On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:25:05 -0400, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
They may have sources and proof of notability by then, since some books on internet fads are currently in preparation, and I know that at least one of them will have a section on the Brian Peppers phenomenon---including mention of the debate at Wikipedia---as a case study. Will you still favor deleting it then?
It depends. I was up for allowing a very short biography saying (in strictly neutral terms) that Peppers was an apparently disabled man with a congenital deformity who was convicted of a minor technical offence and gained limited notoriety after a group of sophomoric fucktards got their rocks off laughing at his appearance in mugshots and (wrongly) screaming "child rapist!", something that would earn a serious fine if printed in a newspaper.
But in the end, no. I don't think we should have an article on somebody who is in the end "famous" solely because, well, a group of sophomoric fucktards got their rocks off laughing at his appearance.
Anybody who thinks the YTMND stuff is anything other than sick and depraved has probably never been close to someone with a serious disability. And frankly I don't care how notable the YTMNDers are in their own minds, I don't believe the bulk of the world cares, and I don't think we should help them perpetuate the supposed meme.
Guy (JzG)