Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Eek! the Cat


 * 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. BD2412 T 16:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Eek! the Cat
This is a contested PROD. It was PRODded with the comment "Unremarkable quotes: Nothing here is remotely original or eloquent". It is also completely unsourced. The author replied "That's subjective - fans of the show would disagree ... For citations, I'll link it to the wikipedia page" I leave it to others to assess the quality of quotes, but clearly Wikipedia is not acceptable as a source.—Collingwood (talk) 19:22, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 20:00, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom.--Collingwood (talk) 19:22, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Please provide guidance on how to make the page acceptable. I assumed the The Looney Tunes Show page is considered acceptable and it only contains links to wikipedia. As the guide said not to simply copy quotes from other sources my intent is to review the original episodes that I have recordings of - can I cite that? --Vladhed (talk) 19:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Providing references to specific episodes would be a great help. It would of course not affect the "Unremarkable quotes" argument.  I am not happy with The Loony Tunes page either, now you point it out, and will consider what to do about it.  Referencing is always a problem with articles of this type.--Collingwood (talk) 07:24, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I added an example using ref - not sure if this is the way to go though. Can you point me at a good example of a TV show? I noticed Futurama has everything grouped by Episode.  I'm still working on the "unremarkableness" of it. --Vladhed (talk) 20:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I think this is salvageable, with a few lines worth keeping if they are fully sourced. I think that saying "I have gravity poisoning" in response to falling is actually pretty clever, and I like "Blast 'em all and let the archeologists sort 'em out" as a variation on the theme of that quote. Note that quotes must be original to the work to be included. Quotes like "..., man" or "Really?" or "We move!" are not original to the work, as they have been used in previous works. I frankly thought that this would apply to "It doesn't hurt to help", but it seems that this one really did originate with the cartoon. BD2412 T 13:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll buy that. Quotes like "Really?" are only unique in their context and intonation - for instance it's notable to me when my kids use it as a sarcastic response to me spouting some obvious fatherly advice.  But this is not what wikiquote is for.  As I review episodes I will stick to adding clever and original to work quotations. -- Vladhed (talk) 16:52, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep after the recent improvements - but the page should be cleaned up and quotes should be sorted by episode. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:25, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * done - still got some under "character catchphrases" but I'm not sure I like it. perhaps better under first episode it occurs on.-- Vladhed (talk) 23:37, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * okay - removed them too - everything listed by episode. Will add more this w/e.-- Vladhed (talk) 13:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. The article is significantly improved since I tagged it prod. Some of the material is derivative or weak, but it can be cleaned up because it is no longer exclusively so, and the original contributor now has embraced the quotability principle. ~ Ningauble (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, nice job with the improvements to the page. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 07:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)