User talk:Cjhenck
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[edit] National Spooning Day
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I don't think this page should be deleted: I created it after I saw people on the Cornell University Campus selling shirts for the day along with a picture in the Cornell Daily Sun (Which I can scan if you'd like proof). Even if it is just a Cornell tradition, or if they made it up, I see no reason why other made up holidays are somehow more valid. Certainly, come April 22nd, there will be a couple of hundred people (depending on how many shirts those people have sold) celebrating it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjhenck (talk • contribs).
- "...a couple of hundred people... celebrating it." Please read Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. An unofficial student amusement at Cornell falls below the criteria for notability for public holiday articles on Wikipedia. Regards, (aeropagitica) (talk) 19:02, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Refer WP:NOR - I saw people... is original research--A Y Arktos\talk 20:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- In addition to WP:NFT, please read Wikipedia:Verifiability. Reliable sources should be cited and referenced in as many as possible, if not all, encyclopædic articles. Up to two hundred people at Cornell one year, "depending on how many shirts those people have sold", is not notable. Reading the Steak and Blowjob Day article, I see that it has spread beyond its initial chauvanistic, sarcastic response to Valentine's Day to become an Internet meme. It is the meme that is the notable point of the article and its origin is recorded but not the subject of said article. (aeropagitica) (talk) 05:45, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clarification in response to National Spooning Day Wikipedia worthy question
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A Y Arktos\talk 01:20, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
