Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dead arm


 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was delete, as nothing here was merged to the redirect article, and then redirect to List of school pranks. —Cleared as filed. 15:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Dead arm
How widespread and notable is this schoolyard pastime? Difficult to Google search, but it appears to be a term related to baseball. Punkmorten 12:38, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect. Already explained with a more accepted and accurate non-dicdef at List of school pranks. --Kinu 18:03, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

'This AfD is being relisted to generate a clearer consensus. Please add new discussion below this notice. Thanks!' W.marsh 04:53, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Pencil_fighting lacked consensus and didn't establish a precedent, but does show a reluctance to delete articles about frivolous yet real/actual schoolyard activities. Adrian~enwiki (talk) 05:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete That doesn't deter me from trying again Adrian Ruby 05:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not encyclopedic - and not written with that intent! VirtualSteve 06:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - not encylopedic. &mdash;ERcheck @ 06:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Kinu. It's very common, I can assure you, but that description is wrong.  It involves just one punch to the upper arm that numbs it, as explained at List of school pranks. -- Rory 0 96 06:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as unencyclopaedic. --Ter e nce Ong 08:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Rory. Perhaps each of you is right; the List of school pranks explains that some names and acts differ regionally; this should be included too. MyrHerder 11:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect, I guess, although I thought a dead arm was what happened when you restricted the blood flow by sitting/lying in an awkward position. -- Mithent 13:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Kinu. PJM 14:25, 11 February 2006 (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.