Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slender Man

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:42, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Slender Man

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Non-notable Internet meme. Lacks any reliable secondary sources to establish notability per WP:WEB. Contested PROD. Uncle Dick (talk) 22:20, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Videos on this are nearing a thousand and its getting popular on numerous sites, its been mention on Coast to Coast with Art Bell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.110.62.44 (talk) 23:09, 3 December 2010 (UTC) — 74.110.62.44 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete. Something Awful meme sourced from Something Awful, Something Awful and... Something Awful. Grow up, guys. Guy (Help!) 23:41, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: It's becoming a more and more prominent phenomenon: it's more well known then half of the articles in the "Internet memes" category. The fact that the marble hornets videos are getting 60 000+ views within the first week of their release, plus the older videos having as many as half a million views is testament enough to that. SlightlyChaotic (talk) 02:03, 4 December 2010 (UTC)— SlightlyChaotic (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete. Maybe it could be kept if it were getting lots of coverage via reliable sources (or a lot of Gnews hits). Right now, the only "sources" I can find are blogs. Erpert (let's talk about it) 08:29, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep: Marble Hornets creators were featured in some online magaziene articles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.64.6.40 (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: It's far more prominent and noteworthy than many other internet memes and proper sources are certainly available, its the article itself that just needs to be improved. --Chaos Indy (talk) 13:02, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom. ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 06:39, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Erpert. A check for sourcing gives only blogs and meme related sites at the moment. This topic is well documented on such sites that collect memes, but I don't believe this meets the notability requirements for an entry in an encyclopedia. --Taelus (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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