Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Joe the Plumber

Joe the Plumber
In light of our recent discussions, I question the need for a page like this, on a person of minor notability, containing quotes which seem designed to embarrass the subject rather than convey any quoteworthy material. — BD2412 T 17:37, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 18:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - Agree that there's little or no value in this page. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 18:51, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, I would be inclined to keep if the page had better sources. But all the sources are dubious. Cirt (talk) 21:19, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per all the above. - InvisibleSun 03:39, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep because of improvements by Kalki. - InvisibleSun 12:20, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Poor quality, poor sources. &mdash; RyanCross (talk ) 05:16, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete only because there are not better sources for the quote. But I would not necessarily agree with the reasons contained in the nomination. Many of these quotes were reported pretty widely and if properly sourced I would vote to keep the page (despite the fact that many of the quotes might embarrass the subject, he did say them). ~ UDScott 20:15, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, now that improvements have been made by Kalki. ~ UDScott 13:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * This cuts to a deeper point, I think - what is our purpose? To report quotes that are said just because they were said? Because they were repeated (which, in this mass media age doesn't take much)? Or because they are gems worthy of being passed down for the ages? BD2412 T 01:32, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Pointless, no notable or memorial quotes, fails manuel of style, created by a banned user and finally no such person or page at Wikipedia about a page named Joe the Plumber.(StarWarsFanBoy 21:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC))
 * To be fair, there is a Wikipedia page on Joe the Plumber - but that mean little for our analysis. BD2412 T 15:54, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: I don't know that it will make a difference, but I just did a bit of work on the page to format, source and arrange the quotes properly, trimming a few and adding a few. I probably would not have ever bothered to create the article myself, but the man remains prominently involved in political events, and I see no need to delete the page. It didn't take me all that long to do a cleanup of what was on it and add a couple more mildly notable quotes. ~ Kalki 10:47, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand dollars a year. Your new tax plan's going to tax me more, isn't it?" - what is profound about it? Why is it worth keeping? I'll grant the McCain quote about Joe the Plumber is notable and quotable, but there must be a dozen people McCain has mentioned by name in speeches who don't merit their own entries. BD2412 T 13:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * On second thought, keep per Kalki's revision. It does have some historical value now. BD2412 T 13:40, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, per improvements. Cirt (talk) 10:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Not my favorite type of quote page but there are adequate sources and he did become well known so keep based on these points. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 23:00, 9 November 2009 (UTC)