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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The result was nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) SkyWarrior 17:57, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Meddlesome priest[edit]

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WP:NOTNEWS, plain and simple. SkyWarrior 16:19, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. SkyWarrior 16:19, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. SkyWarrior 16:19, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This article is about a notable phrase/idiom from medieval times, not about a news event, so WP:NOTNEWS does not apply. FireflySixtySeven (talk) 16:37, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    But the only reason this quote is notable is because of the recent event, so I would argue NOTNEWS does apply in this case. SkyWarrior 16:38, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    That is not true. There are thousands of hits if you search google books for "meddlesome priest"/"turbulent priest", and here are some non-Comey newspaper articles mentioning the phrase - The New York Times, The Times of Sicily, The Telegraph. FireflySixtySeven (talk) 17:55, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough, withdrawing nomination. SkyWarrior 17:57, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep this phrase is notable independently of Comey/Trump and has been notable for close to 1000 years. It is laughable that someone has posted NOTNEWs regarding a 100-year old phrase that all people of cultivation, taste, and learning should know. We are here as educators, not as janitors cleaning up after His Majesty Donald Trump's unseemly messes. What is this insufferable urge to scrub wikipedia clean of everything tjat makes Teump look bad(i.e everuthing he either does or says)? Mishigas (talk) 17:30, 9 June 2017 (UTC) Mishigas (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [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.