Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Bad Old Days


 * 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 delete as notability not sufficiently demonstrated. Bduke 03:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

The Bad Old Days

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Not notable, the term "Bad Old Days" looks to return all of one results, from an extremely shaky source (about.com). The phrase urban legend commonly circulated by email alone is really all that needs to be said about this lucid 09:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is not primarily known by that name, but it's a hoary e-mail (and probably faxlore before that). It's commonly called The 1500s, Facts About the 1500s or Life in the 1500s, e.g. this debunking. There are quite a few results for 1500s+hoax, and it's been covered in detail in e.g. Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends, in which it is labeled "may be the most common linguistic e-mail hoax". --Dhartung | Talk 09:37, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment if this is the case, it should be moved to "Life in the 1500s" or a similar title -- lucid 10:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep notable --  Chil dzy  ¤  Ta lk  11:31, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete It's one of thousands of "list of funny stuff" emails that moms pass around... why does that belong in an encyclopedia? Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  11:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The many, many inaccurate lists of interesting "facts" circulated via e-mail do not merit articles here. (I find the ones listing supposed word origins particularly amusing, myself.) I don't think any of these qualify as notable hoaxes, no matter how many sources take the trouble to debunk them. Deor 12:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Poorly written article by someone who was apparently afraid that chain letters and spam are copyrighted, and thus did not mention much about the urban legend. The more informative link indicates that folks are still being taken in by this one and that they're sharing it with all their friends.  It's possible that this is more popular in Britain, which, unlike the U.S.A., had a Dark Ages.  Mandsford 15:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, doesn't really appear notable unless more sources are given.-h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 20:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I do not think an encyclopedia is the place for these hoaxes that are passed through email.  Snopes is the place to debunk these, not an encyclopedia Corpx 04:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 11:36, 8 September 2007 (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.