find a few mentions in books and sites like The Daily Dot, but it's all just passing mentions and/or directory entries.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:10, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 18:34, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 18:34, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. There are some sources (although not particularly spectacular ones) cited in the article, and GoogleBooks searching shows that there is some additional coverage available. In particular, a GoogleBooks search returns a hit to this book(unfortunately no preview is available), as well as to something from Time, to this book , and a few other things. Not a lot, but I think there is enough here to justify passing WP:GNG, albeit weakly. Nsk92 (talk) 20:26, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Flush Keep- sure it probably did exist, but was it ever considered a serious museum? How many visitors did it have? Unless someone can find a source that gives that kind of information, I'd get rid of it. It seems like it was just a private collection, probably not a real museum that people would vists, the article says it was in an apartment. Either way it seems like a pretty shitty museum. Also the user that created this, only contributed to this article leading me to believe he was the owner or otherwise associated with it --Rusf10 (talk) 00:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you saying this should be wiped off the site, or are you poo-pooing its inclusion?198.58.171.47 (talk) 06:46, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Given that the article has been improved and more references found, I can see keeping this. It's still not my idea of a museum, but it seems to have gotten enough coverage.--Rusf10 (talk) 15:00, 25 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep there is another layer, or, if you will, ply to this article. I checked Google books and there are many many sources that mention it and talk about it as an offbeat museum. There was a snippet in Time magazine. Those who say this is a crappy article are wrong: it should not be wiped off the site. Those who propose delete really need to roll with the sources:
 * Wisconsin's rich toilet paper legacy is threatened Milwaukee Sentinel
 * included in the book "offbeat museums"... A quote fromt he article that is last in this list: "That year, 1997, the museum was featured in a book, "Offbeat Museums," by Saul Rubin. Four pages were devoted to the Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue and people were encouraged to send in rolls."
 * Oddball Wisconsin: A Guide to 400 Really Strange Places
 * mention in express.co.uk
 * Mention in Madison State Journal
 * Mention in Chicago Tribune
 * FEATURE ARTICLE IN MADSION STATE JOURNAL, detailing its demise.

Of course, there are many more and it is destined to live on in infamy.198.58.171.47 (talk) 07:02, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY; article has been cleaned up by the IP. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  07:54, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * also paging as DYK candidate for April Fools 2018 Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)  17:11, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * "Did you know ... that after the toilet paper museum folded, its former home got wiped out?"  E Eng  17:48, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It's a shame they didn't go out of business because of embezzlement, then bankrupted, 'cause then we could say "The Museum of Bathroom Tissue was ripped off, folded, and wiped out"  E Eng  08:13, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * IP editors are not afraid of the shitty work.198.58.171.47 (talk) 05:06, 26 November 2017 (UTC)


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