Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Backstroke of the West

-- Poetlister 20:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Backstroke of the West
This page was originally PROD'd with the reason "This appears to be a hoax." It's not really a hoax, though, but rather from a poorly-translated version of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. (As I understand it, the source is a Chinese-dubbed bootleg version of the film with subtitles in English, translated from the Chinese dub.) I still that the page should be deleted, but I think that it ought to be for the right reason, rather than a PROD from an incorrect assumption. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 15:00, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as it's simply a marginal sub-product of the original, whose humor is only in the translation. Not worthy of Wikiquote. --Thekohser 14:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep It's notable enough, and while the quotes are pretty poor out of context, a few are needed to give the flavour of the piece.--Cato 19:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree it's notable enough but I'm not sure if we need an article on WQ.-- Poetlister 21:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cato. If something is funny, what difference if it's a translation?--Yehudi 21:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete on grounds of not being notable. Although the original source material is obviously notable, I fail to see how a poorly translated bootleg of it meets notability standards. ~ UDScott 13:01, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per UDScott. - Keeping a bad translation for its camp value alone would make sense if it were notable in its own right (e.g., English As She Is Spoke). I'm not convinced, however, that this bootleg makes the grade. - InvisibleSun 02:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, useless collection contributes nothing to our best purpose of providing a resource of poignant, profound, and useful quotes. BD2412 T 23:37, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable. All your base are belong to us it ain't. Besides, quoting a copyvio derrivative work is questionable. - Ningauble 16:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC)