Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smell my fingers

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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. --Darth Deskana (talk page) 21:19, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smell my fingers

Delete. Wikpedia is not for things made up in school one day. What Google hits there are for this don't appear to relate to this. BryanG 18:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete pages like this are what afd was designed for. --Bachrach44 18:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete : non-encyclopedic JoJan 19:10, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. OK...next?. PJM 19:20, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Thanks for the laugh man, I needed it ;) - NickSentowski 19:55, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Possibly keep

I believe I've read of this game, or a variation of it, in Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, (Allison & Busby, 2003), ISBN 0749006072. Not sure what counts as suitable publication, but it's ranked on Amazon at 245,382th, so it must have sold a copy or two... Though the dates are then inconsistent; might have the common thing of game reinvention. Harthacanute 20:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete WP:NFT --Deville (Talk) 00:42, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, one of those strangely unfortunate notable-type things. Used constantly in books, movies, George Clinton has an album named Hey Man, Smell My Finger, etc. It certainly wasn't made up in school one day, so let's keep it to what it is. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 01:03, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Unencyclopedic, unsourced. OhNoitsJamieTalk 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as nn garbage —Preceding unsigned comment added by DV8 2XL (talk • contribs)
  • Keep, I have indeed heard of this game, I came onto Wikipedia searching for The Game (game) which i also believe to be of similar relevence and came across this game too, if it is indeed a growing social trend, crude as it may be, then surely it is elegable for inclusion to Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.179.247.143 (talk • contribs)
Note above user's contribution history. OhNoitsJamieTalk 23:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, The game has begun to appear as a social trend in many areas of the UK and has just as much credability as an an entry asThe Game (game) which appears to be in the same area of creation, that and its hilarious to play as me and my friends found out djfishstik 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Note above user's contribution history. OhNoitsJamieTalk 23:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • It is believed the game was invented a long time ago, believed to be as early as late 2005 where a group of friends... Delete, unless the validity and widespread pupularity (if any) can be verified by the provision of verifiable information taken from reliable, third-party sources. Not a similar game, not a reincarnation of another game. This game, as described by this article must be reliably sourced and verified before I will reconsider. -- Saberwyn 13:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete--Eldarone 15:13, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - this is one of those situations where a case might be made that the subject of the article barely meets notability criteria (e.g., George Clinton), but every single word in the actual article is garbage and should be nuked, and then we'd be left with just a title and no content, and that just wouldn't be any good at all, would it? --phh (t/c) 17:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete many people have heard of it, certainly (I have), however unless someone can find a reliable source, it's original research and should be deleted as such. --Tango 18:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
N.B. my edit above on inclusion in published work. Much of the article could do with rewriting so that it's clear that this game isn't something that was just made up in school, but is something that is listed in a publication.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.8.104 (talk • contribs) .
You mean "The Dictionary of Playground Slang"? If you can confirm that reference, then please add it to the article and make sure the article fits what is said in the book. If you can't confirm it, the article has to go. --Tango 22:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete not encyclopedic.JohnnyBGood t c 23:13, 1 May 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.