Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backdraft (drink)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 00:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Backdraft (drink)

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PROD removed without comment by anon. Wikipedia is not a book of recipes, least of all dangerous-sounding ones without sources. Delete. —Angr 16:36, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep if Verifiable - Wikipedia is home to many drink related articles (see here). Most of these contain some amount of instruction as to how the drink is meant to be mixed. In my mind, the biggest issue with this current article is verification. If we can get some references that cite instances of this drink being prepared (my bartender's guide doesn't have a beverage by this name, although it does contain several other flaming drinks) I see no reason to delete the article. I would also remind the community that Wikipedia is not censored. Thus, the fact that a subject is dangerous does not negate it's candidacy. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Gun would qualify for deletion, as would AIDS. -bobby 17:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• This seems to exist, per [1]. Needs some TLC, though. Keep. --humblefool® 20:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to the bartending book, if they want it. Otherwise delete. I don't see anything about the social context of the drink that makes it appropriate for this project, only a recipe and Humblefool's reference to an alternate recipe. There has to be more than just a recipe or two. Is this a famous person's favorite drink? Has this been featured in a significant work of fiction? Has this drink been explicitly banned or been found uniquely responsible for a series of fatalities? Have there been legal fights about trade secrets or copyright regarding the preparation of this drink? These are the kinds of things that make what are otherwise just recipes appropriate topics here. Unfocused 22:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• This is a rather new entry, and as such is in it's infancy. As for being verifiable, a quick google search will show that myspace contains multiple movies of this. As the author of most of this entry, I just have not had time to upload pictures and/or movies of this drink being made and consumed. While the drink has not been banned (that I know of) it is quite popular here in Geneva Switzerland, and has been added to at least two menus that I know of. Given time, this will be documented and added to the wiki page. Keep. Saukeye 10:57, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - This seems to be a legit enough article, it just needs a bit of work. Bakilas 14:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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.