Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JATO Rocket Car

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 keep. L Faraone 05:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

JATO Rocket Car[edit]

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This "article" such that it is, is essentially 100 percent "trivia", it is not "encyclopedic" in any way. A more appropriate forum for this subject would be Snopes, not Wikipedia. =//= Johnny Squeaky 16:30, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It comes up. People want to look it up. They hear about it, they wanna see if it was an urban legend, or debunked, or real. Keep it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.152.78.30 (talk) 21:30, 5 May 2013 (UTC) — 12.152.78.30 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Keep It's perhaps a trivial topic (although that doesn't stop us with Honey Boo Boo or Pokemon), but it's a trivial topic that is widely discussed by a range of independent sources. The coverage of this urban legend is based on these sources, and seems robust. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:36, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. czar · · 19:34, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. czar · · 19:34, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Obvious Keep: The fact that we all know exactly what this article is about is a clear indication of its GNG in terms of a cultural phenomenon. Maury Markowitz (talk) 01:14, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Not sure why the article doesn't mention The Darwin Awards (film) where this was prominently featured and discussed and analyzed from a spoof perspective. Tons of other secondary source coverage. — Cirt (talk) 03:25, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete it may well be "widely discussed by a range of independent sources" but in which case why are they not cited in the article ? absent any RELIABLE independent sources being added to the article it fails the WP:V policy and should be deleted. LGA _talk^edits 07:50, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"why are they not cited in the article" - lack of evidence is not evidence of a lack. Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:24, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.