Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camo dudes

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The result of the debate was to delete the article. --Canderson7 15:59, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Camo dudes

Arcane slang not in general use; poorly written article. Paul Klenk 07:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

For your consideration: Camo dudes

• Google search of "camo dude" + "area 51" yields less than ten unique sites, mostly talk forums, and none of note. This indicates a use of this term that is truly arcane – hardly wide enough to merit an article. It's singularly uncommon slang, nothing more.
• The only other link to the page is at (Area 51), added by the creator of the article himself.
• Article is short due to granularity of its subject.
• Poorly written: incorrect capitalization ("Perimeter" as a proper noun), improperly titled (plural rather than singular); and with misspellings (including the term "cammo" itself). It appears the writer doesn't even know how to spell his own word.
• Statements range from the unsubstantiated ("Some observers have been detained on public land for pointing camera equipment at the base.") to the trifling ("some of these vehicles have been seen equipped with red and blue pursuit lighting").
• The photo is captioned: "In the full version of this picture (q.v.), a "Camo Dudes" vehicle can be seen on the top of the hill", but it reveals only an unexceptional car, without pursuit lights – and no camo dudes.
• The sign in the photo reads "Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range", which is adjacent to, but not part of, Area 51.

In summary, it smacks of Area 51 chat room ephemera, and, in my opinion, is a first-rate candidate for deletion. Take a good, hard look at it. Anyone care to disagree?

• Delete – Agree with nominator's argument. — Kjammer ⌂ 07:52, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as unnecessary. There's substantial discussion of them on the Area 51 page, with plentiful external links to even more discussion of them. And anyway, every source I've seen spells it "cammo" --LemonAndLime 08:19, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Just to make myself clear, I'm sure that "cammo dudes" definitely exist, I just don't think they warrant a wikipedia entry on their own --LemonAndLime 10:23, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Per everybody. Marskell 10:39, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge to Area 51 It is part of "Area 51" folklore, but not worth its own article. Roodog2k 14:17, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge to Area 51 --tranquileye 00:44:50, 2005-08-28 (UTC)
• Delete, don't bother with Merge or Redirect. Pure nonsense, poorly written. Is the author on drugs?TheDeletator 03:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and mindwipe the editor with mind altering drugs from Zeta Reticuli. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 08:56, 30 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.