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[edit] Name of the article

Which expression is more common for this gesture? Is it "Fist pound" or "Pound it"? I first knew of this gesture as a fist pound first. I hope I wasn't premature to have moved the article to "Fist Pound". What do the rest of you guys think? Amchow78 21:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

    • Fist pound is fine. "Pound it" is the imperrative compelling the pounder to pound the poundee. Adambiswanger1 19:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The gesture described seems to be identical to that described in Big_up, hence my suggestion to merge them. DeusX London (talk) 21:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bullet Head's edit

Sweet stuff BH! well done! formulate an account! Kallstrom11 03:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Attribution

Is this article ever likely to comply with the core content policy on Attribution? -- zzuuzz(talk) 03:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response to Attribution Issue

It is possible that we will be able to locate some sort of source, yet a number of the our identifications are based on observation.

XParadigm777x 04:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Allow me to quote the introduction from the aforementioned core content policy:
The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is whether material is attributable to a reliable published source, not whether it is true. Wikipedia is not the place to publish your opinions, experiences, or arguments
Articles without such reliable published sources have been known to be deleted. -- zzuuzz(talk) 10:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

As of last night, I added two sources. If you like, you may peruse them. Furthermore, I will add more sources in the upcoming days. XParadigm777x 19:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Please add more, specifically, enough to cover the material in the article. Thanks. -- zzuuzz(talk) 01:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources Added

adequate sources have been added. Kallstrom11 01:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] jackie brown in "popular reference"

i first saw the 'pound' up-close in the tarantino film 'jackie brown'.. Ordell Robbie to Beaumont Livingston, as a farewell.. after that, i started teaching it to people i came in contact with, spreading the meme —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Verbose (talk • contribs) 17:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] This and "big up"?

What's the difference? Seems the same to me. --AW (talk) 19:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree, just merge it. It's a waste of readers time to view both entries and a mockery of WIKIPEDIA to have two entries about the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.1.201.47 (talk) 12:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. These two articles are about the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.208.94.127 (talk) 21:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


After reading Big Up, I was going to edit it to include "aka Pound, or Dap". Both terms originate from Hip Hop / *urban culture. I have no legit references as Hip Hop and urban culture is a subculture that makes no historical references as that would generally be considered uncool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.127.40.163 (talk) 07:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of the Phrase "Pound"???

Does anyone know why it's called a "pound?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjy515whodat (talk • contribs) 03:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, maybe it has something to do with the 2 pounding their fists together (albiet not painfully.)--Glkfnbcv Nos Herdez (talk) 00:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] There's a new Time article on this

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812102,00.html --Voidvector (talk) 08:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Wow. Seriously? This was a feature article on Time magazine because Obama did it? "the fist bump heard 'round the world."? Wow. That's just ....<speechless>.... ----Ðysepsion † Speak your mind 22:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Most common name in Google News

  • "Fist pound" = 93
  • "Fist bump" = 155
  • "Knuckle bump" = 75

I think the article should be called "fist bump", the most common name