Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second prize in a beauty contest


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The result was redirect. checked with the nominator as well and consensus appears to be in agreement with a redirect Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 13:20, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Second prize in a beauty contest

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Absolutely non notable as an article. It's a quote, based on a board game, no matter where it is used in public life, it should not be on here. Would be better suited to Wikiquote or somewhere else, but as an article, this does not fit, and is not worth keeping here imo.  Barking Fish  00:30, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support prodded by me, PROD tag removed in favor of AfD. WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • simplicity • lost • defense • attack) 00:32, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - as nominator for AFD.  Barking Fish  00:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong delete: an obscure joke, not really a suitable topic for an article. Yes, people win second place in beauty contests all the time, and many of the 2nd place getters garner WP:ROUTINE coverage in the news, but 2nd-place-getting yields no depth of coverage (nary a micron). HrafnTalkStalk(P) 05:49, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment As the creator of the article I can assure you that everything in it is true. If you Google for "second prize in a beauty contest" (in quotes) you will see that the expression is often used just as I described. However I can not defend the article against the "not a dictionary" argument, especially since I often use that myself in AfD discussions. Steve Dufour (talk) 16:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "...merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia." -- WP:NOT HrafnTalkStalk(P) 16:58, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Suggestion How about merge to Chance and Community Chest cards?Steve Dufour (talk) 17:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Chance and Community Chest cards (content has already been merged, such as it is). Robofish (talk) 18:55, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It doubled the number of references. :-) Steve Dufour (talk) 19:22, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I will go ahead and make the page a redirect so as to not waste any more of people's time with this. Steve Dufour (talk) 09:14, 31 December 2010 (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.