Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle! (2nd nomination)


 * 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 of the debate was redirect to Super Mario Brothers. –  Sceptr e  ( Talk  ) 10:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!
A gaming meme from one game, and a quote at that. Delete. A Link to the Past (talk) 15:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep This article's first AFD was closed less than twelve hours ago, and result was speedy keep. Original nomination was moved to Articles for deletion/Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle! (2) to make room for this one.  -- Vary | Talk 15:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It was not a speedy keep. It was a keep that came speedily. The difference is that it was closed quickly because the user brought it to the AfD because of an edit war. - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, the result posted by the closing admin was keep, as you say. But the consensus was to take the edit war to RfC, not to re-nominate the article for deletion. Vary | Talk 16:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This single phrase from a video game certainly doesn't deserve its own article. J I P  | Talk 15:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's a notable phrase.  Vary: The first nom was mistaken in thinking that it was only an edit war, but it's really an edit war over whether it should be deleted (and redirected), which would make AfD the place where we should have gone instead of the edit war. -- Rory 0 96 18:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And again, I say Keep. Cassandra Leo 19:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't we assume that we should go to Articles for Redirect for redirects, not Articles for Deletion?
 * I was under the impression that the procedure for the two was one and the same, but I've never actually seen an AfR.
 * Additionally, TYM doesn't transcend the original game outside of two references - one in a sequel to the game, and another in an MMORPG. - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There's quite a few more references than that - just google "Thank you * but our * is in another *" and you'll come up with tons of stuff. Most of it's just on webcomics and ytmnd stuff and whatever, but if that stuff is noteworthy enough to merit an article on AYB then it's (arguably) noteworthy enough to merit an article on TYM.
 * That said, I wouldn't object to this being merged into a new "List of memes originating from Mario series" article, because I'm sure there's plenty of other ones that haven't been noted on Wikipedia yet. Cassandra Leo 21:17, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong delete - this is far too trivial for its own article. If someone really cares, then merge it with some other Mario article. -- P199 20:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think the subject is notable enough, and the detail it currently has would be too much to merge into Super Mario Bros.. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 20:27, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge to Super Mario Brothers; article has very little support for the assertion that it's become a major meme. Transwiki to Wikiquote if you must. --Sneftel 20:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Super Mario BrothersYellowPigNowNow 21:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete cruftier than a crufty thing. Just zis Guy you know? 22:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as X-Treme Kruft, d00d! If you think this phrase is notable, you need to cut down on the video games. Brian G. Crawford 22:58, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see how pretty much any video game quote other than All your base are belong to us (and that's marginal at best) could possibly be notable enough for a seperate article. I could live with a merge to Super Mario Bros., though. BryanG 01:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Super Mario Brothers. I think most people with experience playing the NES would recognize the reference, but I don't believe it's particularly memetic. Haikupoet 01:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong redirect to Super Mario Bros., and knock off the edit warring. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Super Mario Bros. article. A famous phrase, but does not warrant an article of its own, just a mention in the article of the game in question. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:18, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Super Mario Bros. I don't think this phrase is so hugely popular either, but it is a catchphrase in that game. (My favorite one is the "You pathetic descendant of monkeys!" taunt in Wing Commander III). Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, do not redirect. Is this for real? --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEME?) 15:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Kill the cruft.--Toffile 15:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and then redirect. Cruft. --kingboyk 17:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It is a meme, if it should be deleted, then All your base are belong to us should too! Matty-chan 18:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * AYB = notable meme. TYM = nn meme. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete" not encyclopedic, might have a place on Wiktionary Wikiquote, but certainly not here. --Hetar 01:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Super Mario Bros. A few verifiable sources, but not enough to warrant its own article. 130.123.128.114 02:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per all above - Hbdragon88 03:23, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep or barring that at least redirect. It is definitely arguable whether in itself it is notable and widespread enough to have an article but it has begun to take on a life of it's own. Pegasus1138 Talk  03:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Ral315 (talk) 00:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. It's an ungainly phrase, and should probably be merged with Mario or Internet meme articles.  But that's another discussion for another time. Danny Lilithborne 05:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge per Brian. Sandstein 06:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Phrase does not need an article.  Title is too long, nobody will type it in, capitalization, punctuation and all.  So no need to keep a redirect.  NTK 09:41, 9 April 2006 (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.