Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Pants

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was carried out by User:SimonP

Mr. Pants
Exists but seems incredibly minor; was speedied earlier. Vote delete as non-notable. adamsan 11:11, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reasons above Hoary 11:14, 2005 Jan 3 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mailer Diablo 12:04, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I've restored the version I deleted earlier to the page history. Delete again Dunc|&#9786; 12:06, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jeff Knaggs|Talk 15:16, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not a speedy though. --fvw *  17:04, 2005 Jan 3 (UTC)
 * Verifiable, well-written, no logical place to merge this material. Keep. Meelar (talk) 20:08, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The character exists and stars in a recent video game. I've removed some of the more flowery language and gotten it down to a more straight-forward article, but it's just as justified as several other pages out there.  Sir_Slush 20:35, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep agree with above two votes. Maybe merge with rareware. Kappa 23:08, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep, needs a clean up though. Megan1967 02:39, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: subtrivial. Wile E. Heresiarch 02:54, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's a notable part of Rareware history, and doesn't really fit anywhere else. --The Cube 06:35, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * User has less than 50 edits at time of writing. Wile E. Heresiarch 14:34, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Just because I have less edits doesn't mean I'm wrong. That's like saying Stephen Hawking is less credible than Stephen King because he's written less books. --The Cube 19:44, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: It may be mildly silly, but its still good solid information. Also, it isn't really found anywhere else except the memories of fans. This could be a good resource for someone who didn't live the events. Sparky_Z 08:51, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * No such user Sparky Z; vote by anonymous user. Wile E. Heresiarch 14:34, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: He is a now established video game character featured in a game with its own page on this site, which might I add is not up for deletion. Also, there are many, many video game characters with pages on this site that do not have even half of the amount of writing this article currently possesses, and have made just as "trivial" appearances, and they are not being targeted for deletion.--SeanKing64 20:06, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Only editing here since Dec. 24. RickK 22:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * During which time I have made two fairly large-scale articles and made extensive corrective edits to other ones, even going as far as to completely rewrite certain ones so that they would fit into Wikipedia's requirements. What's your point?--SeanKing64 02:48, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep:Same reasons as above, can't be merged anywhere else and is more justified than other characters which aren't being targeted for deletion.
 * Anonymous User:141.168.54.225. RickK 22:48, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep He's a legitimate character, there's no other relevant place for this, and it's more well-written and informative than some articles without votes for deletion. -User:AtomicLead5 Jan 2005
 * Possible sockpuppet. Comment originally made by anon User:68.80.98.117 who then signed in.  Both the anon and the account have only edited this discussion thread so far.  Rossami
 * "Keep" If there's a page for Ed McMahon's teeth, Mr. Pants certainly deserves one.
 * comment by anon user 63.155.196.156. This is his/her only edit.  Rossami
 * Keep There's really no reason to delete the page. He's just as much a video game character as Wart, perhaps even moreso. The page in question is well written too, so I don't know what the problem is. --Glancy 00:21, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Possible sockpuppet. This is only the user's second edit. Rossami
 * Who knows if it'll help my case any, but I redid and added more info on the page for Pip (South Park) before actually getting an account here.
 * Actually, just the fact that you didn't scream that these were dreadful lies is convincing enough for me that you're not. Mind you don't separate other people's signatures from their comment when you make a comment though. --fvw *  10:42, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)
 * Keep This page should not be deleted as it is an interesting article about the evolution of a very memorable video game character. Not to mention very well written, and easy to understand.--Zinger 01:07:04, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Mr. Pants is a character of extreme character. He deserves his own page just as much as anyone else does.--Fleur64
 * Possible sockpuppet. Comment was actually made by Zinger II.  This is his/her only edit under either ID so far. Rossami
 * Comment: New users should be aware that votes by anonymous and very new accounts are generally very steeply discounted during these discussions.  We have had significant problems in the past with abuse of the voting process and attempts to bias the outcome by users creating sockpuppets.  Hard facts which add to the discussion are appreciated.  Opinions and qualitative judgments are likely to be ignored.  Rossami (talk) 02:17, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, re-creation an abuse of process, as are the many sockpuppets voting to keep it. Jayjg  |  (Talk)  18:23, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * How is it non-notable? He has his own game, and he's a part of Rareware's history.  If Goombario, Mewtwo and Joxer can all have articles, I don't see why Mr. Pants shouldn't. I can also imagine that if you found the game without knowing how Mr. Pants came into existence, this would be a good way to find out. --The Cube 20:05, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: If obscure Pokémon can get their own pages, why can't a video game character with an international cult following?--Chiphead 20:59, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe that we are being unfairly targeted for no real reason. This page gives out information and he is a large, well known mascot in videogaming today, yet you guys seem to think that he doesn't deserve his own page, yet characters like Toadette who nobody cares about aren't being targetted at all. And with how many edits, who cares? That's like saying JK Rowling isn't a good author seeing she's only written 6 HP Books and RL Stien is because he's written hundreds. And you instantly claim that every person voting keep is a sock puppet as to make sure this page gets deleted, which is unfair and is abusing the voting system. If you so badly want him out, why not go ahead and delete the page than then go through a voting process which we know has been rigged to ensure that he gets the boot?
 * Keep Aww, I remember this guy. Ashibaka tlk 07:07, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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