Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otto Middleton
The subject has received |significant coverage in the media, meaning he is independently notable in his own right. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1111840/Pedigree-chums-Wills-Kate.html Whole articles have been written about this dog by the likes of the ''Daily Mail'', clearly demonstrating its notability as an |encyclpoedic topic. That article was written in 2009, well before the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton‎|marriage of William and Kate, so obviously there is simply #Hot to discuss an Afd|no case to answer on the grounds of |inherited notability, as Catherine Middleton‎|Kate and Prince William|William were merely dating at the time. According to a ''Daily Telegraph'' article about Prince William's 28th birthday present to Kate, this dog caused her to be upset and embarrassed when he ate the earings. This sort of notice in |reliable sources clearly shows Otto is independantly notable and worthy of a Wikipedia entry. Because that's what notability is after all - getting noticed in sources. And there's loads of other sources out there also, I've seen them. Everything else can be fixed by adhering to our normal |editing policy - as such this Afd nomination was clearly |disruptive. If people want to delete this article just because Otto is a dog, they are showing their clear bias against dogs, are in danger of alienating our dog focused readership, and are clearly not adhering to our policies and guidelines which only care about how much coverage a topic gets. Merging this article into the family article is not an option, as that would give out the impression that we consider Otto more important than other Middleton family members not mentioned in the family article, which would be a clear violation of the |BLP policy. Kate is the future Queen of England, and therefore Otto is notable. Kate is now a Duchess also, so Otto is now part of the nobility, so this also shows he deserves an article here, as there are plenty of other articles here that exist purely because they are nobility. I came here to this article to read more about Otto, therefore he is obviously notable, as giving readers the information they want to know on the stuff they find interesting is what Wikipedia is for after all. Otto Middleton generates http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=898&bih=454&q=Otto+Middleton&aq=f&aqi=g-b1&aql=f&oq= 3,550,000 results in Google, therefore he is also clearly notable. We have other articles on Otto (dog)|dogs called Otto, therefore this Otto deserves an article too. If Wikipedia can delete an article on the family dog of the wife of the son of the son of the head of the British Royal Family, then the whole world will laugh at us. When this article was put up for deletion on the German Wikipedia, it was speedy kept, and the German media all laughed at English Wikipedia for even starting this Afd. Q.E.D., I have proven beyond doubt that Otto is notable according to our |policies and guidelines. And besides, it strikes me that being the pet of the Middleton family is an important enough topic for which we can |ignore those anyway
— User:MickMacNee, 14:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:ENC||WP:AFD||WP:NOTINHERITED||WP:RS||WP:PRESERVE||WP:DISRUPT||WP:BLP||WP:PG||WP:IAR (Wikipedia:Notability)