RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick | Result: Deleted

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Delete

 * 1) Subject is notable for a single incident, otherwise not relevant to the mission. Anything useful to talk here is already covered plenty in our other articles. No different than random articles on irrelevant politicians we delete all the time. 13:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) Christopher (talk) 13:13, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, Christ, yes. Another case of somebody having their 15 minutes of infamy and one year later nobody knows who the fuck they are. Spud (talk) 14:18, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) I have never heard of him before, he can go to the trash bin for all I bother to care. 2A02:120B:C3FB:3B40:F59D:4FAA:510E:4F1D (talk) 14:25, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Are IPs/BONs eligible to vote on these things? I feel like that opens up the potential for abuse. ℕoir LeSable (talk) 14:34, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) GeeJayK (talk) 03:50, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Keep

 * 1) Kaepernick was basically the founder and pioneer of the 'taking a knee' movement in support of Black Lives Matter.  His NFL career was destroyed as a result - no one has hired him in the intervening 3 5 years - so hwe has been made a victim by the florid and excessive blowback he received from his dignified and respectful protest.  This sounds plenty missional to me. Smerdis of Tlön, wekʷōm teḱsos. 03:18, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) Agree with Smerdis. Plutocow (talk) 03:37, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Merge/redirect

 * 1) redirect to Taking a knee, because it's not just him anymore. Avida Dollarsher again 13:31, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) I suggest keeping the content in general but have an article about protests by sports players on the subject of police brutality. Merge to police brutality if can't do a complete page on this. 16:15, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Goat
Moved from Keep End moved from Keep
 * The whole taking a knee thing is big now. Perhaps move to "taking a knee2 or something similar? Avida Dollarsher again 13:21, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Did you mean to put this under merge/redirect or goat? 13:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * errrrr... yes. I need more tea. Avida Dollarsher again 13:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)