Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Panic! at the Disco


 * 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 all. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Panic! at the Disco
I may be going out on a limb with this. This is a joint nomination of four articles: Spencer Smith, Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie and Jon Walker. All four are members of the band Panic! at the Disco and consist of unsourced quotes largely consisting of inane criticism of other band members. Many of the quotes are out of context and inexplicable. There are Wikipedia articles for all of them, but the quotes articles appear to be what Wikipedia would call "fancruft" - only conceivably of interest to those already interested with the band to the point of obsession. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 00:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

As an aside, I was prompted to nominate them because they have become targets for vandalism. When I was looking at it, it became impossible to tell the difference between vandal added quotes and original ones - not a good sign. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 00:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete all (five votes to delete, no dissent). —LrdChaos (talk) 15:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. We may have to start doing to musicians and actors what we are now doing to wrestlers: deleting pages of nothing but unsourced chat. Even when someone is shown to be notable, he deserves better than this sort of clique-minded trivia; or if this is really the sort of thing someone is given to saying, why bother to preserve it here? - InvisibleSun 01:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and InvisibleSun.  Cbrown1023  talk  01:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with above. ~ UDScott 13:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all unless original, pithy, sourced quotes added. I find Fys's anti-fancruft and InvisibleSun's anti-chat arguments compelling for practical reasons, not to mention a concern for gossipy junk posted about living persons against Wikimedia policy. There is no way responsible Wikiquotians can even monitor, let alone improve, the tide of drivel currently being added to Wikiquote by editors who show not the slightest interest in understanding what kind of material we want to see here. This is reflected not just in classes of people articles, but also in TV shows, films, electronic games, and other genres. It is becoming an epidemic of sheer inanity, posted by people who seem to feel that Wikiquote is a place to collect any words, actions, or sounds uttered by or recorded in a subject. The only practical defense we have at this time is ruthless deletion of such articles. As I generally lean toward inclusionism, I hate this tactic of exigency, but I would hate Wikiquote becoming a garbage dump even more. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 15:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.