Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wack Pack


 * 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   no consensus. Even the nominator does not seem to favor outright deletion. Discussion of a merger can and should take place on the target article's talk page.Beeblebrox (talk) 00:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Wack Pack

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A group of people notable only for their association with The Howard Stern Show. Any salvageable and sourceable content should go to the article on the show. The article has been a minefield for WP:BLP issues, probably because this group was brought together apparently for the purpose of mockery, an activity that Wikipedia should not emulate. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:45, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment I moved what I thought useable to The Howard Stern Show and boldly redirected to The_Howard_Stern_Show. User:CarbonX reverted and suggested a discussion at AFD.  So here we are.  Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 18:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment My main concern that was that the article had survived two previous AfD's. On that basis I thought it "felt wrong" to instead turn the article into a redirect without any further discussion.  I do think there have been many recent edits to improve the article (including those by Kenilworth), but I'll leave it to others to decide if it's enough to merit inclusion on Wikipedia. To be clear, there is a tremendous amount of wp:AGF on my part here, I just thought the circumstances merited further discussion  CarbonX (talk) 10:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge into The Howard Stern Show. No sign of independent notability from my brief google search. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:04, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The Stern article is already too large. We shouldn't be deleting based on use of crystal balls by saying it is a minefield for BLP, all of Wikipedia is. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 02:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Not a prediction, just a comment on what has actually been happening, as a glance at the article history will show. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep As above. Stern show is hugely notable, therefore a group of regular guests are of note too. Any "mockery" seems to be mostly good natured, and wouldn't reduce notability anyway.--Shakehandsman (talk) 03:11, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Notability is not inherited. If they are notable only in the context of a radio show, they should be discussed in the article on that show.  Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 18:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps my post wasn't clear. I wasn't suggesting the individuals themselves merited an article each, just simply that the amount of coverage the group gets makes it notable in itself. The fact that an article isn't the best written on Wikipedia isn't a reason for deletion, nor is the fact that the subjects are eccentric and enjoy mocking each other. I really don't see it fitting into the Howard Stern show article very well at all either.--Shakehandsman (talk) 19:37, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I think that everything that can be reliably sourced is already at The_Howard_Stern_Show, as mentioned above. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 19:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge into The Howard Stern Show. No independent notability, only part of show. --Bobbyd2011 (talk) 22:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * merge - redirect if the content worthy of keeping is already duplicated at the notable radio show - not independently noteworthy. Off2riorob (talk) 05:25, 29 January 2011 (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.