Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ask a Stupid Question Day


 * 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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was KEEP. &mdash; J I P | Talk 13:05, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Ask a Stupid Question Day
This article is causing confusion among admins. It was speedied once as a hoax (which can't be speedied except in extremis) and then as a recreated article, which doesn't fit the G4 CSD since it wasn't AfDd. Since Google returns plenty of hits, I figure the questions should be settled here. -Splash talk 14:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wiki needs to set some standards for keeping holidays. Possibly whether they appear on this site (It looks lowtech, but it has a good set of standards): . This article appears in September.
 * Keep. -- Reinyday, 19:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Either verify the claim of those greeting cards, find a reference to it on television, or delete. &hearts; purplefeltangel ( talk ) &hearts; ( contribs ) 19:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm not sure what you mean about "verify the claim of those greating cards", but if you mean verify that such greating cards exist: I'll take door number one:, , . --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk ·· · 22:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Although, I should point out that two of these sites claim that ASQD is on September 30 --best, kevin · · · Kzollman | Talk ·· · 22:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete insignificant joke holiday &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 22:28, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Extremely weak keep. We have Talk Like a Pirate Day.  User:Zoe|(talk) 23:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless we want articles on Elephant Appreciation Day and National Punch Your Alarm Clock Day too. Keep per Ilmari Karonen Denni &#9775;  03:16, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, there's a "talk like a pirate day"!! Yay!!!  Just for learning that, I'll agree with Zoe, weak keep. Xoloz 08:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - change title to lower case. --MacRusgail 13:09, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If it is kept, the current casing is correct, per things like Talk Like a Pirate Day. -Splash talk 13:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. No reason to delete. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 21:56, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Not a joke, a school thing.  Article should, if possible, be amended with information about how widely the day is observed. Ilmari Karonen 23:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. With respect to Denni's comment, let's start days about punching alarm clocks or appreciating elephants. I see no problem with that. EKMichigan 02:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I guess it depends on what you want Wikipedia to be. I would like it to be a source of reliable and valuable information. Wikipedia is not the place for cute jokes. However, if Ilmari Karonen is correct, I will happily change my vote. Denni &#9775; 00:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I was just going by what the article claims. I haven't been able to verify the specific claims made in the article; as it says in the article itself, this seems to be a difficult phrase to search for, since most hits are copies of or references to a "list of bizarre holidays".  Also, curiously enough, Yahoo search returns significantly more hits for the phrase than Google does.  What little I have been able to verify includes:
 * There is such a thing as "ask a stupid question day". It's not original research.
 * At least some schools mention it in their calendars for September, although I've so far found no evidence of official observation (see, ).
 * It is mentioned in at least some publications intended for teachers.
 * At least some teachers use it as a classroom theme (see page 19).
 * Make of that what you will. In my opinion the thing has sufficient legitimacy to justify it having an article, even if it might be better written than it currently is.  After all, we're not trying to save paper here.  Ilmari Karonen 20:28, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete What's Next No Electricty Day --JAranda | yeah 03:03, 4 October 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.