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The result was delete and redirect to Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. No need for page history on that redirect. lifebaka++ 04:33, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Surrender Monkey

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Apparently an obscure character in the X-Statix comic books, so obscure it is not even mentioned on that page. Also belongs to a collection of articles aiming to perpetuate or legitimise xenophobic stereotypes of the French such as:

Note that none of the other "Euro-trash" characters from the "source" [1] seem to have found their way to Wikipedia. Equendil Talk 19:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep Didn't we go through this before? And I take offense this article exists simply to slander the French. In fact, the whole point of the character was to MOCK those who slander the French. Actually reading the article would reveal the S.M. character comes to -love- French culture. In conclusion, this delete request is based on misunderstanding. And the character is distinctive enough to stay. Lots42 (talk) 21:05, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, then I am mistaken. I could have sworn this was the article's second AFD. No skin off my nose. Lots42 (talk) 10:45, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If this in reply to me, I understand what you are saying. Lots42 (talk) 10:45, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Redirect After a search, I am unable to find any out of universe sources, either. Character seems relatively obscure, as mentioned above. True, Surrender Monkey IS a plausible search phrase. Lazulilasher (talk) 02:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Um, no. 'Surrender Monkey' is in fact a Marvel Comics character. I should know, I wrote most of the gosh-darn article. Lots42 (talk) 10:45, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He IS a real character, for what it's worth: [3]. -66.93.61.53 (talk) 01:42, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. I didn't think of that. Changing to redirect. Lazulilasher (talk) 02:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.