Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Get Out of Jail Free card


 * 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 was keep; although a case for merge and redirect was presented, it failed to gather concensus during this AfD discussion. If anyone feels the merge and redirect option requires more discussion, please use the articles' talk page. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 02:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Get Out of Jail Free card


A card in the game of Monopoly. OK, so maybe it is mainstream enough to be a metephorical idiom in English, but I don't think that is enough. I was going to redirect it to References to the board game Monopoly in popular culture or even to Monopoly (game), but thought the best way to deal with it was having it deleted.


 * Keep It's in the pop culture enough to be used in movies from time to time. It is something someone might actually look for in an encyclopedia. Not paper Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  13:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep This is one of the few times I would actually invoke "WP is not paper". This is certainly not a topic any normal encyclopedia would cover, but I think the phrase and penetrated the English lexicon enough to be notable in and of itself. (Sidebar: Though I generally dislike Monopoly, I have two t-shirts which are orange and yellow, one stating "Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200" and the other stating "Get out of jail free- this shirt may be kept until needed, or sold".) -- Kicking222 13:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It's in the pop culture enough to be used in movies from time to time. It is something someone might actually look for in an encyclopedia. Not paper(I agrred with the above rational so I stole it :0) )CraigMonroe 13:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's ok, I release my work under GFDL. LOL. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  14:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Tonywalton | Talk 14:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC) Merge as below. I dodn't know there was a "References to the board game" etc. article. Tonywalton  | Talk 14:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Either keep or merge to References to the board game Monopoly in popular culture; I am not sure how the article can actually be expanded. - Mike Rosoft 14:05, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to References to the board game Monopoly in popular culture. Not substantial enough for its own article, but the metaphor is widespread and it doesn't do any harm to put the redirect in. WMMartin 14:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Mike Rosoft. -Toptomcat 15:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge as per above. Gimlei 16:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect This is too small of a topic for it's own article, a section in the Monopoly article or the References to the board game Monopoly in popular culture article will do for most of it, and the trivia section for the rest. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per WMMartin. As a metaphor this is something that is pop culture and should be retained.  Get out of Jail Free should really have it's own section at References to the board game Monopoly in popular culture.  If it gets too big it could always be forked back to this namespace.--Isotope23 17:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Isotope23. FreplySpang 17:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per WMMartin. Danny Lilithborne 20:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Mike et al. TJ Spyke 22:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep -- certainly a widely-used idiom in UK; granted only since the game was created, but then again "Dalek" and "Vulcan" are idioms no-one would object to recording: they mean more than their words say. -- Simon Cursitor 08:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, strong don't merge'''. Easily worth enough to have its own separate article. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dlohcierekim --mcpusc 18:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough on its own. --- RockMFR 23:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dlohcierekim. Definitely needs expansion, though, for general use in pop culture. Chubbles1212 01:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Dlohcierekim and Kicking 222. It is notable, and certainly deserve its own page; at the point where the phrase is being cited in popular culture (and I'm certain I've heard it in a movie or two; just don't remember which) it deserves even a token entry. Speaking of which, it most certainly needs expansion. Ourai  т с 05:16, 10 November 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.