Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Do not feed the animals
I think people are missing an important distinction. The information contained in the article is indeed interesting and useful, and deserves a home in Wikipedia (I've suggested one option above). The problem is the article's topic, which is the phrase "Do not feed the animals". See : when a word or phrase is the topic of an article, it must ''in and of itself'' pass Wikipedia's notability criteria as the subject of verifiable coverage by reliable sources. None of the article's references talk about "Do not feed the animals" as an interesting phrase: they just talk about bystanders not feeding animals. That's why I raised the specter of articles on Obey the speed limit, Wear a hat in the sun, and Contribute to Wikipedia: each of these articles clearly could contain important information, but just as clearly should not be in Wikipedia because their topics (the phrases themselves) aren't in and of themselves notable. (Someone raised the counterexamples of speed limit, sun hat and Wikipedia community, but none of these articles are about a specific phrase, so the distinction was clearly missed.) My conclusion: if the phrase "Do not feed the animals" can be documented as an important phrase unto itself, or the article can be moved to another phrase where this could be done, then we should keep the article. If not, we should preserve the useful information elsewhere and delete the article
— User:Dtgriscom, 12:49, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:WORDISSUBJECT (Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary)