Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fat Bastard (character)
The article can use sourcing certainly, but the nominator seems to forget ... IE: Notability is dependent upon coverage being available and not upon use in an article. |In looking, it is easy to find Fat Bastard covered directly and in detail in sources such as http://entertainment.time.com/2011/08/22/top-10-worst-fake-british-accents/slide/mike-myers-as-fat-bastard-austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1999/ ''Time Magazine'', http://www.today.com/id/44147655/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/austin-powers-needs-kill-fat-bastard/#.UzWzxqhdWSo ''Today'', http://www.ivillage.com/mike-myers-austin-powers-and-fat-bastard/1-b-401981 ''iVillage'', http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-austin-powers-films ''Buzzfeed'', http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/pictures/celebrity-fat-suits-2009911/4936 ''Us'', and http://www.empireonline.com/features/worst-british-movie-accents/7.asp ''Empire'', is referenced in multiple books,https://www.google.com/search?num=50&biw=1024&bih=655&tbm=bks&q=Fat-Bastard-Austin-Powers&oq=Fat-Bastard-Austin-Powers&gs_l=serp.12...22671.37800.0.39948.9.9.0.0.0.0.130.743.8j1.9.0....0...1c.1.38.serp..9.0.0.6YBWA2AKDc8https://www.google.com/search?num=50&biw=1024&bih=655&tbm=bks&q=Fat-Bastard-Mike-Meyers&oq=Fat-Bastard-Mike-Meyers&gs_l=serp.12...21135.27422.0.29119.24.24.0.0.0.0.165.1934.22j2.24.0....0...1c.1.38.serp..24.0.0.F8-OBRA05Kk  is now an http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=4377 action figure and heck... the fictional character has even been honored by having a wine named after him.http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2004-10-29/235146/  Why not source the article to serve our readers rather than delete
— User:MichaelQSchmidt, 17:44, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NRVE||WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Notability)