Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boom goes the dynamite!

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The result of the debate was delete. —Xezbeth 05:26, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Boom goes the dynamite![edit]

This phrase doesn't seem to be particularly notable. Only 493 Google hits. Firebug 07:02, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) Note: actual number of hits is 737 zellin 21:50, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

I get 1060. But we should not only count them, see: (Wikipedia:Google_test#Google_bias). We should actually read some of those. Try this one: 4 minutes of fame --Nabla 23:09, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

delete. Vanity? How can a phrase used in a college's newscast in March 2005 (last month!) be notable? The article about Brian Collins the notable student who said it should be deleted too.--Nabla 17:38, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
Delete. Unnotable quote. Nestea 18:29, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Not notable. Brian Collins vanity. Quale 20:03, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Oh, good grief. Delete. Rick K 23:10, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, not notable. Megan1967 01:32, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete slightly incoherent, not notable Sensation002 02:45, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Not a notable phrase. Boom goes this article! Sjakkalle 13:12, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I'll copy-and-paste my comments from the Brian Collins VFD discussion. I fully own up to not being a Wikipedia regular but from what I know of the site's policies, this is certainly notable. Search for "boom goes the dynamite" on Google. His inept bumbling has spread all over the world; they've even appropriated the phrase on SportsCenter. Tony Kornheiser did an entire radio segment on the lad (see here), and Scott Van Pelt said "It has cult status at this point. Everyone I know that's in the business has seen the video clip." (See here). I think if you're mentioned on the sportsillustrated.cnn.com website (the former link), you're definitely notable. It's Internet lore, like the Star Wars kid. If Wikipedia has room for that, it would be hypocritical to delete this. (By the way, Google is 1000 hits now, evincing the phrase's rapid rise in popularity. It's been sampled for radio promos all over North America, the clip was shown in Ireland, the phrase was used on SportsCenter..."boom goes the dynamite" has entered our collective consciousness. Anyway if you want to dismiss my comments simply because I'm a non-regular go ahead, but I'll note that I ventured here specifically to look for Brian Collins and boom goes the dynamite!.)
Keep. Excellent points made, noteworthy keep it. Brian1250 09:28, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Brian Collins should it survive. zellin 18:04, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

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