Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve


 * 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 No consensus - keep for now, per claims that it can be sourced. If references don't arrive in a couple weeks, should be re-nominated. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-28 14:43Z 

List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve

 * — (View AfD)

The article appears to be unverifiable due to the introduction of objects of varying degrees of absurdity (including a tortilla chip into salsa). I can imagine that this list could potentially (if it hasn't already) become popularity with arbitrary objects being dropped by individuals on New Year's Eve. --  tariq abjotu  13:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, no sources whatsoever. --Nydas (Talk) 13:45, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep with some qualification along the lines of "verifiably dropped in public with an average audience of X or more hundred". And remove the grapes, ketchup bottles, pretzels, duck decoys and other blatant silliness with extreme prejudice. Tonywalton | Talk 14:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Unsourced, unverified, and of no encyclopedic value whatsoever. Agent 86 19:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep FireSpik e 20:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Tonywalton. With some qualification, most of this stuff can be verified. --- RockMFR 21:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * So we could find out who dopped an acorn in Raleigh, North Carolina, when, and why? I think not Fledgeling 02:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Anyone could drop anything. Unverifiable- and with comments like "walleye fish, named "Captain Wylie Walleye"" possible hoax. Fledgeling 02:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - Most of them look legit to me and most of this stuff can be verified with a Google Search and then sourced easily enough. Here's "Captain Wylie-Walleye" for instance: http://search.cityguide.aol.com/columbus/entertainment/madness-at-midnight-walleye-drop/e-1803042

and here's a source for the Tortilla thing, it's a promotional gimmick.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/31/se.02.html

"In Tempe, Arizona, the new year begins only after a 200-pound tortilla chip drops into a giant bowl of salsa."

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.177.20.128 (talk) 06:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

Is there any way to keep those that can be verified with, say, an article in a local newspaper?
 * But many cannot be verified. Oranges. Acorns. Also, Wikipedia is not a random collection of information, its an encyclopedia, and how is this encyclopedic?? As it stands now its just a random collection of information. Fledgeling 15:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Unreferenced silly list of things dropped on New Years Eve. They left out inhibitions and drawers. Edison 00:38, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - as long as the criteria for inclusion on the list is tightly defined, e.g. something dropped as part of a public new year's eve ceremony, with the support of the relevant local government authority. Some guy throwing things off an apartment building into a crowd below doesn't count. If "dropping X" is part of an official ceremony, however, there should be some record of it happening in local media. Quack 688 07:29, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as an arbitrary collection of information per WP:NOT. Even if WP:NOR and WP:N concerns can be addressed this remains an unencyclopedic list.  Eluchil404 09:33, 28 December 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.