Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The eXile

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 07:35, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

the_eXile
Hate Speech: "..the eXile salutes Women's Day" w/ picture of a woman holding "Will Rim for Food" sign - nice (accurately representing the publication's fascist misogeny); Libel (unsupported and gratuitous charge of sexual harassment against editor of competitor paper); Forbidden vanity page; Advertising; Pornography (description of paper's scheme for ranking Internet prostitution services); Fascism (representative quote: "the eXile's Nazi commemoration issue!"); Overall inappropriate subject for Wikipedia


 * Keep - article appears encyclopedic to me. It does not contain pornography and seems factual enough to pass the VfD test. Rob Church Talk 16:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that some of the eXile's content would be libellous if it wasn't parody, but that in itself isn't grounds for deleting the article. And the image (which may be copyvio) isn't actually needed, and (if it's really that offensive) can be removed. The rest of the article seems reasonably keepworthy to me. DS 17:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep dislike of content is not grounds for deletion. Dottore So 19:51, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As per DS. --GraemeL 22:51, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per DS. DES (talk) 00:09, 15 August 2005 (UTC) (Is this a VfD for people whose initals are DS only? :) I count three to date) DES (talk) 00:09, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, spurious nomination. --MarkSweep 00:22, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep If someone thinks the eXile is hate speech, fascist, or genuinely anti-women, libelous, let them prove it with solid sources and add that to the article. Real hate speech should be documented in an encyclopedic way and is not an "inappropriate subject for Wikipedia" Dsol 12:30, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep abakharev 04:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Is there some way to punish people who nominate for such silly reasons?
 * 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.