Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:April fools/April Fools' Day 2005/Willy on Wheels for admin

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  Keep - the point of WP:DENY is that people engage in vandalism to upset you. When you mock them, they're not getting what they came for. Wily D 07:07, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

April fools/April Fools' Day 2005/Willy on Wheels for admin


WP:Deny. No need to glorify our vandals. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 11:47, 14 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. It is an incredibly narrow interpretation of WP:DENY to say that the essay means we cannot even mention a vandal. I'm pretty sure WoW isn't still vandalising because of this page. AGK  [•] 13:32, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There's quite a difference between mentioning a vandal and glorifying him. This vandal's long gone, but giving a vandal such extreme recognition as a joke RFA is begging for more vandalism, and not just from the same vandal, but from others who want recognition. Best just to deny recognition. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 13:43, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * By talking about a page that is seven years old, we are doing a worse job of "denying recognition" than we would have done by ignoring it. The page has been forgotten, so why bother to delete it? And it's ridiculous to think that this page is likely to inspire the next Grawp or Willy On Wheels. I believe historical records of the community's actions (however inane or flippant) should be retained unless there is a compelling reason to hide them. Your reason is not compelling. AGK  [•] 17:33, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, but slap the nominator and blank this nomination per WP:DENY. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo dooooo, Barbra Streisand. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:37, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep don't blank Part of WP:DENY might include not reminding everyone about Mr. On Wheels with a pointless MfD. :) Gigs (talk) 23:36, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and tag as historical, similar to how Best of BJAODN was handled. Obscure April Fools joke that would have remained an obscure April Fools joke had it not been brought to MfD.--SGCM (talk)  01:17, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Would anyone want to keep this if this were about any other vandal? I don't see any compelling reason to continue glorifying this vandal, and this page is not forgotten, look at the traffic statistics, it's up on the Internet for every would-be vandal who wants recognition to see. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:DENY does not mean "purge Wikipedia of anything which would indicate it's ever been vandalised". Thanks for bringing up the page view stats though! They quite plainly indicate that until you dredged it back up, the page had roughly one view per day, which basically means the odd screen-scaper bot. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There's quite a difference between indicating that Wikipedia's been vandalized and having a shrine to a vandal. It's insane to have a shrine to a vandal like this, but it looks like I'm not going to convince you guys. The only good reason I see for keeping this is AGK's "historical record" argument. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 10:03, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep I was rather shocked to find this classic April Fools Joke up for deletion. I know WP:ITSFUNNY is not a strong justification for retention, but in the case of April Fools jokes, that is rather the point. Oh, and what AGK said in both of his comments.  Horologium  (talk) 14:33, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep on wheels. Willy seems to be quite legendary. His article has one of the longest deletion logs I've seen. Nothing wrong with an April Fools joke. Osiris (talk) 15:30, 22 October 2012 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.