Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dragon ballooning

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 of the debate was DELETE. -Splash^talk 00:58, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dragon ballooning

Looks like a hoax. No references or sources. Somewhat funny material, but probably doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Would've speedied it, but couldn't think how to classify it except as nonsense.TheRingess 08:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as hoax. 22 non-relevant hits for "dragon ballooning". --Quarl 08:43, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep should not be deleted, perhaps the person above should try the game before he judges it- i have and will certainly be playing again. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 210.55.43.179 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Just a thought, perhaps there is a distinction between judging something and judging an article about something. Hmmm....? TheRingess 19:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. Google gives 22 results for "dragon ballooning", all for a company by that name, and 0 for mongolian "patting circle". Also, Blue Pictsie and Snitch are obvious references to Terry Pratchett's Nac Mac Feegle and, of course, the thing in the game in the book by that woman about that boy, respectively. Interesting too that User:Jnimmo uploaded a picture of a Scotsman under the filename Irishman.jpg. Confusing Manifestation 09:03, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as hoax, but five points for the chuckles. Endomion 18:21, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per nom. Though I agree with Endomion - it's funny. I like the Ooompa-Loompa looking guy. Hmmm. Where is it they send good joke articles? BJADO or some other such acronym? Ifnord 19:34, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Well I am a regular player of this game, played it last night and had a great time. We did end up popping our blue baloon when a pot plant bottom fell on it (which was exciting as we havnt had that happen in a game before) but we blew up a red one and carried on. I do not think it should be deleted. I think it is too bad if it was a picture of a scotsman and called irishman, the user obvously must have thought that some pictures were needed and I believe it makes the page look more interesting. It is a great explanation of the game for new players to the game but misses out some great moves for more experienced players. I was interested in the origins of the game but I cannot say I have heard them before.219.89.154.156 21:56, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Finally someone has put up balloon patting, I have been meaning to put it up but for some time but never got around to explaining it. It- has run in the family for years. Although at the Greymouth Balloon Patting club I attend we use a Red balloon instead of the blue balloon - and just call it the red indian... Have reworded some of the rules for ease of use.. Yes, there are some missing I will add them in sometime, and some I havn't heard of. But gives you the general idea of the game. Scotsman/irishman - easy mistake to make. --Roygbiv boy 23:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Metacomment: User's only edits are to this AFD; he also edited the comment by User:210.55.43.179 to mark it as "Keep" --Quarl 00:17, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Re:Metacomment: I edited the layout of the comment - not the content of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.154.156 (talk • contribs)
• Keep I'm a clumsy kinda guy, but a good game of dragon ballooning really gets me going. It's time the sport gets the respect it deserves. Great in casual play. Jeremy Nimmo 23:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Metacomment: Obviously the above anonymous users are sock puppets of the article creator. Jeremy Nimmo, are you the same person as the article creator, User:Jnimmo ? Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block; nor ask your friends to create accounts to support you. --Quarl 00:23, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Re:Metacomment: I honestly do not know the anonymous users that posted, And no, I am James Nimmo - unsure if I know Jeremy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnimmo (talk • contribs)
  • Delete, umm, given the fact that Jeremy Nimmo's userpage seems to indicate he is, in fact, deader than Paris Hilton's brain, I cannot see how he can be voting here. --Agamemnon2 08:20, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Especially since the article on Jeremy Nimmo was already deleted, I think that argues his case better than any of us could. Confusing Manifestation 11:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
      • Come on, just because I cited the article whose appearance on my paranoid google alerts filter brought me to wikipedia, on my user page, doesn't mean I'm a hoaxer.Jeremy Nimmo 08:26, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
        • OK, on further examination I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt there. Doesn't change my vote on this, though. Confusing Manifestation 12:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Clear Hoax. (are we outnumbered by hoaxers over holidays?)Obina 00:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• BJAODN. Clearly.  RasputinAXP  _{talk contribs} 02:35, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• BJAODN Zunaid 12:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• BJAODN. Renesis13 03:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. -- JimR 05:54, 29 December 2005 (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.