Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Will it float

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was ambiguous.

I count 7 clear "deletes", 2 "keeps" (one from an editor who was very new to Wikipedia at the time of voting) and 3 "redirects". From the comments, I consider it clear that the "redirect" voters oppose the idea of keeping this as an independent article. Reviewing the comments and the respective articles, I find no evidence proving that this is a related concept, only the unsubstantiated claim of the article itself. On such thin evidence, I decline to create the redirect.

I am calling this one as a delete decision. Rossami (talk) 22:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Will it float

Tagged for speedy but not a candidate. Whether or not this Letterman segment is notable enough is something which should be discussed at VFD. Personally, I think this is a pretty long running sketch and that the article should be kept. Sjakkalle (Check!) 29 June 2005 06:29 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't read the article well enough. It is not about the David Letterman segment (which I think would be notable) , so delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 29 June 2005 09:44 (UTC)

• Delete this article on Australian ex-pats diversions. Unverifiable. DoubleBlue (Talk) 29 June 2005 07:06 (UTC)
• No it won't. Sink I mean delete. Capitalistroadster 29 June 2005 07:18 (UTC)
• Delete unverifiable. JamesBurns 29 June 2005 08:21 (UTC)
• Redirect to The Late Show with David Letterman AиDя01DTALKEMAIL June 29, 2005 11:23 (UTC)
• Redirect per AиDя01D. -- BD2412 ^talk June 29, 2005 14:07 (UTC)
• Delete. Section redirects don't work. --Carnildo 29 June 2005 20:47 (UTC)
  • Well, then just redirect to The Late Show with David Letterman. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL June 29, 2005 21:20 (UTC)
• Keep, it is a variation on "sink" from the principia discordia, pre-dates letterman, thus is not originally a letterman sketch. IreverentReverend 29 June 2005 21:25 (UTC)
• Keep. I know I've done it, letterman's sketch was interesting too; even kids shows use this as an "experiment". Title might need help, I've heard it called Sinkers/Floaters most often. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish June 30, 2005 15:22 (UTC)

Didn't it appear in Winnie the Pooh as well?

• Delete. Not notable or verifiable. Obscure references from the Principia Discordia are even less notable. Kaibabsquirrel 1 July 2005 07:12 (UTC)
• Redirect to Late Show, as above. It's already mentioned there. It's more notable than a game played by Aussies in China. The article claims they got the idea from Letter man anyway. -R. fiend 1 July 2005 14:29 (UTC)
  • Oh, and Winnie the Pooh played Pooh sticks, which was a different gamne altogether. It was a race between two sticks; there was never a question whether they would sink. -R. fiend 1 July 2005 14:31 (UTC)
    • I find it ironic that while discussing this article for deletion, someone should link Pooh sticks as evidence. Both games seem equally notable to me, and should have the same level of treatment - FabioB 20:56, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete vanity/inside joke CDC (talk) 3 July 2005 22:42 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.