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Don't touch my junk

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Very questionably established notability. Article is just based on the slang word "junk", meaning "genitals", having been used a few times by people in relation to TSA searches. Nothing notable outside the definition of the word "junk" itself. Jason Quinn (talk) 19:31, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

• Delete - or redirect to Transportation_Security_Administration#Criticisms. It seems to be something that could be adequately covered in that section without needing its own article. Yaksar (let's chat) 19:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete per Yaksar. CTJF83 20:02, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
  • I'd be ok with a merge to Transportation Security Administration#Criticisms also CTJF83 01:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 20:32, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

• Keep. A thoroughly notable political catch phrase, as documented by the numerous sources already cited in the article. Google News turns up a dozen uses just in the last month.[1] A couple of New Hampshire state legislators just introduced a proposed law to criminalize genital groping that they're calling the "don't touch my junk bill"[2][3]. (I could not make this up.) --Arxiloxos (talk) 21:22, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
• Keep reliably sourced Internet meme, it has lasted long past the original posting. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 02:45, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
• Keep As Arxiloxos' sources demonstrate, this phrase has taken on a larger life from the initial incident. "John Tyner's mandate about junk-touching has gone national." HuffPo - [4] The Interior (Talk) 02:54, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete It's been a little more than three months, so the forgettable nature of the incident and phrase hasn't become obvious yet. Soon, it will go the way of "Don't taze me, bro!" (which is a redirect to something that's almost forgotten now), and "turn on, tune in, drop out" and "T'aint funny McGee" and all the other catch phrases that were briefly popular, but not enduring. One of the main reasons is that there aren't that many situations where you would find yourself telling someone not to touch your genitals. By contrast, "Don't bet on it" and "I don't think so" and other variations have lasted for years, simply because there will always be times where that thought needs to be expressed. Mandsford 03:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

• Turn on, tune in, drop out has a substantial article. T'aint funny McGee ought to be a blue link too so I'm fixing that now. Colonel Warden (talk) 11:33, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

• Keep It's a good slogan for inclusionists. :) Notability does not expire and the concept seems to span a variety of topics such as privacy, airport scanners, politics, &c. Colonel Warden (talk) 09:25, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete non notable transient meme. Wikipedia is not for funny one-line jokes. MLA (talk) 10:23, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete. Slang phrase. Non-notable, however much it's used. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:42, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

• Are you suggesting that slang phrases are not ever potentially notable? This seems likely to be incorrect to me; surely with a large enough cultural impact and reliable source coverage a slang phrase can qualify as notable? Kgorman-ucb (talk) 06:39, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

• Keep. Article is sourced and was featured on Did You Know. The claim that it should be deleted because it will go away is WP:CRYSTAL.SPNic (talk) 16:48, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

On the other hand, any claim that it is historically notable because it will be remembered a few months from now is not WP:CRYSTAL, I suppose? At this point, everyone here is making an educated guess based on their own experiences when it comes to catch phrases. Mandsford 16:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

• Keep - unquestionably notable due to the sheer number of important and sourceable references in popular culture over an extended period of time, not just over one news cycle. Bearian (talk) 19:26, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
• Weak Keep, prefer Merge to Transportation Security Administration#Criticisms. The phrase 'don't touch my junk' has received at least a moderate degree of media coverage and I'm convinced we should cover it somehow; but I'm not convinced it really needs its own article. Like Don't taze me bro, referred to above, we would probably be better off in the long run merging this into another article. At the moment, there just isn't really enough to say here beyond 'this is a catchphrase that exists'. Robofish (talk) 00:41, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
• Delete No use. Per above. Highhousefarm1 (talk) 18:42, 15 March 2011 (UTC)