Template:Did you know nominations/RedBubble

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by The Interior (Talk) 02:01, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

RedBubble

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• ... that the Australian company RedBubble used to sell baby clothes "featuring pictures of Hitler, Osama bin Laden and serial killers Ivan Milat, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson"?

Created/expanded by Keithbob (talk). Nominated by SL93 (talk) at 02:52, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not in favor of this sentence as a DYK for a number of reasons: The article is newly created and has not yet stabilized. It [the RedBubble article] has come about as a result of heated debate over this RedBubble scandal being included in the CEO's bio Martin Hosking. This scandal has been the subject of much discussion on the article talk page and at WP:BLPN. Furthermore at least one editor, User:Bbb23, has questioned RedBubbles notability and could nominate the article for deletion in the near future. And lastly, this sentence is unfair to the company as there are circumstances surrounding the event that are not expressed in the DYK sentence including RedBubble's side of the story. This DYK is being proposed because its sensationalistic gossip not because it is in a unique piece of encyclopedic information. A DYK like this makes Wikipedia look like a supermarket rag instead of a publication that strives for high quality.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 01:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, thanks for the assumptions and insults. SL93 (talk) 12:16, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant no offense to you personally and I have added a [bracket] in the second sentence of my comment above, to help clarify my statement. Maybe that helps, a little. Peace, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 16:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

This nomination can be withdrawn. I was not aware of the history of the article. SL93 (talk) 17:35, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you SL. I have struck a portion of my comment above. Although it wasn't intended to be personal, it sure comes out that way when you read it. My apologies and thanks for your well intentioned efforts. Peace. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 13:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)