Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Duncan Tate


 * 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: delete.

Duncan Tate
This person does not appear to meet standards for notability. The witticisms of a small-college professor, no matter how funny, are simply not acceptable material for a page here. — UDScott 19:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 20:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. ~ UDScott 19:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * What exactly are these standards for notability? Professor Tate may not be famous now, but that's the very reason why this article should exist. ~ User: Ofstrings2 19:45, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Your response actually makes the case when you say that he "is not famous now." That's the point. There's also the issue that none of these quotes can be reliably sourced as they are presumably just utterances from the classroom. Feel free to include them on your user page, but having a separate page for these quotes is not advisable, both for notability reasons and for an inability to source the quotes. ~ UDScott 20:30, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Notability and sourcing issues. However, to the original poster, please note that there are literally hundreds of thousands of places on the Internet where you can post this. BD2412 T 20:34, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. (See Fame.) ~ Ningauble 14:15, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the nomination. Sjones23 16:24, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and points made above. -Sketchmoose 16:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Seeing that quotes from Cube 2: Hypercube are obviously significant contributions to the cumulative abstract entity we call mankind I understand why lines such as those should be included in this prestigious canon and lines such as Professor Tate's should stay within the realm of folklore. Could I possibly make a page of quotes from this very discussion? They would be reliably sourced, it seems like you guys meet the notability requirements, and it's funny. Better yet, we could add them to meta-wiki, as this would qualify as a type of meta-conversation. Please respond using the rules for visual format if I just blew your mind. ~ User: Ofstrings2 18:10, 12 August 2010 (2010)
 * What on Earth makes you think we meet any kind of notability requirements? BD2412 T 01:07, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * More to the point, what makes anyone think sarcasm is a persuasive form of argumentation? ~ Ningauble 15:51, 13 August 2010 (UTC)