Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sudanese goat marriage incident


 * 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 speedy keep per Articles for deletion/Rose (goat) (2nd nomination) which closed only 12 days before this nomination. Garion96 (talk) 10:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Sudanese goat marriage incident

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Unencyclopedic, bordering on the nonsensical. This supposed "Internet phenomenon" is just one of those off-the-wall stories mass media picks up from time to time - the same article in ten places isn't notability, but syndication. There is no objective evidence available besides links to various webpages of the story itself, and there is no indication that this is anything but notoriety (which is not the same as notability). I would further recommend this be salted. MSJapan (talk) 04:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep. Article has been kept at two previous AFDs: 1 2. The second ended 12 days ago. Gimmetrow 04:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is an off the wall story, yes, but as the nominator states there is no objective evidence suggesting that this meets any reasonable stretch of notability to be included in an encyclopedia, and Wikipedia is no exception. JBsupreme (talk) 06:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Per our deletion policy, this is a disruptive renomination. It does not address the recently closed discussion nor provide any policy reason to delete.  There is ample objective evidence of notability cited in the article, as the previous discussion found. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Well-sourced article. I can well imagine this to be a search target for readers exactly because of its silliness. – sgeureka t•c 08:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep based both on this only having been kept at AFD 12 days ago and on the plentiful notability established in the article. Davewild (talk) 10:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep, last AFD was only a couple of weeks ago. Darksun (talk) 10:24, 8 June 2008 (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.