Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penguin Vic

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 of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 01:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Penguin Vic

Unable to find any source for this. No idea which Victoria it refers to. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, per nom, and how do penguins have anything to deal with a promotional tourism campaign? --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 06:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No notability claimed for promotional campaign. I imagine that this refers to the state of Victoria in Australia.  (aeropagitica)  07:34, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

It's now been linked to there but the editor who created the article has been editing articles at Notre Dame University, which is in Indiana and it also has a Victoria. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete I think there are a lot more penguins in Vic, Australia than any other Victoria, and the existence of this character (also mentioned at penguin) is verified by [1], but I don't think this campaign is particularly notable. JPD (talk) 14:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- JPD (talk) 16:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- noteworthy television campaign, I'm sure (though it was a while ago), Penguin Vic was the actual mascot, not the campaign itself. Phillip Island has Fairy penguins, perhaps that adds to why a penguin was used? - Longhair 01:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. There have been many, many tourism promotion campaigns; like almost all of them, this one does not merit any coverage in an Encyclopedia, let alone a full article. BTW, User:Longhair is quite right about why a penguin was chosen. (I lived in Melbourne when this campaign ran.) —Chris Chittleborough 09:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. I have added Advertising campaigns and Tourism in Australia categories. The first shows other campaigns with articles to use as a standard. The article definitely needs a picture and perhaps some expansion, although it's already longer than some. --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
• Question, what was the campaign called. It might be a better idea to "keep & redirect" to the campaign name. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. I remember the campaign well, as I was a child when it was running (and penguins appeal to kids). I'd say it could vaguely be associated with a Mebournian sense of identity. Cnwb 06:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't remember it. Ambi 08:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
  • If I remember correctly, the campaign ran in the early to mid '80s. Perhaps this was before your time (?), which would be why you don't recall it. Cnwb 22:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to campaign ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 10:49, 29 March 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.