Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Addiction to Mountain Dew


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The result was Delete per WP:SNOW. violet/riga [talk] 15:04, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Addiction to Mountain Dew

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fails WP:GNG. Of the five sources: Three of these are not reliable sources, one of them doesn't exist, and the remaining one in no way supports the idea that there is such a thing as a Mountain Dew "addiction". Addiction is a medical term, not something that's just thrown about, and this article not only fails to provide any notability but fails to provide that the phenomenon even exists.Ironholds (talk) 20:02, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) A dead link, and has been since june, so quite how the creator used it as a reference I don't know;
 * 2) Reference to a single occurrence of someone drinking enough Mountain Dew that the news (not medical professionals) classified it as an "addiction";
 * 3) An Onion article;
 * 4) A fansite;
 * And, last but not least, Facebook.


 * Delete, to be honest, I'd be tempted to say this is perhaps even G3-hoaxable. &mdash; Joseph Fox 20:13, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment&mdash;the topic of soft drink addiction is more or less covered by the caffeine addiction and sugar addiction topics. See also Articles for deletion/Soft drink addiction. Regards, RJH (talk) 20:26, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - These problems are not specific to Mountain Dew but are common to most sodas and caffeinated beverages. Tooth decay already has its own article, addiction to sugar should go into sugar addiction and possible addiction to caffeine/energy drinks should go into caffeinated drink, caffeine and/or energy drink. Imo, the current content should not be incorporated into existing articles and no redirect is needed because there are no incoming links. jonkerz♠ 20:33, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Snowball delete, inherent OR/synthesis patched together from bad sources. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 22:19, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Non notable subject based on original research and synthases of generic soda addiction. My76Strat (talk) 22:51, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I could rename the article and expand it a lot more as I realized that it is harder to write about this specific drink itself than about soda in general. This was a hard article to put together, though, so expanding it will open up many new possibilities. I'm amazed that I didn't reference the 20/20 documentary on it, as that was the origin of my intrigue with this subject. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:58, 2 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete - as hoax... Is this not obvious? Addiction to Mountain Dew is a condition which affects people who drink Mountain Dew, with a concentration in central Appalachia. Combined with improper dental care, tooth decay occurs amongst people suffering from this condition. Carrite (talk) 23:25, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh my God, Carrite actually said the D word. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:42, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * What the heck are you talking about, Mr. Hammer? STATS. Carrite (talk) 03:34, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Despite feeling the strong urge by my inner-comedian to vote keep most def a G3 The Terminator   p  t  c  23:36, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * If we can find evidence of the Diane Sawyer segment, merge. --  Zanimum (talk) 01:37, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: I was going to nominate this after fixing the bare URLs. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 04:20, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: Non-notable synthesis. Chuck Norris would be ashamed. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:33, 3 September 2011 (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.