Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of terms of endearment (3rd nomination)
Baker, Nicholson  http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet How I fell in love with Wikipedia, The Guardian, April 10 2008'':Wikipedia was like a giant community leaf-raking project in which everyone was called a groundsman. Some brought very fancy professional metal rakes...and some were just kids...stuffing handfuls in the pockets of their sweatshirts, but all the leaves they brought to the pile were appreciated...And the pile grew and everyone jumped up and down in it, having a wonderful time. And it grew some more, and it became the biggest leaf pile anyone had ever seen, a world wonder...And then self-promoted leaf-pile guards appeared, doubters and deprecators who would look askance at your proffered handful and shake their heads, saying that your leaves were too crumpled or too slimy or too common, throwing them to the side. Like the vast majority of Articles for deletion, the policy  was not followed: "Whatever you do, endeavour to preserve information"; :  "Remember that deletion is a last resort." Nominator made zero attempts to improve the article before attacking the article for a third time in this Article for Deletion.  was put in place to assure that editors contribute to wikipedia, making the project as a whole stronger
— User:Ikip, 10:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PRESERVE||WP:INTROTODELETE||WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Editing policy)