Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:I have a girlfriend but she lives in Canada


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany 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 debate was Delete, on the basis of the strength of the argument that this is not a good analogy. Userfication will be done for any editor, on request. Xoloz 15:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I have a girlfriend but she lives in Canada
Essay is a reference to Avenue Q, includes a link to a 'fair use' ogg file of the song in question. I'm not sure how this would be useful, as essays like this one are usually used to explain wikipedia's rules or expectations to editors, and I don't see how sending an editor here when they're already on the defensive because their article is up for deletion could be anything but offensive. "Yeah, right, you're article's notable, and Rod from Avenue Q really does have a girlfriend in Canada." -- Vary | Talk 14:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Userfy - David Gerard 17:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The essay itself is completely unnecessary and doesn't say much. Considering the user blanked his own userpage, I doubt he would want this on it. Perhaps the essay can be placed on his userpage and then reverted, so that it will at least exist in his userpage's history. No matter what, the essay definitely, in my opinion, should not exist on the Wikipedia: namespace. -- Kicking222 18:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep; fairly good analogy for a frequent problem. It may or may not reach the defensive editor; but it's a good fast explanation for everybody else. Septentrionalis 03:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm not sure it is that good an good analogy, though. The kid making up the imaginary girlfriend is out-and-out lying to avoid seeming pathetic in front of his friends.  Editors on AFD who can't produce proof that their article satisfies WP:V very often do believe that their subject belongs on wikipedia because it's notable or soon will be (ie, a band that is 'just about to make it big'); they may not be right, but they're not lying.  The fake girlfriend analogy feels like an assumption of bad faith. -- Vary | Talk 12:39, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pretty pointless. Reliability of sources for articles should be solved by classification system for the articles and by better MediaWiki software, not by such "essays". Pavel Vozenilek 19:02, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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