Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mush from the Wimp

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. Discussion to merge or redirect should continue on the article's talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:23, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mush from the Wimp[edit]

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I'm not seeing evidence that this topic passes Wikipedia's general notability guideline. A headline gaffe from about 30 years ago? Is an article on this really needed? *** Crotalus *** 19:41, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might be http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/29/opinion/mush-from-the-wimps.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polarpanda (talk • contribs) 20:36, 24 November 2009 (UTC) It does show up in a lot of other publications Polarpanda (talk) 20:40, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to Boston Globe. It has some measure of historical notability in journalism, kind of as a cautionary tale about practical jokes, and it still gets mention in editorials [1] and in books [2]. My recollection at the time was that unless you happened to live in Boston, you only heard of it after it happened. Would it have been notable enough for its own article if there had been a Wikipedia in 1979? I doubt it. Mandsford (talk) 19:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This got nationwide coverage at the time and the incident continues to be referenced in the news and in books, as the Ghits show. Edward321 (talk) 15:56, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. But just barely. I'd !vote to delete an article about Helsinki Schmelsinki. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 20:06, 1 December 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.