Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ze plane! Ze plane!


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The result was   keep. The article and its sourcing have improved greatly since it was nominated. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  22:59, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Ze plane! Ze plane!

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Unreferenced, does not appear to be a notable subject or discussed in reliable sources. Stifle (talk) 08:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Article as it currently stands appears as WP: OR and WP: synthesis with no third party sources presented. An article for the plane is also already written at Grumman Widgeon. Don't recommend merging with this article, as would only add trivia details at this point. &spades; B.s.n.   &hearts; R.N. contribs 10:25, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Grumman Widgeon. Most of it as it stands is uncited Original research.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 10:48, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, changed my mind. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:31, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete An (arguably) fascinating story that may or may not be true. Even with sources, I have to wonder about whether a airplane on display is the same one that was used for stock footage on a TV show, or even why I would care. Mandsford (talk) 13:11, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced but more important I could not find any reliable sources that verify the information. Can not establish that the information is true or notable.   GB fan  talk 15:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep much improved and I think it now meets notability guideline.  GB fan  talk 00:51, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep: Perhaps the plane information is not sourced yet, but I added a bunch about the catchphrase itself.  I guess it depends how you feel about internet memes of today's age, but "the plane! the plane!" was a ubiquitous catchphrase of the early 80s, on the level of Where's the beef?--Milowent (talk) 19:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep! Keep! - Notable catchphrase, much parodied. Bearian (talk) 21:51, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, this one (again) on account of WP:IAR. The article is a bit WP:COATRACKish, primarily discussing the plane itself, but it's pervaded the culture enough where I feel it can stay. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 22:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge with Fantasy Island. This is a much parodied and reused catch phrase. If it really doesn't deserve a page of its own, it at least deserves a subsection of mention on the page of the show it originated from. - Shiori (talk) 13:41, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep well-cited, probably notable in its own right. -Drdisque (talk) 20:57, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sweet: Editor KTrimble added a photo he/she has taken of the actual plane.--Milowent (talk) 02:16, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ze article has been sourced and improved substantially since the nomination.  Sandstein   19:32, 12 October 2009 (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.