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Some articles on RationalWiki are ripe for plucking and deletion. If you think an article fits this description (and there is no page that it could be better merged with), here are the steps to take to put it on this page:
- Add
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or{{Article for deletion|Reason}}
to the top of the page you think needs deletion. - Press the save button to get the rest of the instructions to populate.
- The second line of instructions that appear below the deletion template allow for pre-populating a discussion, click that button, replace the word "Reason" with your reasoning for wanting to delete the article.
- Finally add
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to top of this list. Don't forget to change the ReplaceMeWithTheArticleName to the proper article name from step 3.
Please notify the creator/main editor(s) on their talkpage using {{afdnotice|(Replace with exact article name '''including namespace''')|(Replace with AFD rationale)}}, particularly if it's new and the users are active.
Then wait a while and see what the mob thinks, unless there's an actual reason it needs to be taken out and shot quickly (e.g. a severely problematic/inaccurate living person's biography).
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To archive:
- Edit the AFD page to change the result from "?" to "deleted" or "kept" or whatever.
- Go to RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Log and remove the
{{RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Article}}
. - Go to the 2024 archives and add
{{RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Article}}
at the top of the stack.
After deleting, add Category:Talk pages for deleted articles to the talk page if it has one. (The exception is deleted pages that were not main space articles, for which there's other categories to add to any talk pages instead.)
VenomFangX | Result: ?[edit]
- VenomFangX – (View AfD)
Delete[edit]
- Doesn't meet the 100,000 subscriber requirement, but also seems utterly irrelevant. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 15:06, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- What are their video views? Has anybody notable responded to them? Carthage (talk) 15:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- I think they've deleted most of their videos. Their currently most-viewed one has 6,000 views. Some response videos have over 100,000 views. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 15:21, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- What are their video views? Has anybody notable responded to them? Carthage (talk) 15:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Batshit Creationists were a dime a dozen back in the ye olden days of youtube and shouldn't have an article on every single one of them, especially when most of them are nobodies. A somebody. (talk) 20:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- No remaining videos less than 11 years old, has 830 subscribers and no original ideas; I see no reason why this channel needs more than a mention in the Thunderf00t article, since a spat with him seems to be the main claim to fame here. There are no ideas that are unique to this person, so there is no particular reason why their particular views need to be documented or responded to in an article addressed directly to them, especially given that they appear to have had no presence of any kind since ~2015. Notably, contrary to what was stated above, their most viewed video has 60,000 views, and is their response to Thunderf00t, reinforcing that they are most notable for petty internet drama. Altogether, this article has nothing substantial to contribute to the site's mission, because its subject has nothing substantial to contribute even to fundamentalism. 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑒 talk 01:33, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 19:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Delete , old videos , few subscribers , does not add anything to Ratwikis sites and missions.Oneandtwo (talk) 18:32, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Dead channel, wasn’t interesting in the first place. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 20:12, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Seems utterly irrelevant nowadays. The fact the opener admits the page had to be trimmed down because it was insanely long already tells an entire story. -- Techpriest (talk) 22:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- I think this is undue attention for someone with 44,911 total views. Justarandomliberal (talk) 23:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Keep[edit]
- Raw subscriber count isn't the only measure of a YouTuber's relevance. VenomFangX has made himself enough of a nuisance to the reality-based community to force them to engage with him, if only to shoot him down (see also Shockofgod). Keep the article; people need to know who this twerp is and why his opinions are worthless. Luigifan18 (talk) 17:07, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Seconded. Carthage (talk) 17:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 00:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Seems more of a history/archive piece, and one of the original YEC's on YouTube. Part of a small and fascinating era. Patty Pat 12:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- There is no real cost in retaining it. Suggest perhaps somebody gives it a tidyup / summarisation before left as an archive piece. I know it is not part of RWs mission but I suspect we might be the only documented article on them left now, and I feel it's important it is documented. KarmaPolice (talk) 19:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Is of historical significance, at least. Plutocow (talk) 19:34, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- Ioe bidome (talk) 23:46, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Merge/redirect[edit]
Goat[edit]
Presidential candidacy of Donald Trump | Result: ?[edit]
Delete[edit]
- Most of this article clearly hasn't been updated since mid-2016 and it has little information on the 2020 and 2024 elections, which are mostly covered in the main Donald Trump page. Maybe this requires a major cleanup and rewrite or a merge into the main Donald Trump page, but this article clearly can't continue to exist in the state it is in now. Plutocow (talk) 21:30, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Keep[edit]
- Agree with 'merge', but I am formally voting 'Keep' because the merge must be done before this article is thrown in the memory hole. KarmaPolice (talk) 16:43, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- We have other articles that are dated, but we still keep them (DAESH comes to mind here.) This article needs work, not just to be thrown out into the bin. Merge it or whatever, but this article is definitely missional. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Carthage (talk) 16:59, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Merge/redirect[edit]
- Merge with the appropriate section(s) in Donald Trump. --Goatspeed. See what I'm up toCircularRasoningSee my latest prototypes 23:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- Merge. Bongolian (talk) 05:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Merge thrice. Patty Pat 13:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with KP's suggestion to keep the page long enough to properly merge, but since I do think it should be merged with Donald Trump, I'm voting here. Sincerely, Postuhenin the neurodivergent doodlebug! (say hi! ^^) 02:56, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- As per KP. Bongolian (talk) 03:23, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Merge into main article on the big orange baby. Spud (talk) 14:08, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 23:52, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Merge RTD (talk) 03:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 17:48, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Justarandomliberal (talk) 16:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Goat[edit]
- This has been open for a couple of months now does someone want to close this? Lavalizard101 (talk) 16:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)