Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bambu rolling papers


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The result was keep. John254 02:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Bambu rolling papers


I won't go as far as calling this spam outright, otherwise I would've listed it with db-spam but this product appears to be non-notable in that it lacks anything that resembles a reliable third party source, let alone multiple sources about the product. Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 20:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Here's a review in a magazine called "Roll Your Own" magazine (NB: i haven't a clue if the latter is notable/reliable, but in mitigation, i also imagine it might be reasonably harder to find sources on illegal-drug paraphernalia than on quite a lot of other subjects). Here is notice of a "lifetime achievement award" from High Times magazine, who i believe are quite the big-shots in the world of the marijuana. I also think the detail of Cheech & Chong seeing fit to appropriate the design of the Bambú packet for the cover of what is apparently their most popular album (plus giant 12"-sized paper - Rolling Stone review, Aug 17, 1972) may well indicate these things were of some substantial popularity in the '70s. This Penthouse cover story from 2000, covering Draconian drug policy, makes fleeting mention of candy stores getting busted for carrying these papers. Here's a mention in the first chapter of what seems a reasonably notable novel. Don't particularly know (not being a lawyer, etc.) what notability court cases might bring, but here is one the company fought over Big Bambu papers in the 80s. Might also be worth noting that apparently one of their competitors has been doing some stealth editing...  tomasz.  23:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep The new sources looks very solid.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 00:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, and suggest that this nomination be reconsidered in light of edits. Bambu rolling papers are something of a cultural icon. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Per WP:NOTABILITY. -- Shark face  217  03:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve referencing within the article, the subject itself meets Wikipedia standards for notability. (jarbarf) (talk) 03:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


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