Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Bert Newton


 * 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. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:31, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Bert Newton
This comedian may be notable (assuming that the WP article is really about the same person) but the single unsourced quote certainly isn't. It's possible that it could be salvaged with the addition of sufficient context. 121a0012 04:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: keep (3 keeps; 1 implicit delete, but issues mostly resolved; 1 undecided; discounted 2 keep & 2 delete votes from short-time anons who brought their conflict over the Greg Buk VfD here). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:31, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete It is a completly useless page, just a single quote doesnt mean anything becuase it is not nessisarily by anyone or for anything
 * Keep. 203.134.35.137 08:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Bert Newton is one of Australia's Icons
 * Keep as a stub article. The Wikipedia article mentions the quote itself and the circumstances under which it was said. - InvisibleSun 17:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, but the page needs some expansion. ~ UDScott 20:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Undecided. I don't know if the single quote we have now can be the basis for a good page; on its own, the quote is pretty meaningless, but to give it meaning is to add a lot of non-quote explanation material (as opposed to simply quoting more). &mdash;LrdChaos 14:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've done some cleanup and removed the relevant tags. The quote should be sourced, but I've added a fairly succinct explanatory note. I've also added a WQ link to the WP article to stimulate interest. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete. 60.225.69.39 06:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Bert Newton is not anyone of any significant importance. He is racist and a very evil person. His quote "I like the boy" is racist to all African American men and also makes it seem that he is a flaming homosexual that is yet to come out of the closet.
 * NOTE: This is from one of the IPs currently attempting to ballot-stuff the Greg Buk vote. I just blocked this user for 3 days after they subsequently changed their recorded IP address in the Buk entry in a clear attempt to deceive. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:03, 13 September 2006 (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.