Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken
This page has been tagged copyvio since January (with a couple reverts in the meanwhile). Contributors to the article have been unwilling to exercise restraint. Note that the episodes are only 11-12 minutes long, so these transcripts are not proportionate to fair use of works under copyright. — Ningauble (talk) 17:20, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 18:00, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom, without prejudice to starting from scratch after it is slashed and burned and lain fallow (but with extreme prejudice against treating things like "[mumbles rhythmatically, but incoherently]" and "[breathing]" as quotations, or treating things like "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" and "Heh heh...douche" as quoteworthy). ~ Ningauble (talk) 17:20, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep — though the page has excessive quotes of low quality I do NOT agree with the strategy of deleting extensively worked upon pages because many of the casual visitors who have worked upon them have not all adhered to such expectations or standards as we might desire. Though it might exceed the numerical guidelines preferred by some, which I believe should be ONLY guidelines and NOT mandates, I doubt that it is so excessive even in what has been its poor and unpolished state to be anything approaching an infringement of copyright. I cannot claim I would be very willing to work on it, but as in such cases of the past, I would prefer to do so rather than consenting to DELETE the extensive works of others out of laziness or lazy-mindedness in attending to the growth and maintenance of this wiki, and providing opportunities of anyone interested in quotes of any subject to contribute. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 17:47, 12 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and comments by Ningauble. I would rather start again with such a page (preserving the history of what has been done as a starting point - if there are users that wish to undertake this, the quotes can be moved to the show's talk page, as was done with the many proverbs pages) with an appropriate set of memorable quotes that are also of a more reasonable number. And to address comments shown above, blaming a desire to start from scratch or the lack of attention such a page has received purely on laziness is unfair and frankly, strikes me as a lazy label to affix to this issue. There are only so many hours in the day that users can devote to this site, and I for one already have a lengthy list of work to perform here. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:18, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep after Kalki's improvements to the page - thanks for the work. A comment: I am actually quite happy that this page has been rescued. I have done such rescuing myself over the years, but found myself unable to do so at this time. This is a page that had languished for quite some time in a state that was really not acceptable and there did not seem to be any hope of it being trimmed until this discussion was initiated. Sometimes it is only under threat of removal that needed improvements are made. I would certainly prefer that this be the action of last resort, but it is necessary sometimes in order to spur action. Again, thank you for your efforts in this case, Kalki.
 * My comments above were merely meant to express frustration on my part when I see such discussions labeled in a knee-jerk fashion as laziness on the part of those of us that work tirelessly on the project. I for one do not ever feel that I have exhibited laziness in working here, but rather a need to prioritize my activities here. For the most part, I feel that my prioritization efforts are successful and that most of what I do here is for the benefit of the project. And I do not ever intentionally set out to limit or destroy the work of others, unless there appears to be a good reason for it or a benefit to be gained for the project. I believed this to be one of those cases. If "real-world" concerns, as well as my own list of work to be done here had allowed it, I would have undertaken this task in your stead. But in the end, as I said, I am happy with the results, even if it meant irritating you and taking you away from other doubtless valuable contributions you could make. Thanks again. ~ UDScott (talk) 16:03, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I am now tagging the page "inuse" — I will also attend with some resigned ANGER to this task because of what I find to be NAUSEATING indifference and efforts to EXCLUDE and DESTROY the work of others, rather than permit it be eventually improved upon by people actually highly INTERESTED in the subject — which I am NOT. I  confess that I am VERY inclined to assess such behavior as mentally and morally lazy, insipidly and stupidly destructive, and generally discouraging to involvement of those who have often been provided examples of HOW extensively demanding A FEW have typically been, AGAINST the general acceptance of some who would prefer to WORK and PRODUCE significant material rather than spending and WASTING much time judging and condemning and eliminating the work of others. I am NOW posting a work tag on the presently damnable thing, and though I have MANY other things I would MUCH prefer to attend to, and some which I MUST, I expect I can have this sufficiently improved within the next day, without any need for immediate  deletion, and destruction of the previous efforts of others, upon which I am working, to the extent I have the time and opportunity.
 * I hope that others have the mental and moral strength to pardon occasional honest shows of irritation at what I genuinely am inclined to perceive as the mental or moral laziness or disregard of others for principles of tolerance which permit growth of awareness and appreciation of MANY diverse forms of thought, with MINIMAL intervention of those with more important or urgent things to do than curry to every asinine complaint about the state of others work — the deficiencies or flaws of which are actually necessary for the growth of capacities for genuine harmony, and effective opposition to mere monolithic monotony, and then have the gall to be highly offended at criticisms of their own actions or attitudes. I am quite OPEN to criticisms about myself or those I give any support to, and to contentions about best means of various types of progress, but am quite prone to object vigorously to absolutist exclusions and destructions of EXTENSIVE efforts, no matter how poor, if they are clearly within the scope of legal requirements and project aims, and thus redeemable with a little bit of effort, such as I have expended numerous times over the years on pages others would simply DELETE. I hope that some might actually have sense enough to eventually see that I am attending to more vitally important needs even in such apparently rambling or "random" assertions as I make for various reasons, in statements such as these, but like many other things, I know many things which can be helpful in great or little ways often take a bit more time and effort than many are inclined to make — OR even permit others to make. So it goes… ⨀∴☥☮♥∵ॐ … Blessings. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC) + tweaks
 * I have worked on this to the extent I could in the last couple of days, and the last edition prior to the "scary" copyvio declaration was quite extensive. I am only about halfway done at trimming it down extensively and fixing what formatting errors I can in the remainder of it at this point, but hope to be finished tomorrow. Just a very short time ago, I broke off from working on it to make a selection for QOTD, and must now be leaving, but expect to be back at work on it within a few hours. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have finally completed a MAJOR edit which restored MUCH of the material which MANY others had contributed, and trimmed MUCH of it to bring it more in line with the expectations and demands of others, and formatting much of it to comply with formatting standards. I have much more I am inclined to note, but have MANY other things to attend to, and in the present state of the page, after extensive work, there should be NOT even PRETENSIONS made for a valid reason for its deletion. I am QUITE PISSED OFF enough at having needed to spend so much time on this rather extensive page of inane humor, which is generally NOT to my own tastes, because of what I perceive as NEEDLESS call for its deletion, that if the even MORE inane asininity of others produces a deletion of this page — I do NOT intend to very soon be quiet or complacent about it. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:23, 24 September 2014 (UTC)