Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masturbate-a-thon


 * 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:45, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Masturbate-a-thon

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Declined PROD. Not notable; this was a marketing campaign by a (notable) sex-toy store and the references are promotional in nature. Power~enwiki (talk) 19:17, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Great cause, but I don't think this belongs on WP. Doesn't seem very encyclopedic to me. Comatmebro  (talk) 20:41, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Not encyclopedic....Sulaimandaud (talk) 21:55, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - While the topic here doesn't sound like ........ a thing........ it turns out that there have been "masturbate-a-thons" since 1995, starting, you guessed it, in San Francisco. There are numerous stories in SF Weekly over the years — I'm getting an "unsecure link" warning from one of them so I won't link up here but a cursory search of the Googles will get you there. THIS PIECE from the very serious Salon deals with Masturbation Month and puts "masturbate-a-thons" into context. THIS PIECE from Philly Mag deals, ummmm, in depth about a Philadelphia event. HERE is coverage from Fox News Philly about the same event in that city in 2013. Here is UPI COVERAGE of a masturbate-a-thon in Denmark. Here is THE REGISTER on the spread of this American "degeneracy" to the UK... Masturbate-a-thons get mention in Paul Krassner's book, In Praise of Indecency, pg. 33... I'm really getting in the rhythm here, but it's probably time for me to buzz off. The only possible way that this is not a slam-dunk KEEP per GNG (multiple, independently published pieces of presumed reliability dealing substantially with the topic) is on WP:IDONTLIKEIT grounds, as 66.9K Google hits for the exact phrase "masturbate-a-thon" will attest. Passes GNG, plain and simple, no need for normative debates over whether the topic is sufficiently edifying for inclusion, which are not germane. Carrite (talk) 16:54, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I found this AfD hilarious so I gave it a shot. Google managed to come up with some books (some of which are not written in English), journal mentions and several news items about these events. I think it passes GNG per Carrite. Also, Wikipedia is not a convent. -- Lenticel  ( talk ) 01:35, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Widely covered across multiple continents. --Michig (talk) 17:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment several of the keep votes seem to believe this is a generic term. The current article lede says "From 1998 to 2003, the Masturbate-a-thon raised around $25,000 for women’s health initiatives and HIV prevention". Power~enwiki (talk) 20:40, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * That would be an editing matter. Carrite (talk) 00:48, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * If that is the consensus, I feel it should be Merged into National Masturbation Month, which discusses the same thing, with a less gimmick-y name. Power~enwiki (talk) 19:32, 15 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep, I believe it meets wikipedias general notability guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.29.134.177 (talk) 23:07, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep, per research by, above. Sagecandor (talk) 22:01, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I do believe in a hands on approach to in-depth topics here at AFD... Carrite (talk) 03:54, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete or Merge into National Masturbation Month. There's actually not a lot to support the current article as a stand alone, it just seems to be one of many different names for this kind of event.  The sources are just as often use "wank week" or "masturbation contest," and only mention "masturbate-a-thon" in passing.  Also, much of the coverage isn't really in depth, most of the sources are more like event announcements. - GretLomborg (talk) 05:14, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  17:44, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment as nom, after the discussion so far, I currently support a merge with National Masturbation Day to a general page on these types of events. None of the individual events referenced appear to be notable as events, but this seems to notable as a general term. Power~enwiki (talk) 18:35, 17 June 2017 (UTC)


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