Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strongbad email.exe

 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 KEEP. Stormie 09:26, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

Strongbad email.exe
Advertising? Is this an encyclopedia article? RickK 06:56, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Yes and no, respectively. Delete. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 07:22, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC) Merge and redirect. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 06:58, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Somebody's confused Wikipedia with hrwiki.org.  -- Scott  ei&#960; + 1 = 0  07:26, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are tens of thousands of different DVD collections around. I don't see what makes this one encyclopedic. jni 07:50, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, it's very common for movies and TV shows to have DVDs, but it's extremely rare for websites to have them. I can only think of 4 off the top of my head: Strong Bad, Weebl & Bob, Red vs. Blue, and Happy Tree Friends.  Of those four, Strong bad is almost inarguably the most notable. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  13:50, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is an argument for the notability of Homestar Runner, which is not under discussion. The dvd deserves no more than a one-line entry there. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 02:35, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 09:20, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Merge and Redirect to Homestar Runner . Notable DVD from a notable website.   &mdash; Asbestos | Talk 11:53, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I believe all commercially-released films should have articles, and this is more notable/famous than a good chunk of them. 16,700 Google hits for "Strong bad" DVD and 17,900 for "Strongbad" DVD.  We already have articles on a lot of fairly minor aspects of Homestar-lore.  Why not have one on their most major product to date? Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  12:01, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Grue 12:20, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Why would Strong Bad Sings have an article, but not this? Could be improved. Dragonlord 12:28, 24 Jan 2005
 * User's third edit. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 13:36, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP != HR product catalog. Wile E. Heresiarch 15:43, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, for reasons given by User:Starblind. --Idont Havaname 17:49, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, obviously. We have hundreds of other articles for DVDs and this one is just as noteworthy as most of the others.  GRider\talk 19:56, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only 46 hits (and only 18 displayed) for "Strongbad email.exe", and IMDB hasn't heard of it? Anybody can put anything on a DVD; doesn't automagically make it notable. Niteowlneils 20:32, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Those are some of the most slanted "statistics" I've ever read. Be advised. Googling for "Strongbad +DVD"  results in 17,900 hits, almost all of which are directly relevant to this article.  GRider\talk
 * Very true, GRider. But I don't think Niteowlneils is trying to be deceptive, he just apparently forgot the underscore between the words whilst searching. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  21:25, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * I simply took the article title, put it in double quotes, and hit search. Strongbad +DVD only gets 16,400 hits for me, many of which are NOT this DVD. Niteowlneils 21:57, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * "Strongbad_Email.exe" still only gets 628 hits. Niteowlneils 22:03, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't consider any movie "commercially released" unless it's available for purchase somewhere other than the producing entity, which this doesn't seem to be. Niteowlneils 22:08, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why your Google results are lower than mine, but I have an idea. Try going into the Advanced page on google and make sure SafeSearch is OFF.  As far as the way they've chosen to distribute it, I say good for them.  They've chosen to hold on to their creations instead of selling out to the first big studio that waves a couple thousand bucks under their noses.  I wish more creators had the vision to make the same choice. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  23:15, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * That's a rationalization, not a reason. Delete. --Calton 00:43, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. --Matteh (talk) 21:29, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, still looks like an advertisement for one of many DVD series collections. Megan1967 23:37, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. We don't need an article for every individual HR product or gag.  -Sean Curtin 03:43, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect Most certainly notible, if for no other reason than its attatchment to HR.
 * The above vote by User:InShaneee, who forgot to sign. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 06:58, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Extreme keep. IMHO the IMDB argument doesn't hold much water, either.  Anyone can add a released DVD to IMDB right this minute if they create an account and login.  &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 05:41, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep; notable. Samaritan 05:58, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Merge and redirect.  Homestarrunner.com entertains thousands every day. z0mb1
 * Please note that the above vote was NOT by User:z0mb1. It was put in by User:63.171.166.140 -Frazzydee|&#9997; 23:57, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * The aforementioned IP is User:z0mb1. -Frazzydee|&#9997; 03:39, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC) (and by the way the immature message was not left by me, read the current revision for an explanation)
 * keep Yuckfoo 05:04, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's notable, though it should probably be rewritten slightly -Seancdaug 07:05, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable Jasoncart 11:49, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)