Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shabadelphia

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 of the debate was Delete. Deathphoenix ʕ 19:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shabadelphia

Self-promotion of group that does not seem to have much recognition outside their own circle. Participation in Philadelphia Film Festival may count as borderline notability, so I (conservatively) refrained from speedying. Note that their 17 unique Google hits are virtually all from their self-promotion or their social networking, and none are from established newspapers, critics, etc. FreplySpang 13:08, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Screening at the Philadelphia Film Festival which, by a rough estimation, ran about 250 films this year, does not constitute notability in any way. This film has 1 review and 8 ratings on the Festival's website. (It currently has a 3, by the way, with 3 5s, 3 1s, a two, and a four.) The runnning time of the film is two minutes, and there is no claim that its content is particular original or groundbreaking. Simply being from a city "which is not known for its sketch comedy" -- whatever that means -- is not enough to make this group notable. This is Vanity with a capital V. - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 14:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- per nom -- MrDolomite 14:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep We live in a society today where things are constantly created and destroyed, and if something is not up to the public's socially constructed standards of quality, it is destroyed. Therefore, from a psychological point of view it seems natural that there would be an urge to destroy this article as its notability does not seem to match up with those standards. But before deleting this, please think of the children. Think of little Johnny from Laramie, Wyoming who comes from a lower middle class family and doesn't have internet access at home but is very bright and has a yearning for obscure trivia knowledge so he sneaks out to the public library just so he can access Wikipedia. If you delete this article, little Johnny and all the other children just like him will be deprived of ever knowing about Shabadelphia, and if that happens, let it be on the heads of the people who voted "Delete". I implore you, please save this article, for the children. Mr. Sensible 19:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Note User has only four edits. --Coredesat 20:40, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Note on your Note: None of them are in the Article Namespace. - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 10:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Note on "Note" and "Note on your Note" I might only have 4 edits (well 5 now) and none of them are in the article namespace but that's only because I know that'd I'd have trouble with that whole NPOV thing. I think that my opinions on this site are as good as the next literate guy's so IMO I'm gonna have to note that neither the note nor the note on your note are notable. Mr. Sensible 18:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no notability, fails WP:VAIN. --Coredesat 20:40, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An excellent and well-written defense, Mr. Sensible. Thank you for making up my mind on this article. Delete (I can hear little Johnny crying now.) Tony Fox (speak) 20:47, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If Mr Sensible's comment is an example of the group's work, I'm sure they will become notable as comedians before long. :) However, until that day... Tevildo 21:27, 23 June 2006 (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.