Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kilimanjaro Expedition

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kilimanjaro Expedition[edit]

This sketch seems to be no more notable than any other of the hundreds of Python episodes, it's completely unsupported by reliable non-self-published sources, and does nothing to assert its notability. ╟─Treasury Tag►contribs─╢ 11:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article was merely imperfect and it was not difficult to add a good source for this notable topic. The nomination is over-hasty, contrary to our deletion policy. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep as it meets many of the criteria of notability for films and such. It definitely meets criteria 1 ("the film is widely distributed and has received full length reviews by two or more nationally known critics.") and most of criteria 2 (Publication of at least two non-trivial articles, at least five years after the film's initial release./ The film was deemed notable by a broad survey of film critics, academics, or movie professionals, when such a poll was conducted at least five years after the film's release). In addition, while not stated on the article, this sketch has been awarded, thus meeting criteria 3 as well. :D Cheers. I'^mperator 13:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Very Weak Keep, but not for the reasons above. This one stays because it was used in a Python film in addition to the series, making it not eligible to be merged into an episode guide. JRP (talk) 18:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to And Now for Something Completely Different. Pastor Theo (talk) 22:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for the reasons ImperatorExercitus mentioned. Seems to meet the requirements. Dream Focus 20:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. There are plenty of reliable sources covering this, including The Cambridge companion to the modern German novel (ISBN 9780521483926 p. 74) discussing how the sketch was influenced by The Castle, a paper in the journal of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2005.10.002) and Entertainment Weekly listing it as one of the top 20 Python sketches [1]. The fact that this sketch has entered into public consciousness is demonstrated by the fact that a Daily Telegraph report of a football match over 30 years later assumes that the reader will be familiar with it [2]. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:47, 26 March 2009 (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.