[WikiEN-l] Fleshlight

[Delirium]

SPUI wrote:
> Fleshlight and its representatives have contacted us, asking that they 
> have sole discretion over the content of the page, because any edits 
> could ruin its advertising value. This is a non-notable product. The 
> page was created solely for promotional purposes. It is now gone. Danny 
> 01:06, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
>
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=fleshlight&btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=wn 
> seems "notable", verifiable, whatever. But our hands are tied by the 
> office shit. Any company can now contact Danny, convince him that they 
> are "non-notable", and get salted.
>   

That seems kind of silly.  I'd actually looked up this article before 
myself, because the "fleshlight" is notable enough that it's entered 
slang use, at least in some subcultures, and I had no idea what the word 
was referring to.  It's also gotten quite a bit of press, and a quick 
google news search turns up a claim in the _Village Voice_ (a mainstream 
news magazine) that it's "one of the best-known boy-centric toys".

I would have to say Danny erred in this case with his ignorant statement 
that it is a "non-notable product".

-Mark